Raiden's Realm Poll# 43: What do you think of the Walmart gOS PC?

Moondog · Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:14 pm Post subject:

I don't know if I should create a different thread or if this falls within the boundaries of this thread, would anyone here buy one of these machines for themselves? Would you recommend one of these for a friend or relative for their first pc purchase?

Lord Raiden · Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:29 pm Post subject:

Yeah, I'd buy one. If for no other reason than to check it out. I could also find a lot of uses for it too. Very Happy

Digikid · Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 7:20 am Post subject:

For only $200 how could you go wrong?

Eddie G. Wilson · Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:52 am Post subject:

I thought about maybe getting one for my wife, (she loves linux and I can't keep her off my machine), but it looks like we'll have to stand in line for one. Not a bad problem really.

Eddie

Lord Raiden · Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:26 pm Post subject:

You can buy one of these at NewEgg if you don't want to wait for WalMart to get stocked up again.

Wamukota · Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:59 pm Post subject:

Never heard of it over here in Europe.

I don't know of any European 'Walmart' kinda company selling Tux-preinstalled boxes. Maybe something that will pop up here in the future.

It is actually not so hard finding a company that sells Tux-preinstalled boxes here, but they are not as cheap as the $200 you stated here.

Alain

this213 · Elite Joined: 10 Jun 2007 Posts: 343 Location: ./

Well, not to plug myself or anything - but my Linux desktops start at around $230 - and I know of quite a few other OEMs offering systems around the same price.

Lord Raiden · Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:38 pm Post subject:

Wamukota - Walmart is an american super department store.

Crosscourt · Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:56 pm Post subject:

Walmart is actually all over the world with stores in Europe and in China presently

TesserId

Curiosity got the better of me. I couldn't bring myself to buy something from Wallmart, so I went to the Web site for gOS (http://www.thinkgos.com/) and found that the motherboard and CPU combo (http://www.via.com.tw/en/initiatives/empowered/pc2500_mainboard/index.jsp) was available for about $70. I've had a few VIA boards, and that's a fairly low price. Last night, I mounted the board in a compact case (an AOpen H340D at about $55). I'm still waiting on memory, which should be here soon, and I still have to decide on a hard disk.

RobLinux · Elite Joined: 25 Nov 2007 Posts: 411

Moondog · Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 7:57 pm Post subject:

ClubIT is out of the boards, but I'm on the notification list. I think it would make a good companion for my C3.

NorthBear · Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 8:27 pm Post subject:

Lord Raiden · Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 8:37 pm Post subject:

NewEgg has them in stock.

tombeam · Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:03 pm Post subject:

when the walmart is finished being built in the spring i just may buy one and do the super scan

Lord Raiden · Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:18 pm Post subject:

Yeah, other than gOS sucking wind, it's been reported to be a pretty good computer. Smile

And of course since gOS is Linux, you can easily replace it with your favorite flavor.

NorthBear · Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:28 pm Post subject:

Moondog · Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 7:06 pm Post subject:

Club IT has the boards in stock again.