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ivoras writes "An interview with MSI's director of US Sales, Andy Tung, contains this interesting snippet: "We have done a lot of studies on the return rates and haven't really talked about it much until now. Our internal research has shown that the return of netbooks is higher than regular notebooks, but the main cause of that is Linux. People would love to pay $299 or $399 but they don't know what they get until they open the box. They start playing around with Linux and start realizing that it's not what they are used to. They don't want to spend time to learn it so they bring it back to the store. The return rate is at least four times higher for Linux netbooks than Windows XP netbooks.'" Read more of this story at Slashdot. ...
Source: www.guardian.co.uk --- 3 days ago
The day after the launch of the stylish S101 netbook in Taiwan , I had a brief interview with Jerry Shen, chief executive of Asus. I asked him what proportion of Eee PC netbook Sales were Windows XP rather than Linux. Surprisingly, he told me. But he didn't tell me quite enough. Shen -- who is keen on Linux -- said Asus had hoped Sales of Eee PCs would be 50:50 between XP and Linux, but actually they were 60:40 in XP's favour. (I assume that's for this calendar year.) So far, around 4m have been sold, and the target is 5m for this year. Linux got about 6 months start over XP, including four months this calendar year, so the market has swung XP's way. However, it's impossible to say where it will end up. I asked several Asus staff about figures for returns, but none thought that more Linux machines were being returned to stores. This is not the case at MSI, where Andy Tung, the Director of US Sales, told Laptop magazine : "The return rate is at least four times higher for Linux netbooks than Windows XP netbooks." He said: People would love to pay $299 or $399 but they don't know what they get until they open the box. They start playing around with Linux and start realizing that it's not what they are used to. They don't want to spend time to learn it so they bring it back to the store. After trash-talking Microsoft and launching with a Linux netbook, Acer is also shipping XP, and that became its best seller at Amazon.com. (See Are ...
Source: gizmodo.com --- 18 days ago
It's official: Now that Packard Bell has unveiled the Dot, every computer manufacturer in the known Universe has produced the same 8.9", 1.6GHz Atom, 1GB RAM, XP-running system. So what's next for technology? Similar to how mothers clubs have sponsored bake Sales and knitting circles for decades, look for netbooks to be fashioned from straw, beads, puff paints and other craft materials as they are hand-manufactured to raise money for local soccer teams. Netbooks are going mainstream. Really, really mainstream. [ EeePC ] ... Source: www.dslreports.com --- 11 days ago
Hello. I have had the same DSL service plan for over five years now with little trouble. Over the last three months, my speed has deteriorated to the point I may seek a different provider. I spoke to Casey in customer service regarding my plan today, and she said they that 3.0 is not available in my area, but I am getting the 1.5 service. I have a 5 year old Dell Dimension 4600 running XP home as well as a Dell Inspirion 2650 also running XP home. Both have McAfee for virus protection. I've tried shutting off McAfee to see if that is a problem, but results seem to stay about the same. I also have a NetGear wireless router connected, but I've also disconnected it with no improvement in service either. I have called in to tech support several times over the last week to resolve this issue. Both times the usually questions were raised and answered regarding filters, etc. First, Michele told me to reduce the number of processes I had running to between 40-45 from the 70 that were running. I've done that through services.msc with seemingly no change in speed. Next, Paul told me I needed to get a Verizon supplied modem because they didn't support the Zoom ADSL X5 modem I had - and I understand the reasoning behind that. So, I called Sales and now have a Westell 6100F modem installed. Service seems a little better, but that could be me just wishing for it to be better. I ran the Verizon Speed Test several times from 11 AM to 12:30 PM today a ... Source: www.webhostingtalk.com --- 13 days ago
