it is to laugh. I'm guessing a "winmodem" (no true UART) on the MB.
On Wed, October 31, 2007 11:52 pm, Jason Kraus wrote: > I heard the computer has a modem and doesn't support it. Thats rather > bad if you ask me because that target market probably doesn't have > allot of cash and would probably go with dial up :/ > > On 10/31/07, Tracy R Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> According to this article: >> >> http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/10/200-everex-gree.html >> >> two Wal-Mart stores in the San Diego area are selling a $200 computer >> that comes with Ubuntu preinstalled. I am tempted to start calling >> around to find out which one it is if I thought there was any chance >> that someone who answered the phone might know if their store carried >> them. I may just have to visit a few until I find one. >> >> >> Things like this really tick me off: >> >> http://blog.mandriva.com/2007/10/31/an-open-letter-to-steve-ballmer/ >> >> but the hardware is getting so small and cheap and Windows so big and >> bloated that I think we are now at the point where it will soon be >> impossible to install Windows on some of these cheap computers that ship >> with Linux pre-installed. If they really provided Windows for free in >> the above case it seems like a classic case of dumping. I have heard >> rumors that Microsoft is trying to get Windows to run on the OLPC but >> that is going to be such a big PITA to pull off and the Windows would be >> so crippled that I don't think they could possibly gain anything by it. >> >> -- >> Tracy R Reed Read my blog at http://ultraviolet.org >> Key fingerprint = D4A8 4860 535C ABF8 BA97 25A6 F4F2 1829 9615 02AD >> Non-GPG signed mail gets read only if I can find it among the spam. >> >> >> -- >> [email protected] >> http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list >> > > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list > -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
