So Walmart is now selling a $200 PC with gOS (a linux OS). Now, I went through 10 pages of google before I gave up trying to find any information on gOS. Why would any company sell a $200 PC with a free OS and pick the most obscure version of said OS you could possibly find.
Rediculous.
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Because it's only $200?
Some people are like slinkies, they aren't really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.
http://www.thinkgos.com/
Apparently you need to wait a couple more hours."Stop imagining"? Ok... that won't be a problem 
It almost looks as if this particular version of Linux was created specifically with the WalMart roll-out in mind which would explain the lack of previous press on the version.
Edited, Nov 1st 2007 10:18am by Jophiel
Apparently you need to wait a couple more hours.
Quote:
For the masses
Stop imagining... our first gOS product is available at select Walmart stores and Walmart.com.
Stop imagining... our first gOS product is available at select Walmart stores and Walmart.com.
It almost looks as if this particular version of Linux was created specifically with the WalMart roll-out in mind which would explain the lack of previous press on the version.
Edited, Nov 1st 2007 10:18am by Jophiel
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
It's after 11 here, they must be based west of me.
It'd be 8:20am on the west coast. They have 40min to get the ball rolling!
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
Jophiel wrote:
Quote:
For the masses
Stop imagining... our first gOS product is available at select Walmart stores and Walmart.com.
Stop imagining... our first gOS product is available at select Walmart stores and Walmart.com.
It almost looks as if this particular version of Linux was created specifically with the WalMart roll-out in mind which would explain the lack of previous press on the version.
Edited, Nov 1st 2007 10:18am by Jophiel
Yeah, still a bad idea. Should have went with Ubuntu or something with a better infrastructure and support system. Not having seen anything about gOS I'm willing to bet they'll turn people away from Linux more than turn them on to it.
A PC that likely won't do anything but run a couple word processors and surf the web. Does it come with solitare?!
Am I the only one that doesn't like Google Apps? They're just clutter, imo. Google has the cleanest most spartan search page on the net, that's one of the reasons a lot of people like it. Google Apps are kind of a something blah blah blah guh guh hooooo
Alright I'm bored of typing. Imagine what it was I was about to say and just go with it.
Am I the only one that doesn't like Google Apps? They're just clutter, imo. Google has the cleanest most spartan search page on the net, that's one of the reasons a lot of people like it. Google Apps are kind of a something blah blah blah guh guh hooooo
Alright I'm bored of typing. Imagine what it was I was about to say and just go with it.
Luxx wrote:
A PC that likely won't do anything but run a couple word processors and surf the web. Does it come with solitare?!
Quote:
Alright I'm bored of typing. Imagine what it was I was about to say and just go with it.
You waited till about 10 minutes into this speech and tangented off onto sex with humanlike apes, the human genome, and the meaning off life.
What the hell man ?
sweetumssama wrote:
Luxx wrote:
A PC that likely won't do anything but run a couple word processors and surf the web. Does it come with solitare?!
Oh, it's certainly a good idea, that PC will do anything the average hotmail user will want to do. I just think they should have picked an established linux distribution instead of this gOS thing that no-one knows about. Hopefully I'm wrong about it, I have my doubts.
Luxx wrote:
A PC that likely won't do anything but run a couple word processors and surf the web. Does it come with solitare?!
I've only used the Google word processor a couple of times but it worked fine for me. It actually saved Flea one day when she had to work on a file with a corrupted image that kept crashing MS Word.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
Yodabunny wrote:
Oh, it's certainly a good idea, that PC will do anything the average hotmail user will want to do. I just think they should have picked an established linux distribution instead of this gOS thing that no-one knows about. Hopefully I'm wrong about it, I have my doubts.
Yodabunny wrote:
So Walmart is now selling a $200 PC with gOS (a linux OS). Now, I went through 10 pages of google before I gave up trying to find any information on gOS. Why would any company sell a $200 PC with a free OS and pick the most obscure version of said OS you could possibly find.
Rediculous.
Rediculous.
its walmart and sadly they have been out of stock since 2002. just read this on slashdot and did a little digging. they are only on sale in select stores, sadly there is not 1 store within 100 miles of my home zip that has any in stock.
i would gladly pick one up in a heart beat for my kids.
Pick up a used PC for 200$ and throw Fedora Core on it.
Much better quality than anything WalMart sells.
Much better quality than anything WalMart sells.
was not able to find the specs on that rig either. for $200 you could build a PC, or close to it with minimal performance.
Caldone the Shady wrote:
Pick up a used PC for 200$ and throw Fedora Core on it.
Much better quality than anything WalMart sells.
Much better quality than anything WalMart sells.
Yes, but for someone who just wants internet access with facebook and email $200 for a new PC and zero setup time is an awesome deal. If my kids needed a PC to do their homework on I'd seriously consider it, the time it takes me to setup a new box is worth $200 even if I have the parts lying around to build one for free.
Yodabunny wrote:
Caldone the Shady wrote:
Pick up a used PC for 200$ and throw Fedora Core on it.
Much better quality than anything WalMart sells.
Much better quality than anything WalMart sells.
Yes, but for someone who just wants internet access with facebook and email $200 for a new PC and zero setup time is an awesome deal. If my kids needed a PC to do their homework on I'd seriously consider it, the time it takes me to setup a new box is worth $200 even if I have the parts lying around to build one for free.
kind of what i was thinking. also it will all be new hardware and walmart for all its faults does have a rather liberal return policy.
Singdall wrote:
was not able to find the specs on that rig either. for $200 you could build a PC, or close to it with minimal performance.
You or I could yes. Johnny Janitor with a cousin on the other side of the planet that just wants to be able to send an email to china A. Can't, B. Doesn't want to waste the time, C. Just doesn't know how crappy the PC is and never will because he'll never need anything better than that.
