By Default, Signal Doesn't Recall

Re:By Default, Signal Doesn't Recall by arp242 on Wednesday May 21, 2025 @11:27PM (#44058478)

I worked at a computer shop at the time. Few consumers wanted the Linux versions: they all chose Windows. I'm not sure the license was free, as the Windows machines were more expensive with the same hardware.

Either way: people wanted what they knew, which was Windows, and they paid more for it. I wrote about this before: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41431733

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Re:By Default, Signal Doesn't Recall by ethagnawl on Thursday May 22, 2025 @08:26AM (#44061386)

I don't doubt your experience but the linked video emphasizes that the cost for the device with XP was the same $399.

This is from a random contemporaneous TechCrunch article about the 2nd/3rd? gen offerings:

Eee PC 901 (Linux or Windows): $599 Eee PC 1000 (Linux or Windows): $699

https://techcrunch.com/2008/06/13/new-eee-pc-models-get-us-p...

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Re:By Default, Signal Doesn't Recall by arp242 on Thursday May 22, 2025 @01:46PM (#44064613)

So I checked on the Internet Archive; we sold the EEEPC 900 with Linux for €329, and the Windows EEEPC 901 for €409. The Linux had a Celeron M and the Windows an Atom N270, so I guess I misremember them having identical specs.

I assume the Atom is faster(?) The XP machine felt slower though.

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