what can you get for $199?

[mt.biker]

Well you can get a computer...
http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2002/TECH/ptech/12/05/sproject.hs02.cheap.pc.reut/story.microtel.cnn.jpg

By dropping software from Microsoft and avoiding "Intel inside," retailer Wal-Mart Stores is offering a $199 computer it says is a hot seller on its Web site, attracting novices looking for a way onto the Internet as well as high-end users wanting a second box.

The promise of a PC replacement -- slimmed down to surf the Web and carry out limited tasks -- has long tantalized the tech world but failed to generate many sales, especially as prices of name brand computers have slid.



found here
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/ptech/12/05/sproject.hs02.cheap.pc.reut/index.html

[Spazum888]

well... not bad for 200 bux. but you pay for wut you get.....

[ebpda9]

is that like one of those internet appliances ?

[mt.biker]

Originally posted by hondaman-iac
is that like one of those internet appliances ?

hey you saw that movie too? no its a real machine dude.. feel free to read about it thats what the link is there for

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

Doesn't it have like a VIA chip and runs Lindows? :pukey

[firstgeardude]

but no monitor

[pdiggitydogg]

hell hook it up to a tv for less than the cost of a monitor

[ebpda9]

Originally posted by mt.biker
hey you saw that movie too? no its a real machine dude.. feel free to read about it thats what the link is there for

what movie ? My old tiger direct catalogs are filled with that kind of crap:yes: :o

[ChrisCantSkate]

whoa... running linux....

There is no modem, floppy disk drive, or monitor, and the VIA Technologies microchip that is the brains of the machine may not be known to users familiar with Intel's Intel inside marketing campaign and Intel rival Advanced Micro Devices.



arnt modems important for someone buying a basement level computer designed for browsing the net?