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Low-cost Linux laptop targets British education market
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| Elonex is taking orders for a sub-$200 Linux-based laptop aimed at the
| British educational market. Based on a 300MHz processor, the Elonex One
| includes WiFi, Ethernet, Flash storage, USB, and a 7-inch, 800 x 480
| detachable touch display.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4650708621.html
Recent:
$200 computers
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| The KMart store clerk looks around and shows off the $600 or so PC, which was
| not in her target price range. After a bit more asking the clerk goes, “Well,
| we do have 1 machine in the back. Every store has only gotten one, but it’s
| only $200.
|
| She asks to see it, and he brings it out. Says something about having
| Firefox, goes onto Facebook, Google Mail, has office tools, etc. She
| goes, “that’ll work for me” and promptly buys it.
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http://www.purinchu.net/wp/2008/05/25/200-computers/
Chinese supplier offers 'cheapest' Linux laptop
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| Dubbed the Alpha 400, the Eee PC-like machine sports a 7in, 800 x 480 display
| but is based not on an x86 processor but a 400MHz, 32-bit XBurst chip. It's
| got 128MB of memory and 1GB of Flash storage.
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/05/23/china_cheap_eee_clone/
Microsoft worried over Linux ULPCs
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| An un-named Microsoft official quoted in the original article claims that
| manufacturers currently offering Linux on their low-cost devices “have made
| some good inroads with open-source, and Microsoft wants to put a stop to it.”
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http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/05/12/microsoft-worried-over-linux-ulpcs/1
Microsoft U-turn to stop Linux dominating ultra low cost PCs
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| By offering Windows XP Home Edition at bargain prices, Microsoft hopes to
| secure its place in the ULPC market and reduce the use of Linux, according to
| an official at one PC maker, who asked not to be identified because he was
| not authorised to discuss the programme.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/hardware/laptops/news/index.cfm?newsid=9006
Microsoft to limit capabilities of cheap laptops
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| Microsoft plans to offer PC makers steep discounts on Windows XP Home Edition
| to encourage them to use that OS instead of Linux on ultra low-cost PCs
| (ULPCs). To be eligible, however, the PC vendors that make ULPCs must limit
| screen sizes to 10.2 inches and hard drives to 80G bytes, and they cannot
| offer touch-screen PCs.
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| The program is outlined in confidential documents that Microsoft sent to PC
| makers last month, and which were obtained by IDG News Service. The goal
| apparently is to limit the hardware capabilities of ULPCs so that they don't
| eat into the market for mainstream PCs running Windows Vista, something both
| Microsoft and the PC vendors would want to avoid.
|
| [...]
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| Microsoft notes that the OSes under consideration for the devices include
| Windows and Linux. Some PC makers have expressed a preference for Linux
| because it helps them keep down the cost of the devices.
|
| [...]
|
| By offering Windows XP Home Edition at bargain prices, Microsoft hopes to
| secure its place in the ULPC market and reduce the use of Linux, according to
| an official at one PC maker, who asked not to be identified because he was
| not authorized to discuss the program.
|
| "[Low-cost PC makers] have made some good inroads with open-source, and
| Microsoft wants to put a stop to it," the official said.
|
| The official did not seem opposed to the program. It should stimulate more
| competition between Windows and Linux in the ULPC market, and it could
| invigorate sales because consumers who want an easy-to-use PC are likely to
| prefer Windows, the official said.
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http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=D04AB1F8-17A4-0F78-310F5F4479DEEE86
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