$100 laptop running Linux

[Leo Mauler]

--- Brian Kelsay <Brian.Kelsay at kcc.usda.gov> wrote:
> Often the problem in a corporate environment, the
> newest version  of Windows must be run (XP w/ SP1 or
> 2) along with virus scanning, big email clients,
> latest office suite and nearly all software that an
> employee might ever use since you want a
> one-size-fits-all image for the PC.  There is always
> even more software to load for specialty jobs like
> program development.

Yes, the cost of replacement is far greater than the
cost of the computer, when you're talking about
Windows.  Especially when the licenses are tied to the
hardware.

So a corporation might hold onto a low productivity
computer rather than engage in an expensive upgrade of
which only a small part is the cost of the computer.

> >>> Steven Danz <> 04/07/05 08:31PM >>>
> Leo Mauler wrote:
> 
> > I have a PII-300Mhz I purchased for about 
> > $240 six months ago.  The 500Mhz laptops 
> > at HyperTech computers (87th & Farley) are 
> > right between $300-$400.
> >
> > 300Mhz is decent enough for most things, 
> > not very good for video (VideoCD-quality 
> > MPEG1 videos run fairly well) but it will 
> > let me do basic graphics editing and browse 
> > on the Internet without painful
> > "chuggachuggachugga" waits for the swap.


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