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HP Sells Cheap FreeDOS PC in China

Posted by michael on from the nuts-and-bolts dept.

Johan writes "HP has started selling a Yuan 3,999 ($483) PC in China. The cool part is that it runs FreeDOS! Not sure why FreeDOS was chosen, but I suspect they expect it to be replaced with Linux or Windows by the user. By not having to pay for Windows, they are able to include better hardware. They probably didn't want the support burden of bundling the PC with a Linux distribution." And while we're on China, Cringely has some prognostication and speculation about IBM's sale of their PC division to a Chinese company.

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  1. In other news... by rackhamh · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    My parents gave me a Toyota Tercel for my 17th birthday. I'm not sure why they chose Toyota, but I suspect they expect it to be replaced by a Lexus or BMW by the user.