Posted by: Barnendu Goswami (Friday 14 January 2005, 9:01 AM)
It sounds like a another spyware/virus writer's dream.
Isn't it basically 'autoplay.inf' for flash keys (only the CD's writable this time)?
Am I just being a pessimist?
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Put simply, what is the compelling reason to pay ~$200 extra for an Eee with Windows XP? A Windows Eee won't come with any useful applications and you'll have to buy anti-virus software to boot. The truth about low cost computing is that nobody really cares whether the machine is running Windows or Linux as long as its cheap, its easy to use and it works.
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