[aclug-L] Re: Walmart $200 PC

[jeffrey l koehn <caveman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

"There's a sucker born every minute." 
HANNUM


On Friday 06 September 2002 08:22 pm, you wrote:
> I think that it is good deal.  I don't hate M$, but it gives
> consumers other options.  How the customer feel about the OS
> after about 6 months is what I am curious about.  It is suppose
> to run most M$ programs, but time will tell.
>
> David Carmichael wrote:
> >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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