Comments on: New Sub-$200 Computer at Wal-Mart http://www.pcmech.com/article/new-sub-200-computer-at-wal-mart/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:07:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: John http://www.pcmech.com/article/new-sub-200-computer-at-wal-mart/comment-page-1/#comment-3735 John Mon, 19 Nov 2007 04:16:37 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/new-sub-200-computer-at-wal-mart/#comment-3735 The majority of my clients don't use more than 20gb of space and don't even know what outlook express is. These are the same people buying this box. It's not made for you, so please don't buy it. Let someone else take it home. The majority of my clients don’t use more than 20gb of space and don’t even know what outlook express is. These are the same people buying this box. It’s not made for you, so please don’t buy it. Let someone else take it home.

]]> By: Eee PC - Small Done Right » PC Mechanic http://www.pcmech.com/article/new-sub-200-computer-at-wal-mart/comment-page-1/#comment-3654 Eee PC - Small Done Right » PC Mechanic Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:18:18 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/new-sub-200-computer-at-wal-mart/#comment-3654 [...] might have heard me give me not-so-hot take on the Wal-Mart sub-$200 PC, but the Eee PC is much, much [...] [...] might have heard me give me not-so-hot take on the Wal-Mart sub-$200 PC, but the Eee PC is much, much [...]

]]> By: reinkefj http://www.pcmech.com/article/new-sub-200-computer-at-wal-mart/comment-page-1/#comment-3512 reinkefj Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:45:00 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/new-sub-200-computer-at-wal-mart/#comment-3512 Well for $200, it'd be interesting to see what it could do. One trip to AC trying to "hit the big one" wases more than that. Unfortunately, it's all sold out. SO either they ordered 100 for the US or it's a hot seller among those that shop at WalMart. When you got nothing, it might look "good enough"? Well for $200, it’d be interesting to see what it could do. One trip to AC trying to “hit the big one” wases more than that. Unfortunately, it’s all sold out. SO either they ordered 100 for the US or it’s a hot seller among those that shop at WalMart. When you got nothing, it might look “good enough”?

]]> By: Jim http://www.pcmech.com/article/new-sub-200-computer-at-wal-mart/comment-page-1/#comment-3371 Jim Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:52:08 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/new-sub-200-computer-at-wal-mart/#comment-3371 Well, I won't blast an attempt to get an internet appliance out for next to nothing. "gOS" is short for google OS, it's based off of Ubuntu 7.10, so what's the gripe ? I've been using Ubuntu since June 2006 on a partition much smaller than 80 GB and have plenty of drive space. See that's Linux for you, it's not bloated like Windows Vista. It still runs on PC's with 256-512 MB of memory efficiently. As for the hardware being too slow ? For under $ 200, do you expect quad core performance ? Office Applications are only as fast as you can type, so how fast does that have to be. And I'm not talking about crunching queries for multi-million record data tables here, we're talking what the average web surfer uses office for. I'll bet it handles Open Office Suite just fine ? Well, I won’t blast an attempt to get an internet appliance out for next to nothing. “gOS” is short for google OS, it’s based off of Ubuntu 7.10, so what’s the gripe ? I’ve been using Ubuntu since June 2006 on a partition much smaller than 80 GB and have plenty of drive space. See that’s Linux for you, it’s not bloated like Windows Vista. It still runs on PC’s with 256-512 MB of memory efficiently.

As for the hardware being too slow ? For under $ 200, do you expect quad core performance ? Office Applications are only as fast as you can type, so how fast does that have to be. And I’m not talking about crunching queries for multi-million record data tables here, we’re talking what the average web surfer uses office for. I’ll bet it handles Open Office Suite just fine ?

]]> By: Jon Cardozo http://www.pcmech.com/article/new-sub-200-computer-at-wal-mart/comment-page-1/#comment-3343 Jon Cardozo Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:30:29 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/new-sub-200-computer-at-wal-mart/#comment-3343 If Wal-Mart produces a tablet PC, let me know! I'll be the first one to buy it. Seriously though, It seems that computers are getting cheaper everyday. If Wal-Mart produces a tablet PC, let me know! I’ll be the first one to buy it. Seriously though, It seems that computers are getting cheaper everyday.

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