[aclug-L] Re: Walmart $200 PC

[flimzy@xxxxxxxxxx]

Sounds like they'll be using the Via C3 CPUs, then... which are much
slower than other CPUs of the same Mhz rating.  Not that this is
necissarily a bad thing... but it's something to be aware of before you
think you're getting a great deal on an 800Mhz CPU.  An 800Mhz C3, based
on benchmarks I've seen, would compare to a Pentium II 400-500 CPU.
Still not a bad CPU for what most people will be using, tho.

-- Jonathan


> 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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