Walmart.com ditches the OS in new PCs

[Carl Parrish]

I just recommended a friend get a scanner from walmart. So while *I*
have never done it. I wouldn't have a problem recommending someone else
do it. (though I would def make recommendations if they had Linux pre
installed). 

On Sun, 2002-02-24 at 20:24, der.hans wrote:
> Am 22. Feb, 2002 schwätzte Deepak Saxena so:
> 
> > <delurk>
> 
> He lives!!! :)
> 
> > Seems like a waste of time/money on wal-mart's and microtel's part to me.
> > When was the last time you or I or any "tech-savy" customer bought a
> > computer or computer part at wallmart? The average consumer is not going
> > to buy an OS-less PC and install something on top.  They expect a
> > working solution when they buy a PC, so who is wal-mart going to sell
> > this to?
> 
> 4 weeks ago they would've sold one to my grandma. Her old box will be
> running Linux. If it would've saved her $200 ( 1/3 to 1/4 the cost ) her new
> one would too. This allows me to not need to be in the hardware maintenance
> business.
> 
> ciao,
> 
> der.hans
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