____/ TheLetterK on Saturday 20 October 2007 21:35 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> How low can a Linux PC go?
>>
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>> | If the Asian networking out of the box specialists NorhTec are to be
>> | believed the answer is very low indeed: how does $85 (£41) sound?
>> |
>> | [...]
>> |
>> | Obviously you don't get bells and whistles at this price point, but throw
>> | something like Puppy Linux at it and you do get one of the cheapest fully
>> | functional PCs on the planet.
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>> http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry1757.html
>>
>> In the UK, wasn't Vista about 7 times more expensive than this whole PC
>> (hardware and software)? I'm talking about the uncrippled edition, with all
>> the bugs, WGA, and lack of software/hardware compatibility out of the box.
>> Amazing. If only the Financial Times and the likes of it had people aware of
>> Linux...
>
> That machine is using a 486SX, you know...
An eSys machine with a 2GHz+ class processor costs around GBP100, which is
still a third of the high-street price of Windows CeMeNT.
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