This will be my FIRST custom built computer EVER so I don't want to mess it up! Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 Wolfdale 2.53GHz 3MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail Motherboard: ASUS P5Q LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail Case: Rosewill Conqueror WSL Triple 120mm Fans Steel ATX Mid tower Computer Case with Side Panel - Retails Power Supply: PC Power & Cooling S61EPS 610W Continuous @ 40°C EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply - Retail Memory: CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail Hard drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM Graphics Card: SAPPHIRE 100225L Radeon HD 3870 512MB 256-bit GDDR4 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail OS: Windows XP/Vista... still not sure. * Total Price BEFORE TAX/SHIPPING: $663.93 After mail in rebates $603.93* * •Exactly what cords AM I missing? I know I'm missing the cords for the HDD but am I missing anything else. •Will all the hardware work together?(I know thats probably a Sales line question but Newegg is closed until monday and thought heck mine as well ask a good community)* Sorry if its in the wrong section ... Source: gadgets.boingboing.net --- 6 days ago
The Linux edition of MSI's Wind is returned four times as often as the Windows version. In an interview with Laptop mag, MSI's director of U.S. Sales, Andy Tung, says that buyers just don't want to learn how to use it. Our internal research has shown that the return of netbooks is higher than regular notebooks, but the main cause of that is Linux. People would love to pay $299 or $399 but they don’t know what they get until they open the box. They start playing around with Linux and start realizing that it’s not what they are used to. They don’t want to spend time to learn it so they bring it back to the store. The return rate is at least four times higher for Linux netbooks than Windows XP netbooks. They're currently trying to improve the feel of the experience on its Linux models, testing Ubuntu and other "flavors of Linux" other than their current cut of SUSE. Oh, yes, there's good news, too. The Wind's still a big hit, and will be stocked by a "major" U.S. retailer from next week. MSI: Wind Coming to Major Retailer, New Models Coming Soon [Laptopmag via Gizmodo ] ... Source: jobs.joelonsoftware.com --- 24 days ago
Rentrak Corporation is looking for more fantastic developers to add to our team. You're probably used to being the smartest developer on your team (but are too humble to admit it), and are looking for a place where you can work alongside talented peers building great software on interesting projects. We're a small enough company that you can make a big difference here, but we're big enough that your paycheck never bounces. Here are some things Rentrak programmers have done recently: * Wrote customized extensions to Open Source tools, to process queries hundreds of times faster than commercial RDBMSs * Built a goal-seeking system to dynamically generate optimal SQL queries for end-user data requests * Celebrated our 20 billionth transaction processed * Implemented software to categorize and predict consumer behavior based on television viewing history * Competed for fame and fortune at a Rentrak sponsored programming contest * Created systems that predict movie Sales in theaters, retail stores, and video rental locations * Celebrated a coworker's birthday with a group skydive * Gave a Tech Talk to Google about our brilliant database technology ( http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4681632964554085715 ) * Rented a room at a local brewery, and played games all night with project teammates Our teams are relatively small (3-6 people), and we have a development environment influenced by XP ( http://extremeprogramming.org/ ). We have a n ... Source: www.signonsandiego.com --- 25 days ago
Fans attending the final day of this week's Ryder Cup competition will be able to buy replicas of the shirts worn by the United States team for the first time in the event's 81-year history, the Sports Business Journal reported on its Web site. The PGA of America, which runs Ryder Cups on U.S. soil, will sell the Sunday shirt only in the merchandise tent at Valhalla Golf Club in Kentucky, site of the event. The association did not sell the shirts in the past to preserve tradition and curb commercialization of the event, but decided to sell them on a limited basis this year as a way to connect with fans."I'm surprised it took so long ... but I think they'll do well with it," said Alan Fey, president of XP Events, which manages sports