Re: Walmart PC's are gone

I'll wait for the laptop model... if they can get below $500
they've got my dollar.

-jmz

On Nov 15, 2007 3:08 PM, Craig White <craig@tobyhouse.com> wrote:
> I provided the link with info at the very start of the thread about the
> Walmart PC's
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOS_%28Linux_distribution%29
>
> Neither KDE nor Gnome but rather a version of Enlightenment.
>
> I think eMachines sort of completely defined the concept of a large
> mass, single production run of specific hardware to meet a price
> point/distribution target - much as Everex has done here.
>
> It's an interesting approach to marketing and of course...no Microsoft
> tax - and they are trying to copy the Macintosh look/feel ;-)
>
> Craig
>
>
> On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 14:51 -0700, Joshua Zeidner wrote:
> > oh, btw did anyone manage to get one of these Walmart Linux PCs?
> > Reviews? I hear the desktop runs super fast (is it KDE or Gnome)?
> >
> > -jmz
> >
> >
> > On Nov 14, 2007 1:08 PM, Jorge Delacruz <alterthegrid@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1005703
> > >
> > > Green PCs Go Bye-Bye At WalMart
> > > November 13th, 2007 by Justin Ryan
> > > The low-cost Linux boxes that went on sale at WalMart
> > > stores in the U.S. last week are gone, according to
> > > the company's website. The good news is, they're not
> > > discontinued, they're sold out.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Jorge Delacruz
> > >
> > >
> > >
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