[BC] Non Sheep

[Harold Hallikainen]

> In a message dated 10/24/2007 11:06:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> ChuxGarage at aol.com writes:
>
>> I was in my local Wal-Mart today.  They are selling E-Machine (Gateway)
>>  computers with Windows XP Home.  They were not exactly "rocket ships"
>> but
> OK
>>  general purpose computers.  No monitor included. Price $299.00.
>
> Do you happen to remember what the CPU/memory/HD specs were?
>
> I "rescued" an "e-Machine" from curbside not too long ago. It was badly
> virus-infected, (poor thing) which may be why the owner discarded it.
> Format the
> HD, reinstall Winders, grab the drivers, and away it went! 500Mhz Celery.
> It sat
> on my shelf for a while, until my Dad's computer conked out. (MoBo or CPU
> failure) so I just transferred the files from his old HD to it. Now he is
> using
> it, and is quite happy with it.
>
> A machine doesn't necessarily have to be a screamer to be useful. :)
>
> Willie...
>


Walmart WAS also selling Linux machines. Are they still?

Harold

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