They should offer *both* Linux *and* Windows XP systems.

The CEO has whined about Windows-Vista costing them business, but has *done* nothing to solve the Vista problem.

Among large vendors, only Dell offers Windows XP (on just one low-end "home office" model, but also on the ENTIRE "Vostro" business line). They are happy to sell Vostro computers one-at-a-time to individual customers. But some people don't like Dell's use of nonstandard connectors and nonstandard parts, and would prefer to deal with another vendor.

Acer or Lenovo? Whichever one of them DARES to pull up their corporate pants, and stops letting Steve Ballmer "have his way with them", is gonna be the winner.

Maybe we can give the Chinese some keyboards for their computers laced with some lead paint as payback. This is my attempt at American Chinese Diplomacy. Yanks do not have a very good sense of humor, and even less diplomacy.

On the Chinese market, other companies have tried entering the Chinese market and it is hard to tell how much success they had. It makes sense though, since most computer products are actually made in China to begin with.