"The problem was that Asus had not only adopted Windows and
jettisoned Linux (which I knew), but the computer didn't even come
with the free services that came with the $199 model. I know there
are millions who love Windows. That is their human right. But it
fails completely - for me - on usability. So, the Seashell ends up
not as a next-generation netbook, but as a Microsoft-occupied
computer and all the simplicity of the earlier Asus machines has
gone out of the Windows. Every time I open it, I am assailed with
stuff I don't want - Windows Live this, Norton that, Phishing this,
Works that - with no obvious way of switching some of them
off."
