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Wal-Mart's $200 PC--Sold Out
Nov 13, 2007, 15 :15 UTC (7 Talkback[s]) (7787 reads)

(Other stories by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes)

"About two weeks ago, Wal-Mart began selling $200 Linux-based PC. The initial run was around 10,000 units. Now Wal-Mart is sold out. Has Linux now found a niche?

"The system sold by Wal-Mart was an Everex's TC2502 gPC and is the first mass-market $200 desktop PC. The spec of the system is very low--1.5 GHz VIA C7 CPU embedded onto a Mini-ITX motherboard, 512MB of RAM and an 80GB hard drive--but this doesn't matter because the system does pretty much everything that your average PC users wants..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Big case has a "big" advantage vis-a-vis ...   Big Case vs. Small Case   
Ping-Wu Zhang
Nov 13, 2007, 16:10:05
 
The authors comment near the end of the  ...   Windows has outgrown the average user   
jj
Nov 13, 2007, 16:26:12
 
"Maybe a more relevant question is not w ...   Outgrown   
Don Whitbeck
Nov 13, 2007, 16:39:32
 
I am for a small case. That would make t ...   I am for a small case   
Somebody
Nov 13, 2007, 20:39:50
 
Im pretty sure that the board in this be ...   Clarification - sub-MicroATX not MiniITX   
SteveOC
Nov 14, 2007, 02:08:01
 
That "Wal-Mart shoppers are so unsophist ...   Sophistication   
blackhole
Nov 14, 2007, 06:18:03
 
Imagine Wal-Mart using Linux ethusiasts  ...   Token of appreciation   
Jose_X
Nov 14, 2007, 18:10:16
 
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