[aclug-L] Re: Walmart $200 PC

["gLaNDix (Jesse Kaufman)" <glandix@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Actually, their focus has changed from trying to run MS apps to more of
just being a distro...  kinda makes it seem a little more pointless...

gLaNDix

On Fri, 6 Sep 2002, Anne McCadden 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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