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.
>>
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