[sllug-members]: [sllug] another low-cost GNU/Linux box

[Russ]

Wait. What? 56k modem? I haven't seen a PC spec'd with that since 1997.

On Jan 18, 2008 1:47 PM, Steve <smorrey at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yeah but does it run Linux?
> Oh wait nm :)
>
> On Jan 18, 2008 1:32 PM, Nelson H. F. Beebe <beebe at math.utah.edu> wrote:
> > This story just appeared:
> >
> >         * Sears sells latest sub-$200 Linux desktop PC
> >         http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2633619/419952/95106/2/
> >
> > It begins:
> >
> > >> ...
> > >> Sears sells latest sub-$200 Linux desktop PC
> > >> Low-cost PC aimed at consumers, business users
> > >> Todd R. Weiss
> > >>
> > >> January 17, 2008 (Computerworld) -- For the second time since
> October,
> > >> a sub-$200 fully equipped Linux desktop PC is available for sale to
> > >> U.S. consumers.
> > >>
> > >> Starting today, Sears.com <http://sears.com/> is selling a Mirus
> Innovations Inc. desktop
> > >> machine that runs Linux from Linspire Inc. for $299, minus a $100
> > >> mail-in rebate, Linspire said in a statement. Another $15 discount is
> > >> available through this Saturday, for a final price of
> > >> $184.99. Shipping is an additional $16.50.
> > >>
> > >> The new Linspire/Mirus PC includes an Intel Celeron 420 1.6-GHz
> > >> processor, 1GB of RAM, an 80GB hard drive, a 56Kbit/sec. modem, a
> > >> CD-RW burner, a media card reader, a keyboard, speakers, a mouse and
> > >> Linspire's Freespire 2.0 Linux operating system. The machine also
> > >> comes with basic CNR Service, which gives users one-click online
> > >> access to free Linux sofware. It does not include a monitor.
> > >> ...
> >
> > It goes on to note:
> >
> > >> Last October, an Ubuntu Linux-equipped PC built by Fremont,
> > >> Calif.-based Everex went on sale in selected Wal-Mart stores for
> > >> $200.
> >
> >
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