new pc at wal-mart

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[i]posted 8:03am EST Mon Feb 25 2002 - submitted by Roman <! -- news item -->

NEWS
Walmart.com has announced that it will begin selling a line of PCs without an operating system. The move is being made as an attempt to grab marketshare of the more advanced technical users. Walmart.com is using the new line as a test to gauge demand by the tech-savvy public.

Walmart.com is selling Microtel PCs for prices ranging from US$399 to around $870. None of the PCs ship with the most common desktop operating system, Microsoft Windows, or a monitor. Critics of the move believe that the OS-free PCs could confuse average consumers into believing that they are purchasing a plug-and-play type solution.

Users will be required to purchase an operating system individually, or obtain a free OS such as Linux.

Read more at CNET.

being board i found an old artical on a wal-mart pc, it just caugt my eye

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