http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=1731328&cat=3951&type=
1&dept=3944&path=0%3A3944%3A3951

$499 for a box with 256MB, 40GB and a 1.4 Athlon.  It's not a stellar deal,
but it's not bad.  They have a 1Ghz celeron model for $399 also.  

Here's their big mistake....  When you view the item, it doesn't show a list
of the OS's you can buy from them to put on it.  It would be nice if the
just had a list of different OS's that they sell so you could add the item
to your cart, and then add the OS of your choice also.  The average person
buying a machine from wal-mart is probably going to be somewhat clueless
about what else they need.

Jay



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel Wickard [mailto:jwickard at litriusgroup.com] 
> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 4:56 PM
> To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org
> Subject: Re: [TCLUG] walmart.com to sell systems without the MS tax
> 
> 
> This an excellent step for opening up the market, but I don't 
> know how much
> potential it really has.  If there aren't enough people that 
> buy the OSless
> pc's, and walmart cancels the plan, then other companies will 
> likely not
> even attempt to put anything like this into action.  I 
> personally am going
> to look into how worth while the hardware on these machines 
> is, and if it'd
> decent I might buy one, if for nothing else than to support the cause.
> 
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