Earthlink Sponsors Cheap Linux PCs

Posted by Zonk on Friday May 27, 2005 @09:49AM from the brand-convergence-for-the-win dept.

prostoalex writes "Earthlink and Microtel are offering cheap Xandros-based computers to anyone who's willing to sign up for Earthlink dial-up service at $22 a month. The desktops on Microtel Web site start at $70 for a basic AMD Sempron machine, Microtel laptops start at $399. ExtremeTech says there is also a SkypeOut gift certificate: 'All Xandros PCs and laptops include free Skype-to-Skype calling worldwide, plus an exclusive bonus voucher for up to 120 minutes of SkypeOut calling to any phone number in the world.'"

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Re:Button Stealing by syukton · 2005-05-27 12:48 · Score: 3, Informative

It's important to qualify "stole" here.

Their sizes are identical. 1423 bytes.

Did a "save as" with firefox.

>fc /b img.aspx.gif icon_customize_it.gif
Comparing files img.aspx.gif and ICON_CUSTOMIZE_IT.GIF
FC: no differences encountered

img.aspx.gif is from the Dell Home website. The other is from Microtel.

hmm.

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