[News] When a New PC Gets Cheaper Than Your Groceries... Thanks to Linux

[Roy Schestowitz]

How low can a Linux PC go?

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| If the Asian networking out of the box specialists NorhTec are to be believed
| the answer is very low indeed: how does $85 (£41) sound?
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| [...]
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| Obviously you don't get bells and whistles at this price point, but throw
| something like Puppy Linux at it and you do get one of the cheapest fully
| functional PCs on the planet.
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http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry1757.html

In the UK, wasn't Vista about 7 times more expensive than this whole PC
(hardware and software)? I'm talking about the uncrippled edition, with all
the bugs, WGA, and lack of software/hardware compatibility out of the box.
Amazing. If only the Financial Times and the likes of it had people aware of
Linux...

[TheLetterK]

That machine is using a 486SX, you know...

[spi...@freenet.co.uk]

Roy Schestowitz <newsg...@schestowitz.com> did eloquently scribble:

> http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry1757.html

Looked in staples today, vista ultimate is still 300 quid there.
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[DFS]

spi...@freenet.co.uk wrote:

> Looked in staples today, vista ultimate is still 300 quid there.

Or you can get it for 100 quid, you oblivious buffoon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B000MFFIBO/ref=pd_bbs_sr_olp_1/202-0007987-8632657?ie=UTF8&s=gateway&qid=1192918745&sr=8-1

[spi...@freenet.co.uk]

DFS <nospam@dfs_.com> did eloquently scribble:
> spi...@freenet.co.uk wrote:

>> Looked in staples today, vista ultimate is still 300 quid there.

> Or you can get it for 100 quid, you oblivious buffoon

I'm not oblivious you twat,
I'm just reporting on what high street retailers are selling it for.
Amazon is irrelevant.
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[Roy Schestowitz]

____/ TheLetterK on Saturday 20 October 2007 21:35 : \____

An eSys machine with a 2GHz+ class processor costs around GBP100, which is
still a third of the high-street price of Windows CeMeNT.

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