CA>TW> I do have Personnal experince that you cannot just assemble
CA>TW> a junk box of components and have it function under LINUX
CA>TW> though.

CA>True.

CA>TW> BUT one can fairly well with Windows.

CA>With the majority of new hardware aimed at the Windows market
CA>it _should_ be possible but there are some wrinkles now and
CA>then.

Interstingly on the Linspire Web site theri listing of Compatable
Hardware is fairly small. OF course that is why their push is in Pre
Assembled Machines.
And in reality that is where the most money will be made.

CA>I really never did feel that UNIX or any clone thereof was
CA>going to be a great OS for newbies or the 'home market'. A
CA>glorified XBox or PlaysStation would be better for the 'home
CA>market' if they added some way to store all the pirated music,
CA>video, and pr0n they would sell faster than ice cubes in Hell.

 They are working on that one. There are Hacks already out there to
 use one of those boxes as a computer as I recall.
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