The machines will features an AMD Athlon 64 2800+ processor,256MB of memory, 80GB SATA hard drive, CD-RW drive. 400W power supply and afloppy drive. The machine will run on TaFusion MEPISLinux which is also known as Frontier. Also included is OpenOffice.org which is a rather competent competitor to Microsoft Office alongwith the Thunderbird email client.
"This new offering will allowindividuals and companies to get a powerful entry level system at the lowestpossible investment. Most companies offering an entry level system under $300usually provide much less processing power, smaller hard drives, a standardCD-ROM, and no floppy drive," said the CEO of Technalign.
The lack of a Microsoft-based operating system is crucial tothe low-price of the desktops, but some other compromises had to be made. The systems only come with a 90-day factory warranty although the separate components still retain their respective warranties which range from one tothree years. First shipments will go out on July 31.
News source: DailyTech
Quite a respectable computer for the price, whack a graphics card in and some more ram in it and you have a capable gaming machine.
Last edited by Angel Blue01 on 14 Jul 2006 - 20:26
quite a solid machine for the price: and if you have a copy of XP your good to go
And it would be cool if they used LinuxBIOS as their BIOS, even though LinuxBIOS isn't really Linux (it just loads Linux or other Kernels)
Take a look at above: You can configure it to somewhat of your liking.
Can get better parts for cheaper.
Last edited by DefensiveCore on 14 Jul 2006 - 22:46
And I agree with ditching the floppy (but instead making it optional) and going with a DVD-ROM. Would make things SO much easier...
EDIT: Nevermind, just read with distro it was.
These specs are perfect for people that need a light computer (for example: people that only need to do some web surfing and word processing) or a server.
And Linux would be just fine, as it's PRE-INSTALLED.
Most problems people have with Linux, have to do with installing and configuring it.
If it's pre-installed, you don't have those problems anymore.
What about actually installing word processing/browsers? I guess most users who don't own a PC but want one have used Windows-based PC's at work or in libraries and I think moving from that to Linux is a leap to far for many new users. Double-clicking an .exe file is a helluva lot easier than opening a command window and typing app-get etc etc.
I gave up using Linux not because it was difficult to install Linux but because it was too hard to maintain (updating drivers was a complete chore and far too fussy and reliant on certain combinations of hardware) which makes that 90-day support offer seem faintly silly.
What about actually installing word processing/browsers? I guess most users who don't own a PC but want one have used Windows-based PC's at work or in libraries and I think moving from that to Linux is a leap to far for many new users. Double-clicking an .exe file is a helluva lot easier than opening a command window and typing app-get etc etc.
In a Debian based distro, which this is, installation of software is far more hassle free than a windows box. Fire up Synaptic, do a search, or enter the name of the software if you know it, browse the list it give you, checking the checkboxes of what you want to install, then hit apply. Absolutely nothing to do with a terminal window. Just remember, double-clicking an .exe means first you have to find the app you want, download it, find it after you download it (this part sometimes trips up newcomers), THEN double click it, and do the next>next>next dance for a minute. I notice that alot of times you guys forget that there actually IS more to it than just clicking an .exe, and on top of that then want to compare that to old-school command line installation methods. Not fair.
http://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/wishli...tNumber=3604526
Sweet deal for someone without a clue?
Get a clue.
u do need atleast 512MB of ram these days as 256MB will quite noticeably kill that amd64 processor as with 256MB of ram that kills all around system performance.
and i tottally agree with foub... "format c and install windows" ... that pretty much sums it up as a copy of windows xp generally goes for around $0.00 nowadays. lol
but for 300 dollars that pc is quite decent
Last edited by Croquant on 15 Jul 2006 - 06:09
As Croquant stated above they don't tell you who made the motherboard. I've built a lot of systems and learned the hard way that buying a good motherboard is key to a stable system.
* In this case there probably isn't much savings since major manufacturers get components at a lower cost by buying in volume (think Wal-Mart). In a completive business these costs savings are passed along to the customer.
This is just absolutely nuts!!
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/sea...p;CMP=ILC-FPM08
Dell offers a $300.00 machine with windows and a cd burner and a year warranty.
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