Kougar
07-14-2006, 08:15 PM
I have to say, it's a good idea, but really this sounded much better before those price cuts were announced...
$300 gets you an Athlon 64 2800+ processor, 256MB of RAM and an 80GB hard drive
A partnership between Technalign and Britt Systems will bring a $300 AMD64-based desktop system to consumers. To keep the price so low, Britt Systems will ship the computers with a version of the Linux operating system.
The machines will features an AMD Athlon 64 2800+ processor, 256MB of memory, 80GB SATA hard drive, CD-RW drive. 400W power supply and a floppy drive -- people still use these? The machine will run on TaFusion MEPIS Linux which is also known as Frontier. Also included is OpenOffice.org which is a rather competent competitor to Microsoft Office along with the Thunderbird email client. "“This new offering will allow individuals and companies to get a powerful entry level system at the lowest possible investment. Most companies offering an entry level system under $300 usually provide much less processing power, smaller hard drives, a standard CD-ROM, and no floppy drive," said the CEO of Technalign.
Article with links is at http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3321 (http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3321)
$300 gets you an Athlon 64 2800+ processor, 256MB of RAM and an 80GB hard drive
A partnership between Technalign and Britt Systems will bring a $300 AMD64-based desktop system to consumers. To keep the price so low, Britt Systems will ship the computers with a version of the Linux operating system.
The machines will features an AMD Athlon 64 2800+ processor, 256MB of memory, 80GB SATA hard drive, CD-RW drive. 400W power supply and a floppy drive -- people still use these? The machine will run on TaFusion MEPIS Linux which is also known as Frontier. Also included is OpenOffice.org which is a rather competent competitor to Microsoft Office along with the Thunderbird email client. "“This new offering will allow individuals and companies to get a powerful entry level system at the lowest possible investment. Most companies offering an entry level system under $300 usually provide much less processing power, smaller hard drives, a standard CD-ROM, and no floppy drive," said the CEO of Technalign.
Article with links is at http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3321 (http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3321)