In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Jerry McBride
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wrote
on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 19:41:52 -0400
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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Mentioned again in the Inquirer.
>>
>> China to produce $125 PC
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>> | A Chinese outfit is hoping to release a PC which will hit the shops with
>> | a price tag of $125.
>> `----
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>> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34355
>
> In all honesty, I'm surprised this has taken so long. The Chinese are superb
> at cloneing most anything they can make a yen from...
Pedant Point: Yuan. Yen is Japanese.
> And if these $125.00
> computers make their way to our shores... Wow! Linux will
> take over like a storm.
One would hope so. :-)
> This would make for yet another low cost, linux driven cluster
> solution.
Depends on how cheap the power supply is. That would be a bit of
a worry IMO in a low-ender. Linux is excellent but it can't perform
miracles. :-)
>
> Terrific.
>
We'll see how it pans out here. I'll admit I don't know
precisely what the buying public will think, as many in the
US might be brainwashed into wanting Vista (some of them
wander into here on occasion :-) ), and there is the problem
of distribution -- who's going to carry and sell it?
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