[aclug-L] Re: Walmart $200 PC

[David Carmichael <dec2955@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I look at PC's priced that low as "Throw Away" electronics.. being that they
are cheaper to toss than repair.

They will be using a pre-installed CPU motherboard from VIA and the CPU can
not be changed on the motherboard in question!

I know that even under Win'95 the MoBo is very stable.. and for a while was
very hard to find!  As I built up a system for a guy that wanted this MoBo
due to cost factors.

--David

----- Original Message -----
From: "gLaNDix (Jesse Kaufman)" <glandix@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <discussion@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 11:05 AM
Subject: [aclug-L] Re: Walmart $200 PC


>
> i'm slightly frightened...  i haven't read the article yet, but i'd have
to
> question the quality of the hardware...  dunno... but it is good to see
> linux being supported by a major company such as walmart...  they're also
(i
> read somewhere else) selling pre-installed mandrake systems (they've been
> selling mandrake alone for quite some time)
>
> gLaNDix
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Carmichael" <dec2955@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <discussion@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 3:01 AM
> Subject: [aclug-L] Walmart $200 PC
>
>
> >
> > I was wondering what you all thought of the 'Walmart / Microtel' $199
PC??
> >
> > "..... Wal-Mart, Microtel Ship $199 Lindows PC
> > By  Mark Hachman
> > Lindows.com and Wal-Mart.com have teamed up again, making a $199 PC
> > available to the discount chain's online customers, and a Windows option
> > available to those willing to pay a $100 premium.
> > Lindows chief executive Michael Robertson had written that the company
> > expected to sign a deal creating a $199 PC at about the end of last
week.
> > ....."
> >
> > http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,502196,00.asp
> >
> >
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