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> Ubuntu is predicted to ship on almost 10% of the world’s new branded PCs by 2014 I'm interested to hear more about this.
by RyanMcGreal 14y ago
> Ubuntu is predicted to ship on almost 10% of the world’s new branded PCs by 2014
I'm interested to hear more about this.
- networked 14y agoThis stood out to me, too. Apparently [1] this is what their own internal estimate is. On an semi-unrelated note, the effect the dynamic controls in some of the mock-ups have is interesting to observe. While I liked how play controls came up when I moved my mouse cursor over the image of the tablet playing a video (http://i50.tinypic.com/5b1bms.png http://i50.tinypic.com/5b1bms.png) it almost made me feel disappointed when I clicked on "play" and nothing happened. I wonder if as a user persuasion tool this is better or worse than a static image. Edit: it is also strange how they show mouse over effects in a mock up of a touch interface. [1] http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/02/canonical-idUSnBw1R6hb6a+120+BSW20130102 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/02/canonical-idUSnBw1... ("Canonical estimates that...")
- takluyver 14y agoRumours abound that in less affluent countries, a lot of computers are sold without Windows, but very quickly get illicit copies of Windows installed. I don't know how true that is. All the same, some proportion of people must start to wonder why they need to install Windows.