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Yes, true. 'Race to the bottom' may be a bit too negative. I guess one downside is that it is tough for new players in the market, since selling in large quanti
by danieldk 16y ago
Yes, true. 'Race to the bottom' may be a bit too negative. I guess one downside is that it is tough for new players in the market, since selling in large quantities is required.
On the other, thanks to competition, Acer Laptops are now available at a little over 300 Euros. The free market made computers accessible to nearly everyone in the Western world (and hopefully everywhere in the future).
- ZeroGravitas 16y agoActually, one of the impacts of Android (and Linux generally) is to reduce the barriers of entry and allow new players to produce relatively small runs. I'm not really interested in some Chinese conglomerate I've never heard of's idea of of a touch based tablet or phone OS. But I'll happily buy some oddball phone or tablet running Android. In fact I just did buy a ZTE Blade, and think it's pretty stunning for the price. I'm also considering a 7" Android tablet from a range of unlikely sources including Archos and the Dixons group.