Many many thanks Civilme, I will not buy one of
those little buggers.
On Fri, 17 Mar 2000, Civileme mewed:
Many moons ago, August, I believe, "Good Morning America" was scheduled to
carry a short article about the Personal Internet Appliance. The show was
postphoned, and I am not sure that
On Sat, Mar 18, 2000 at 01:44 -0600, Jeremy wrote:
] = quoted from http://www.linux-hacker.net/iopener/
[some good info]
I'll admit this is impressive for $99, especially when compared to a
WebTV. It comes with a unix-like OS too, maybe this could be turned
into a cheap X terminal
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On Sat, Mar 18, 2000 at 01:44 -0600, Jeremy wrote:
] = quoted from
Many moons ago, August, I believe, "Good Morning America" was scheduled to
carry a short article about the Personal Internet Appliance. The show was
postphoned, and I am not sure that segment ever aired (I don't have television
service, anyway.) It was revolutionary in two ways It promised
Civileme wrote:
RAM and a 2G or larger HDD. And the Price tag was an astounding $199.
There is this saying, "You get what you pay for"
This is a prime example of it.
My video card alone was 3/4 of this price.
I think I would be wary of any computer at this price, unless it was
pre-owned.
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Civileme wrote:
RAM and a 2G or larger HDD. And the Price tag was an astounding $199.
There is
I am very wary of the LinuxStore at this point, and would NOT refer anyone to do
business with them. I ordered LM 7.0 PowerPack on their website several weeks
ago, and after a week or so, with no update to the original 'bounced' confirmation
e-mail, I called themseveral times. I LIVE in
Hoyt wrote:
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Civileme wrote:
RAM and a 2G or larger HDD. And the Price tag was an