merchandise operations but not the Ryder Cup. Adult and youth shirts retail for $96 and $64, respectively. Officials would not disclose how many are in stock but said quantities are extremely limited. "I'm sure we could probably sell as many as we brought in, but we're not really looking to capitalize on it at this point," said Kevin Carter, senior director of business development for the PGA of America. The PGA of America declined to speculate on how much revenue the apparel could bring in, but it should be less than six figures based on Sales of uniforms at the Presidents Cup, a similar team golf competition. Officials would not reveal the design of Nike Dri-Fit shirt that will be sold. U.S. team cap ... Source: www.infoworld.com --- 37 days ago
Dell Thursday started selling a mini-notebook with Microsoft 's Windows XP Home preinstalled, the first time that the world's largest computer maker has had a PC to sell with that operating system since Microsoft retired XP from general service in June. The 2.28-pound Inspiron Mini 9 starts at $399 when equipped with XP Home, and sports an 8.9-inch display, 512MB of memory, an 8GB solid-state drive (SSD) composed of flash RAM and 802.11g wireless capability. A pricier $499 configuration boosts memory to 1GB and the SSD to 16GB. [ Get the latest on mobile developments with InfoWorld's Mobile Report newsletter . ] Dell is also selling a $349 model with 512MB of memory and a 4GB SSD that comes with Ubuntu, a popular Linux distribution, in place of Windows XP. All Mini 9 configurations are powered by a 1.6GHz Atom processor that Intel debuted in early June . The Inspiron Mini 9 is Dell's first system to pack Windows XP Home since June, when the Round Rock, Texas-based computer maker yanked the operating system from its lines. Microsoft had set June 30 as the retirement deadline for Windows XP -- it would stop shipping copies to large computer manufacturers and cease selling to retail -- and Dell complied by ending Sales June 26 . However, in early April Microsoft announced that it would let makers of small, inexpensive laptops -- which it labeled as ULCPCs, short for "ultra-low-cost PCs," a name that never stuck -- install XP Home thr ... Source: forums.novell.com --- 30 days ago
Having fallen for the Novell Sales patter yet again , rolling out Vista and ZCM across 500 workstations working long long nights manually hacking registry keys to sort out this flakey product, we find what seems to be yet another bug in the Vista client (all versions, SP1 currently installed). Whenever my users try to save Macromedia/Adobe Fireworks files to their user area, Fireworks fails reporting an internal error. This problem only exists on Vista workstations saving to OES2 mapped drives. Saving locally or to MS mapped drives works fine. XP saves no problem to either OES2 or MS mapped drives. Can someone please tell me that I'm not backing the wrong horse sticking with Novell. Regards ... Source: www.techspot.com --- 38 days ago
Microsoft has apparently decided to lift their artificial limit on storage capacity for Windows XP installed on a netbook, bringing the allowed capacity up to 160GB from 80GB. The move is in response to demand for greater capacity, which vendors believe will result in better Sales. Pricing differences between netbooks with different capacity HDD are expected to be minimal. Both MSI and Asustek alr... ... Source: www.techspot.com --- 24 days ago
Low-cost netbooks were originally designed with Linux in mind, but once Sales began to skyrocket Microsoft quickly moved to get its Windows operating system running on these devices. That was also true for the One Laptop per Child project, which is now finally ready to embrace XP as an alternative to power their XO-1 laptop. ... Source: www.hardocp.com --- 5 days ago
Rumor had it last week that MSI was working on a deal with a major retailer to sell its Wind netbook. The rumor has now been confirmed that the major retailer is Best Buy. Kyle just posted a video review of the MSI Wind U100-053US and he really liked it. Supposedly the retail version will run Windows XP and carry a $399 price tag. MSIs Director of U.S. Sales Andy Tung certainly thinks his company isnt done shaking up the netbook pot. He has plans to keep the Wind flying ahead of the competition. In our hour-long interview, Tung shared that: The Wind U100 will be available at a national, and very large retailer in the coming week. The Wind with a 3-cell battery and Windows XP will be priced at $399. Comments ...
