--- Bill McGonigle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Apr 18, 2005, at 17:45, Randy Edwards wrote:
IMHO, the worst aspect of them is the fact
that they're from Wal-Mart (insert disclaimer about
union-busting,
hyper-exploitation of workers, etc., here).
snip
I'm somewhat surprised they're
Jeff Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Do you know the manufacturer of the wood screws that are in your
house? Do you care?
I don't thin I have any wood screws at the moment, but I have a bunch
of sheetrock screws. I don't know the name of the brand, but I know
their in a red box which came
Is the summary that no one has any experience with Xandros, but the
Microtel PC is probably suitable for an inexpensive desktop? Sounds
like it.
Karl
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While I haven't purchased a Microtel PC, I do have experience with
Xandros and I can tell you it's an excellent all-around distribution.
In complete frustration supporting Windows, I converted my wife and
father about 2 years ago to Lindows. It seemed a great distro for
newbies (at the time).
Is the summary that no one has any experience with Xandros, but the
Microtel PC is probably suitable for an inexpensive desktop? Sounds
like it.
Well, I've got experience with Xandros, but not on Walmart PCs. It's a
good distro in general - makes lots of things nice and easy. My biggest
I was just curious, so I checked Walmart's web site. They had
the same system with Windows XP Home ($298), Linspire ($298),
Xandros ($200) and no operating system ($248).
I guess I'd go with Xandros. (LOL)
Regards,
.
Randy
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Americans went to their deaths in Iraq thinking that
Randy Edwards wrote:
I was just curious, so I checked Walmart's web site. They had
the same system with Windows XP Home ($298), Linspire ($298),
Xandros ($200) and no operating system ($248).
I guess I'd go with Xandros. (LOL)
Regards,
.
Randy
I will too. I don't need a floppy drive or
Has anyone have any experience with, or comment about the Microtel
Xandros Linux computers offered by Walmart. These computers aren't very
powerful by today's standards, but for a straight vanilla desktop with
Linux and OpenOffice perloaded, I haven't seen a better bargain. I need
to replace
On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 17:06 -0400, Karl Hergenrother wrote:
Has anyone have any experience with, or comment about the Microtel
Xandros Linux computers offered by Walmart. These computers aren't very
powerful by today's standards, but for a straight vanilla desktop with
Linux and OpenOffice
Karl Hergenrother wrote:
Has anyone have any experience with, or comment about the Microtel
Xandros Linux computers offered by Walmart. These computers aren't
very powerful by today's standards, but for a straight vanilla desktop
with Linux and OpenOffice perloaded, I haven't seen a better
Has anyone have any experience with, or comment about the Microtel
Xandros Linux computers offered by Walmart.
I've known a few people that have purchased them. (These were with
Mandrake or Lindows; I haven't used/seen Xandros.)
When I ripped a couple apart, I wasn't really
On Apr 18, 2005, at 17:45, Randy Edwards wrote:
IMHO, the worst aspect of them is the fact
that they're from Wal-Mart (insert disclaimer about union-busting,
hyper-exploitation of workers, etc., here).
As opposed to the other computer companies who give their computer
assemblers good wages and
Almost (but not quite entirely) OT is this review that
I just happened to be reading when your query came by:
http://hardware.newsforge.com/hardware/05/04/12/1355208.shtml?tid=73tid=2
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