.:HSTuners::

12-06-2002, 03:07 PM

Well you can get a computer...

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/1...eut/index.html

Spazum888 · 12-06-2002, 03:10 PM

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

ebpda9 · 12-06-2002, 03:29 PM

is that like one of those internet appliances ?

12-06-2002, 03:36 PM

Quote:

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 · 12-06-2002, 05:21 PM

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

12-06-2002, 05:47 PM

but no monitor

*pdiggitydogg* · 12-06-2002, 09:43 PM

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

ebpda9 · 12-07-2002, 01:30 AM

Quote:

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

:o

*ChrisCantSkate* · 12-07-2002, 10:30 AM

whoa... running linux....

Quote:

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?

12-06-2002, 03:07 PM	#1
mt.biker Posts: n/a	what can you get for $199? Well you can get a computer... 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/1...eut/index.html

12-06-2002, 03:10 PM	#2
Spazum888 3rd Gear Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Orlando Age: 42 Posts: 550	well... not bad for 200 bux. but you pay for wut you get..... __________________ Girls are like internet domain names, the ones I like are already taken. well, you can stil get one from a strange country :-P

12-06-2002, 03:29 PM	#3
ebpda9 Repost Wagon Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: over here Age: 44 Posts: 17,266	is that like one of those internet appliances ? __________________

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94_AcCoRd_EX Insomniac Moderator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: OR Age: 44 Posts: 11,142	Doesn't it have like a VIA chip and runs Lindows? __________________ 1994 Accord EX coupe --Need hosting for your pics on HST? PM me...--

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12-06-2002, 05:47 PM	#6
firstgeardude Posts: n/a	but no monitor

12-06-2002, 09:43 PM	#7
pdiggitydogg Yahoo Watashi wa kattaze! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Meanwhile, up in The D... Age: 41 Posts: 10,579	hell hook it up to a tv for less than the cost of a monitor