Three LindowsOS PCs Reviewed

Eugenia writes "Not one, but three LindowsOS-based PCs (in the value range of $199 USD) were reviewed online by WashingtonPost. A TigerDirect PC, the traditional WalMart/MicrotelPC and one from Nova Computech. The reviewer says that these PCs while are very low-end today, compared to PCs 2 years ago, are actually pretty good solutions for home usage. The reviewer found them lacking in the gaming (no respectable 3D gfx card included), expandibility departments and while he mentions that Linux-based LindowsOS is affordable, is not a panacea as it lacks in good USB support and other demanding areas of our modern times."

Comments

TEH LINWOS PC..

[Anonymous Coward]

I Also baught 1 from my local walmart, but my porn dialiers dotn work wit it so i gave it back for a refund

No 3D makes Jack a dull boy

[Anonymous Coward]

no respectable 3D gfx card included

Thats O.K With Linux, no respectable 3D drivers would be included either.

Things Lindows lacks

[Anonymous Coward]

while he mentions that Linux-based LindowsOS is affordable, is not a panakeia as it lacks in good USB support

It also apparently lacks Ispell.

Re:Things Lindows lacks

[lseltzer]

I like my panakeia with syrup

Linux replacement

[Dreadlord]

I don't know but I didn't find Lindows a good replacement for Linux for those who want to try the *nix world, especially that it costs money and doesn't come with all the software a good distro comes with, anyway, I guess it maybe good for those who think that windows is the only OS.

Adequate

[ShieldW0lf]

Despite their scaled-back features, these computers run on AMD Duron 1.0- or 1.1GHz processors, making them speedy enough for word processing, Internet access, working with digital pictures and playing some games.

Making them similar to a P233?

Who is Lindows for?

[revividus]

I'm sorry, I still have a hard time figuring out who Lindows is aimed at. It seems like J. Random User is going to be far more comfortable with Win*, and stay there. Linux newbies are probably going to prefer Redhat or Mandrake (or a Knoppix install), and Linux wizards are probably already using debian or gentoo or [insert your favorite distro].

It seems to be a distro aimed at software-review journalists.

I'll end with my favorite lines from the review:

Although it's possible to install Microsoft Windows on these machines, it can be tricky. Plus, a copy of Windows XP Home Edition costs about as much as one of these PCs.

Something about this strikes me as being really funny, but I'm not quite sure what it is. (Though I know XP home is only about $99, now, but, whatever...)

oh... i figured it out..

[felesii]

Microsoft: "Drop Dead!" Lindows: "I don't do requests" I got nothing

Re:What the crap?! (OT)

[BorgCopyeditor]

The panakeia / panacea error is not, technically speaking, a typo. It is a language error: panakeia is the Greek spelling of the Greek word, panacea the Latin transliteration.

It may not be a typo, but having two spellings of the same word definitely isn't oikonomical.

Re:no, very sophisticated ispell

[scasagrande]

"So, there you go. All is from Greek!"

Re:a 3 gig drive !

[BrokenHalo]

I think it's kind of funny that the reviewer describes 1.0 of 1.1 GHz processors as only suitable for word processing and web browsing.

Seems the Athlon 1.0 GHz Tbird I've been using for the last 3 years for molecular modelling etc is just hopeless, and I should just upgrade immediately or slash my wrists... :-)

Re:The review is missing one thing

[Anonymous Coward]

Rather than spend $200+ on a computer why not spend abut $10 for some index cards, a pen, and a box? Or maybe just $5 for a ream of paper to print out the recipe from your regular computer?

Re:a 3 gig drive !

[Christopher Bibbs]

I'm so embarassed. I still have a P-133 running my home e-mail, web, DNS, and DHCP servers. How does it manage?