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simPC - Your Grandparents' New Computer?

Posted by samzenpus on from the still-not-easy-enough dept.

trs9000 writes "The Register has a blurb about simPC, an "idiot-proof" PC set to debut in May of this year. It seems like a step towards a thin-client world, though it is aimed primarily at the elderly. For about $400 for the box and a $13-per-month subscription, users get a box with a propietary OS and software preinstalled for online banking, spam filtering, virus detection and online storage. What users don't get is the ability to install software, burn CDs or download large files. Initial release is only for the Netherlands and Belgium."

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  1. Some bastard will find a way by Man+in+Spandex · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    to run linux or whatever on it. It shouldn't be too long.

  2. No, you're the schmuck by toby · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Hey Clueless: I've been using Macs since 1985, so it's always been hard to understand people who buy PCs. I have no hesitation in recommending the Mac Mini TODAY since now, for the first time, we have a cost-effective entry option to dangle in front of people who otherwise would have - like you, presumably - taken the "I'm ignorant, hurt me" option.

    Btw, the Mini makes a great cheap fast fanless and headless server, not everyone has figured that out yet. And of course it runs Linux.

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    you had me at #!