January 9, 2009 4:11 PM PST
The Real Deal 143: CES Trends
What are the big trends at CES and what's the possibility that we'll actually see them affect our lives.
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Netbooks and death of Linux on consumer PCs (And the never trend of the UMPC) Smartphone competition GPS gets smart Internet video to the living room Yahoo Widgets 3D (Gaming, TVs, up and comer feature) Thin TVs Green Tech Wireless power realdeal@cnet.com forums.cnet.com 877-600-CNET
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Netbooks and death of Linux on consumer PCs (And the never trend of the UMPC) Smartphone competition GPS gets smart Internet video to the living room Yahoo Widgets 3D (Gaming, TVs, up and comer feature) Thin TVs Green Tech Wireless power realdeal@cnet.com forums.cnet.com 877-600-CNET
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Guys, CNET already has its resident Microsoft cheer leader in the form of Molly Wood and one is enough (some would say one too many!) and the thought of the two of you in cheer leading uniforms is not a mental picture I relish!
This should be The Real Deal, not Microsoft Partners.
Grow up, I use Windows, Mac's, and Linux have for years, and the reality for many people is that Windows works best for their needs. They don't care about fads or fanboys or what geeks consider cool they just want to get stuff done. So given most normal (non-geek) people use computers as a tool that neither makes them Luddites or idiots they just want to use what they're used to and that's usually Windows, get over it.
Considering that Linux is based on Unix which has been around since the late 60's, I suppose you could call Linux users Luddites if you wanted to go down that road.