Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> * Jerry McBride fired off this tart reply:
>
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> Shuttle to release sub-$200 Linux box
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | ONE OF THE potentially biggest announcements at CES will probably go
>>> | unnoticed by most, a Linux box from Shuttle. Get ready for a low priced
>>> | machine from a big name, a first that I am aware of.
>>> `----
>>>
>> http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/01/06/shuttle-release-sub-200-linux
>
> When you don't have to pay the MS monopoly tax, you save a huge chunk
> of money from your Bill of Materials (BoM). When you don't have to
> support MeII, you can provide the same user experience with a lot
> lower hardware spec. That saves more money.
>
> In the end, that allowed Shuttle to come up with a $199 computer,
> quite a deal. As far as we are aware, this is the first major
> manufacturer box to break the $200 barrier. Well done guys.
>
> I remember my Atari ST, first 1Mb computer for under a kilo-buck.
>
After a decade of stagnation, things are starting to move in the PC
world again, which is fantastic news.
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