Shuttle's $200 Linux PC Part of a Trend?

eldavojohn writes "With $200 machines being all the rage these days, it's surprising that more coverage hasn't been given to Shuttle's KPC which is an Intel Celeron processor, a 945GC chipset, 512MB of memory and either a 60GB or 80GB HDD. With deals like these, will Linux become the dominant home operating system for the thrifty?"

And I though . . .

[cashman73]

that NASA had actually put Linux on the Space Shuttle. Darn! What a disappointment! Figures, though. NASA could never spend as low as $200 on a computer; what, when they can gold-plate the sucker and buy a computer for $200 million?

Re:_.._._

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes they are, WHATCHA GONNA DO BOUT IT!? Want some manly man pictures scratched in the side? Buy an etching gun and go crazy. Do That or get a bottle of glue, some penthouse, playboy and hustler centerfold pictures and glue them all over the thing. Yeah that'll fix them gay designs and schemes.

Re:no CD/DVD drive bay?

[Anonymous Coward]

And you're and idiot that doesn't know how to configure a bootable USB drive.

Re:512 Ram, 60GB HD...

[tristian_was_here]

I want a red one with a yellow hammer and sickle on the side.

Re:Probably not

[Anonymous Coward]

I must find drives from this company, cheapie.

They sound VERY nice.

Re:A potential buisness model problem...

[fwarren]

Remember the MSN homepage is the internet.

So as long as you change the icon from Firefox to IE and change the spinner to the blue E and make msn.com their home page. The only thing they will notice is that Google is now there search engine and it works better than ever for searching.