Edit: You addressed this while I was posting but I'll leave it up anyway.
Edited, Nov 1st 2007 1:17pm by Yodabunny
Per Walmart.com
Edited, Nov 1st 2007 12:19pm by Jophiel
Quote:
Item Description
This exceptional value is built around a Via Technologies processor designed for low power consumption. It runs on the gOS operating system and features the OpenOffice.org 2.2 software suite that gives users the ability to create word processing documents, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. Additional highlights include a DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive, Ethernet port and stereo speakers.
Key Features & Benefits:
# 1.5 GHz Via Technologies C7-D processor
Delivers energy-saving performance
# 512 MB of DDR2 system memory
Offers good performance and is expandable to 2 GB
# 80 GB hard disk drive
Provides space for documents, games, photos and music
# DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive
Lets you play DVDs and burn your own CDs for entertainment and data backup
# 10/100 Mbps Ethernet
Connects to a local area network or broadband Internet devices
# gOS operating system
Enables you to use the supplied OpenOffice.org 2.2 software suite
This exceptional value is built around a Via Technologies processor designed for low power consumption. It runs on the gOS operating system and features the OpenOffice.org 2.2 software suite that gives users the ability to create word processing documents, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. Additional highlights include a DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive, Ethernet port and stereo speakers.
Key Features & Benefits:
# 1.5 GHz Via Technologies C7-D processor
Delivers energy-saving performance
# 512 MB of DDR2 system memory
Offers good performance and is expandable to 2 GB
# 80 GB hard disk drive
Provides space for documents, games, photos and music
# DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive
Lets you play DVDs and burn your own CDs for entertainment and data backup
# 10/100 Mbps Ethernet
Connects to a local area network or broadband Internet devices
# gOS operating system
Enables you to use the supplied OpenOffice.org 2.2 software suite
Edited, Nov 1st 2007 12:19pm by Jophiel
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
was not an argument, just a statement. although for $200 i am not sure what you could build with 100% new parts. i just had to replace my firewall (i use IPCop) and just the board, CPU, ram, case, PSU ran me $210 and that was wholesale price. i only put 512M ram, did not have to replace the HDD, floppy, or CDRom.
so it would be hard to build anything of any kind of performance for less then $300.
so it would be hard to build anything of any kind of performance for less then $300.
Jophiel wrote:
Per Walmart.com
Edited, Nov 1st 2007 12:19pm by Jophiel
Quote:
Item Description
This exceptional value is built around a Via Technologies processor designed for low power consumption. It runs on the gOS operating system and features the OpenOffice.org 2.2 software suite that gives users the ability to create word processing documents, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. Additional highlights include a DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive, Ethernet port and stereo speakers.
Key Features & Benefits:
# 1.5 GHz Via Technologies C7-D processor
Delivers energy-saving performance
# 512 MB of DDR2 system memory
Offers good performance and is expandable to 2 GB
# 80 GB hard disk drive
Provides space for documents, games, photos and music
# DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive
Lets you play DVDs and burn your own CDs for entertainment and data backup
# 10/100 Mbps Ethernet
Connects to a local area network or broadband Internet devices
# gOS operating system
Enables you to use the supplied OpenOffice.org 2.2 software suite
This exceptional value is built around a Via Technologies processor designed for low power consumption. It runs on the gOS operating system and features the OpenOffice.org 2.2 software suite that gives users the ability to create word processing documents, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. Additional highlights include a DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive, Ethernet port and stereo speakers.
Key Features & Benefits:
# 1.5 GHz Via Technologies C7-D processor
Delivers energy-saving performance
# 512 MB of DDR2 system memory
Offers good performance and is expandable to 2 GB
# 80 GB hard disk drive
Provides space for documents, games, photos and music
# DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive
Lets you play DVDs and burn your own CDs for entertainment and data backup
# 10/100 Mbps Ethernet
Connects to a local area network or broadband Internet devices
# gOS operating system
Enables you to use the supplied OpenOffice.org 2.2 software suite
Edited, Nov 1st 2007 12:19pm by Jophiel
Singdall wrote:
i would find it very hard to beat $200 to build that rig even with that slow of a CPU, not that you could even buy that CPU new today at most wholesalers, could i get it down to that price and make anything on it to sell.
Yeah, I couldn't build that for $200. It comes with keyboard, mouse, and speakers as well, so there's say $20-25 right there, assuming cheapest you could find.
So $175.00 for that box, no-way, couldn't do it without some serious mass quantity discount, even with the flat out cheapest generic parts I'd probably be around $250-300.
Yodabunny wrote:
Singdall wrote:
i would find it very hard to beat $200 to build that rig even with that slow of a CPU, not that you could even buy that CPU new today at most wholesalers, could i get it down to that price and make anything on it to sell.
Yeah, I couldn't build that for $200. It comes with keyboard, mouse, and speakers as well, so there's say $20-25 right there, assuming cheapest you could find.
So $175.00 for that box, no-way, couldn't do it without some serious mass quantity discount, even with the flat out cheapest generic parts I'd probably be around $250-300.
yup, shame their are none in my area id drive to get that for my daughter to haver her own computer.
Regardless, it's just nice to see more PC's being sold with linux pre-installed, even if the computer IS junk. Anyone have a picture of this thing?
Is it just me or does GOS look far too similar to MacOSx?
http://www.thinkgos.com/images/screen_shot.jpg
http://images.apple.com/macosx/features/images/desktop_hero20071016.png
http://www.thinkgos.com/images/screen_shot.jpg
http://images.apple.com/macosx/features/images/desktop_hero20071016.png
Singdall wrote:
yup, shame their are none in my area id drive to get that for my daughter to haver her own computer.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
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