[SGVLUG] Linux netbook for $150

[Dan Borne]

Am Dienstag 30 Juni 2009 14:07:01 schrieb Emerson, Tom (*IC):
> > -----Original Message----- Of Jana Lingo
> > Subject: [SGVLUG] Linux netbook for $150
> >
> >
> > http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3307830
> > Yes, I'm not kidding! I'm think about getting one, or
> > simarlar product from walmart or target.
>
> Hmmm... The webpage says $250, not 150 (unless you've got a 
special
> connection?)
>
> Interesting to read the customer reviews though...

There were only six reviews. The vast majority, five of them, were quite 
positive in their evaluations. The one that was not complained about 
a lack of a cd or dvd drive and, for all intense and purposes, how they 
did not know how to use a computer. 

I found the following question, derived from the woman's silly 
response, interesting: how many of us here actually use cds and dvds 
with any frequency? Since we are not using any proprietary software, 
there does not seem to me to be any incentive short of maybe 
reinstalling an operating system.

Just curious. 

Cheers, 

Dan