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Cheap Linux PCs Targeted At Home Users
News While Red Hat and SuSE may be strong in Linux used on servers, Sundaram said he believes the competition is open for PCs. My sense is that most people who are culturally attuned to the PC market have bought PCs, one way or the other.
[June 24, 2003, 8:32]
PC Expo: It's The Battle Of The (dirt) Cheap PCs
News The iToaster, which is equipped with a variation of Linux and Be Inc.s operating system, will retail for $199 (£121) when it starts selling on July 1. It's good for people who wouldn't maybe buy a computer or someone who already has a computer...
[June 24, 1999, 9:51]
Thailand's Cheap PCs 'force Microsoft's Hand'
Talkback You only have to present a plausable Linux adoptation plan to get big discounts from Microsoft. The Microsoft one price polycy has already fallen. Just look at Munich. I expect that zero cost windows CDs will accompany every computer magazine sold...
[August 25, 2003, 19:57]
Thailand's Cheap PCs 'force Microsoft's Hand'
Talkback How do they know people will be unloading Linux and putting bootleg of windows on their machines. What will actually happen and what the Gartner group is afraid is losing the backing of all the crap software companies out there because the users...
[August 28, 2003, 14:02]
Thailand's Cheap PCs 'force Microsoft's Hand'
Talkback Many good reasons to blow XP off your computer, paid for or not, no good reason to put it on if your running Linux. Happy Linux users are Microsoft's problem. The piracy bit is pure FUD, nope even standards are required for FUD, the piracy bit...
[August 26, 2003, 11:46]
Thailand's Cheap PCs 'force Microsoft's Hand'
News Now with the recent appointment of a general manager in Thailand, Microsoft has belatedly realised the potential of one million ICT PCs running Linux and decided to participate in the program," said Wiggins.
[August 22, 2003, 12:20]
Microsoft Advised To Learn To Love Linux
News But when other PCs began to take hold, the company didn't pursue that market for economic reasons: PCs offered substantially lower profit margins and didn't meet the technical needs of existing mini-computer customers.
[October 18, 2004, 9:40]
Microsoft Picks Five Countries For Cheap Windows
News Windows XP Starter Edition -- an inexpensive version of Microsoft's flagship operating system that does not contain as many features as the standard version -- will begin shipping on PCs in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia in October, said Maggie...
[August 11, 2004, 9:00]
Linux-PC Firm Touts @linux.net Email
News Linare, newly embarked as a seller of cheap Linux PCs, will offer an email service for fans of the open-source operating system, the company plans to announce on Monday. Linare began selling its Linux PCs online last week, a few weeks later than...
[October 13, 2003, 10:35]
Lindows PC Launches In UK
News UK-based Evesham Technology has launched a desktop PC loaded with the Lindows 2 operating system, continuing a trend started in the US for cheap PCs running the Linux-based OS. Version 2.0 of Lindows includes enhanced networking features for...
[October 8, 2002, 13:16]
IBM Takes Linux Consulting To Brazil
News IBM's Global Services division detailed on Monday the services it is offering corporations in Brazil interested in using Linux on desktop PCs, point-of-sale terminals and other devices. IBM expects companies to use Linux software in call-centre PCs...
[June 14, 2004, 16:25]
Lenovo Signs $1.2bn Windows Deal
News Many have also pointed out that by curbing the sale of naked PCs Microsoft is also damaging the potential market for open source operating systems such as Linux. It is believed that many Chinese consumers buy PCs without operating systems and later...
[April 18, 2006, 15:25]
The Year Ahead: Ten Uses For An Old PC
News Imagine how fantastic it would be if PCs were forty feet high, and the components as big as cars! But you will need to wait a couple of years until the latest PCs are thoroughly obsolete. Pros: Marks you out as a true geek, very cheap, very...
[January 1, 2002, 6:31]
Via Brings The £100 PC Closer
News Taiwan's Via Technologies plans to promote PCs that will sell for close to £125 this autumn in an attempt to gain ground in the consumer market. PCs for price points in the £100 to £150 range are rare but have been popping up recently.
[May 10, 2005, 15:25]
Apple Mac OS X On X86: A First Test
Talkback I could care less if OS X will run on Dells, and other WinTel PCs. The pressure on price would also be a pressure on quality, and while Apple machines may be high margin, I've had mine go on and on while the PCs of my friends fall apart around me...
[November 11, 2005, 16:36]
$100 Laptop To Be Built In Taiwan
News History has also shown that bringing PCs to the poor is extremely difficult. Attempts to bring low-cost PCs to Brazil have failed several times. To save energy, thin clients and PCs can run on car batteries or solar panels.
[December 14, 2005, 8:40]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog You may not be surprised that in the future, we'll all have Microsoft Media Center PCs in every room, all networked to each other and a central home server that stores incoming digital entertainment from satellite, terrestrial and broadband.
[April 29, 2005, 20:10]
BT Launches Virtual Home-engineer Service
News It supports Windows systems going back to Windows 98 - and promises a ‘virtual engineer’ that will log in remotely to adjust settings and clean up supported PCs. BT has had a similar remote IT support offering for business, since 2004 - which is...
[June 9, 2006, 14:25]
Cut-price Windows May Bypass China
News Windows XP Starter Edition for Thailand, which also doesn't contain as many features as the regular version, is already available on some PCs, along with a slimmed-down version of Office. And, despite the rapid growth of the PC market there, PCs...
[July 5, 2004, 11:20]
Here Come Even Cheaper PCs
News The Timna chip will support PCs that run Windows as well as appliance devices that run Linux. Intel says such PCs should benefit customers by allowing PC makers to create a range of new cheap PCs, full-function PCs or appliance devices that cost...
[November 25, 1999, 8:45]