Source: www.i4u.com --- 6 days ago
A comment made by MSIs Director of U.S. Sales Andy Tung in an interview with LaptopMag has raised the question if Linux is a failure on netbooks. He said that MSI Wind customers are 4x more likely to return a Wind netbook with Linux than with Windows XP ... ... Source: www.i4u.com --- 30 days ago
What a difference a color can make. The Sapphire Blue Acer Aspire One netbook tops the netbook Sales charts on Amazon.com and on Walmart.com. On Amazon the Blue Acer Aspire One 8.9 inch netbook (Windows XP) with 160GB HDD and 1GB RAM is in the lead sell... ... Source: clipmarks.com --- 18 days ago
clipped by: douchrti clipper's remarks: I know Ive lost Sales due to the frequent BSOD. And Im still waiting for Dell and Microsoft to make it right. Still waiting. Clip Source: www.newsweek.com A Gloomy Vista for Microsoft For one thing, big corporations—Microsoft's bread and butter—have been slow to migrate from XP to Vista and need to be convinced that it's now safe to make the move. It's the same with smaller customers like Mouli Ramani, vice president of business development at Lilliputian Systems, a tech company in Wilmington, Mass. He's sticking with XP because he knows it won't conk out on him. "I'm not willing to risk my career on Vista," he says. Tags: vista , bsod , dell , hp , mac , XP ... Find more results for XP Sales on RSSMicro.com |
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Section: Computers , Mobile Computers , Laptops After the recent popularity of the initial news that the ‘Give One Get One’ program would be returning this November with Sales being handled through Amazon, the OLPC’s Product Manager Kim Quirk posted a message on wiki.laptop.org further confirming the news, but also added an extra detail that will possibly disappoint some that were a little hopeful. While the program is still set for “late 2008” Quirk has also made it clear that these XO laptops will be the Sugar Linux based versions and not the dual boot models with Windows XP. In addition he also went on to clarify the reasoning behind the Sales through Amazon. Of course most people would have guessed the reason was due to the shipping issues, but according to Quirk; “Selling the laptops on Amazon.com will provide us with the resources to process and ship the laptops globally in a timely fashion.” Sounds like a winning plan to me, now its time to start putting a few bucks away while waiting for November. Read [ wiki.laptop.org ] Via [ OLPC News ] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell . | Comment on this Article » ...
Filed under: Laptops Slowly but surely, MSI is following in the laughable footsteps of ASUS. At first, the Wind was simply the Wind . Now, we've a smattering of variants to keep up with, and according to a recent interview with director of US Sales Andy Tung, that trend isn't about to stop. Starting next week, the Wind U100 will be available at an undisclosed "large national retailer," with the 3-cell / WinXP version going for $399. Additionally, Tung gave us all a reason to hold off on making that very purchase by revealing that the business-minded Wind U120 (or Wind 2, as he called it) will be landing on US soil in late November or early December. Said machine will boast "a whole new look," new HDD / SSD options and inbuilt 3.5G WWAN connectivity for under $600. Also of note, MSI's internal research has found that Linux-infused netbooks get returned four times as often as units with Windows XP; we can't say we're shocked that people don't feel like learning a new OS, but we're deeply, deeply saddened that reading comprehension levels (particularly on specification labels) in this nation are so obviously low. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments ...
Netbooks were supposed to be this great inroad for Linux development, but it turns out that the XP side of the netbook business is doing a lot better in the area of customer satisfaction: MSI today told Laptop that, according to internal studies, "The return rate is at least four times higher for Linux netbooks than Windows XP netbooks." Lest you think I've somehow chopped this figure and embedded it out of context, here's what MSI's US Sales director Andy Tung told our friend Joanna at Laptop when she asked about high return rates: We have done a lot of studies on the return rates and haven’t really talked about it much until now. Our internal research has shown that the return of netbooks is higher than regular notebooks, but the main cause of that is Linux. People would love to pay $299 or $399 but they don’t know what they get until they open the box. They start playing around with Linux and start realizing that it’s not what they are used to. They don’t want to spend time to learn it so they bring it back to the store. The return rate is at least four times higher for Linux netbooks than Windows XP netbooks. Check out Laptop for more of the interview. [ Laptop ] ...
Is it that Windows XP is such a good operating system? Or is it that people can’t bear the alternative, the much-lambasted Vista? Whatever the reason, XP won’t go away. Now Microsoft has given it another six-month lease of life to be offered as an option with new systems. It was earlier this year that the company shut off new Sales of XP, but it continued allowing vendors to preinstall XP as a downgrade from Vista. However, that option had been set to terminate at the end of January next year, meaning users would have to exercise their downgrade rights (which never expire) on their own. Now Microsoft has pushed that date back to the end of Jul Read | Permalink | Linking Blogs ...