desktoplinux.com — Wal-Mart will sell a sub-$300 "back-to-school" PC this fall pre-loaded with Microsoft Windows Vista and OpenOffice.org productivity software. The Everex GC3502 PC is based on a 1.7GHz Via C7-D processor, and will be available later this year preloaded with Ubuntu Linux.
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shadowmanJul 21, 2007
I don't think this is big news.Wal-Mart offered a low end Linux (Linspire) laptop in late 2004...<a class="user" href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1744052,00.asp">http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1744052,00.asp</a>And Microtel PCs with various Linux distros as far back as 2002...<a class="user" href="http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS5078749497.html">http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS5078749497.html</a>
peaceninjaJul 21, 2007
don't wear the PC's on your feet, or you'll get a chemical burn!!
jpotts0007Jul 22, 2007
very true, especially to a student
Closed AccountJul 22, 2007
I didn't know you have Internet there in Ethiopia, you starvin' Ethiopian
stmillerJul 22, 2007
Who knows how to use an apostrophe?
gaucho4Jul 22, 2007
Didn't Wal-Mart sell Linspire based PCs a couple years ago? Or, Lindows I should say before they changed the name. I seem to remember hearing something like that.
msgyrdJul 22, 2007
Why digg him down? My 7 year old PC browses the internet just as well as my 1 year old PC. My 7 year old PC's specs are so low, $300 worth of current parts would likely outperform it in every respect. And really, internet access is all I need. Games and heavy multitasking are nice, but hardly a requirement for getting work done.
schestowitzJul 22, 2007
I have articles to back each claiim.
Closed AccountJul 22, 2007
Of course, you have "articles" for everything. All the time. Thousands of them. Whether anyone is interested or not. Whether they are true or just FUD. 24/7/365. Rain or shine. Articles and selective quoting. You have them. Hallelujah.