A little hacking, and you've got yourself a $150 dollar Windows8.1 tablet.
Do you really think we won't be pirating the shit outta Windows when we do that?
(Which also explains why Windows is a "success" and Linux has never made it to the desktop -- yet is the only serious OS in the few luxury/demanding markets left.)
But Linux (on the desktop) is a fucking piece of shit. Windows 2000 is far better than the latest Mint, Ubuntu or Fedora crap, let alone Windows 7.
I'm running a 512MB SSD in my laptop
Do you have MS-DOS 6.22 as your main OS?
while my similar-age AMD board would probably work with a current Bulldozer.
Yeah, no. That whole "socket compatibility" thing is long gone in AMD. Socket FM1 was released in 2011, FM2 in 2012, probably FM3 this year.
Compare that with Intel's sockets 1156 (2009), 1155 (2011), 1150 (2013).
Sure, AM3 is better, let's see how it works out with their next AM3+ release.
This place just isn't big enough for all of us. We've got to find a way off this planet.