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Grover_Cleveland (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 04:28 PM Original message |
Wal-Mart debuts $498 Linux laptop (alternative to Microsoft) |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. Who do you hate more? Gates or Walton? |
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Buck Rabbit (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 04:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Walton |
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Ally McLesbian (395 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 04:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Dell? |
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arcos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 05:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. What's blue about HP? |
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Ally McLesbian (395 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 09:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Thanks for correcting me |
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Born Free (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 06:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
27. AMD 64 HP laptop + linux |
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gizmo1979 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. I've heard Linux is hard to run. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 05:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Linux isn't nearly as hard to run as it used to be... |
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banana republican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 11:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. i'm running linux on a computer that wont run windoz. |
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Born Free (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 06:31 AM Response to Reply #8 |
28. buy the "Live" cd |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 06:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Running linux is not the problem, |
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gizmo1979 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 07:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Really I'm behind on the |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. LOL! The typical Wal-Mart buyer won't have a clue how to run Linux |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 09:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Quite right, old chum. These plebeian shoppers are exceedingly gauche! |
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Born Free (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 05:55 AM Response to Reply #6 |
26. deleted |
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firefox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. This is what I am looking for |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
9. My mother-in-law bought one of these cheap pieces of shit |
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firefox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 06:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I wouldn't want this particular notebook either. |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
10. Don't think Lindows and Linspire are quite the same thing... |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 06:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. pcworld: Lindows becomes Linspire |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 07:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Thanx, rman. I don't keep up with the Wintel world very effectively. |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 10:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. OSX on a PC |
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banana republican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 11:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Used a duall boot win98 and Linux. Didn't wook too well |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 12:48 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. So far, Win NT-XP is |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 04:11 AM Response to Reply #14 |
25. how much does the cheapest Mac laptop cost? |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-18-06 12:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
32. I've read that 'Lindows/Linspire' is the most insecure linux distro |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
19. underpowered in every respect |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
20. VIA C3 is very slow and 128mb of RAM is inadequate |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-18-06 12:14 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. Isn't VIA the new name for Cyrix technology? |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-18-06 05:57 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Yeah, VIA bought some crappy processor designs from Cyrix |
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banana republican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-16-06 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
21. Still too expensive |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-18-06 12:26 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. Agree. |
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belpejic (431 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
29. Won't work |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-18-06 09:34 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. And Linux isn't in serious businesses? |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-18-06 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
31. Ubuntu Linux free discs |
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OneTwentyoNine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-18-06 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
36. Bawhahah,Microsoft should pull ALL their software from Walmart shelves... |
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Servotron (119 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-18-06 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
37. Linspire is a ripoff! |
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