[luau] Walmart OS-less PCs :(

[Warren Togami]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dustin Cross" <dusty at sandust.com>
To: <luau at videl.ics.hawaii.edu>
Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 9:42 PM
Subject: [luau] Walmart OS-less PCs :(


> Aloha,
>
> I was looking at Wal-mart today for one of those $400 OS-less PCs and they
> do not carry them in the store.  So I went to www.walmart.com to order one
> and see how much the shipping was and they will NOT ship to Hawaii!!!
That
> sucks!!  Has anyone tries putting Linux on one of the Emachines they sell
> at Costco?  I recall seeing a 900Mhz Celeron with 15" monitor for like
$500.
>
> Dusty
>

Maybe if enough people want a Microtel computer, they would make a special
order?

The question is, do we really want Microtel computers?  I think I may want a
few because I don't have time to build machines anymore.