An interesting review in the San Francisco Chronicle of a $200 (£125) computer on sale at Wal-Mart. The verdict? If you can spend more, it's worth it. The modest technical spec of the machine is not an issue - after all, if you don't play games or cut together movies in your spare time you don't need the fastest PC out there. But the Lindows operating system (similar to Windows from Microsoft, but a free effort based on Linux) sounds very buggy, and completely unsuited for consumer use. Which is a shame.
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