Lindows Webstation

dr.karl.b writes "Lindows.com has announced the WebStation, a hard-disk-less pc that boots from a CD, similar to the now dead ThinkNIC, for $169 (no monitor). Different versions are available from 2 vendors, TigerDirect and iDOTpc.com. The TigerDirect version has a 1.1GHz Duron, 256MB PC2100 DDR, 56X CD-ROM, 10/100Mbps NIC, floppy, modem, keyboard and mouse. The iDOTpc.com version has a 800MHz C3, 256MB PC133 SDRAM, 56X CD-ROM, 10/100Mbps NIC, but without a floppy, modem, keyboard or mouse. The TigerDirect looks like a better deal, at least now ($169 = $189 - $20 rebate). The 2 different versions seem to have confused the authors at C/Net and The Register, who only report the specs of the iDOTpc.com version."

Comments

Don't you get it?

[James A. A. Joyce]

This is just an incarnation of the "NC" (Network computer) buzz back in the 90s where single-use computers, less flexible than a PC, would be sold for ridiculously low prices ($200) and would specialise in doing just one or two things - surfing the web, storing data, etc. etc. The trend kind of petered out but I suppose this is one of its aftereffects. More power to them for trying to introduce such a machine! It's all well and good having bagloads of functionality but I'm sure a single-purpose computer would be easier to use, cheaper and more stable.

Wow, almost as good as an X-box and even cheaper

[phr2]

Now all we need is for someone to come out with a mod chip so we can run Linux on it.