Walmart Expands Low-End Linux Notebook Offerings 384
startleman writes "A story on Tom's Hardware reports that Walmart apparently will offer a Linare-equipped notebook below the $500 mark. Manufacturer Linare said that it will bring a Linux-based device to the retailer 'within the next few days.' Specs include an AMD Athlon 1800+, a 40 GByte harddrive, 128 MByte memory, a CD-ROM drive, an Ethernet port and the firm's Linare OS as well as Open Office."
yes, but does it... (Score:2, Funny)
(it's a joke :) )
My, the ambivalence! (Score:5, Funny)
Oh, how to feel?
fp? (Score:2, Funny)
Yes but does it ... (Score:5, Funny)
But... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:My, the ambivalence! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:yes, but does it... (Score:5, Funny)
(seriously)
Why? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:But the question is (Score:2, Funny)
"Ah, yes, well kill a few employees anyway."
Re:Yes but does it ... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:My, the ambivalence! (Score:5, Funny)
MS would win major karma and popularity points by displaying a "Wal-Mart is evil" or "Wal-Mart ate my community" message on bootup or something. Meanwhile Wal-Mart will pull MS products from its shelves.
The raw well-lubed power of MS OEM dominance will finally be pitted against a hypnotically deteriorative superpower capable of harnessing the buying power of the worlds lowest common denominator.
MegaB GByte (Score:5, Funny)
if you're going to write out Byte, you might as well write out Mega as well. but mixing and matching like this? i find the flagrant lack of consistency to be unsettling.
THE STICK UP MY ASS IS TWITCHING AND I DEMAND A CORRECTION!
Re:Yes but does it ... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Enough power for some (Score:1, Funny)
-Knuth
ARGH! (Score:3, Funny)
New Distro (Score:1, Funny)
Gives 4K disk quotas to users.
Forces all users out of
Grows partition to fill entire disk(s).
Will MSN be on the desktop for easy access? (Score:2, Funny)
And they'd better have IE on there.