Out of respect for parent's concern about a javascript on
the underlying
Newpick page, I won't post the link here (as
is our wont).
However the
point I took from the link is not so much the
possibility of making a purchase
of a Chromebook
specifically from Best Buy as underlining Microsoft's
weakening dominance of shelf space in big box retail
outfits. I believe such
dominance has long been obtained by
Microsoft's payments to the the retailers
not to carry
alternative operating systems.
I'll confirm whether these are
actually available at my
local Best Buy, just as I've occasionally noted the
results
of walking into a big box store, here or in cities I visit,
and asking
about Linux OS in consumer computers.
Let's report for now that on a recent
trip to Office Depot
the sales staff were eager to advise that in-store sales
of
Chromebooks would begin soon, probably in June (next month).
It needs to
be said that this replaces not only the old line
that there's not enough
consumer demand to make Linux a
profitable use of shelf space, and the more
recent sales
patter that if I were to purchase a Windows 8 computer, it
is
simple to make it revert to a Windows 7 interface!
Strong selling point, that?
Apparently not strong enough.
--- Rosser's trick: "For every proof of
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