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Google PC to Hit Walmart?
Fahrvergnuugen writes "According to latimes.com Google is set to launch the Google PC which will run Google's own operating system. From the article: 'Sources say Google has been in negotiations with Wal-Mart Stores Inc., among other retailers, to sell a Google PC. The machine would run an operating system created by Google, not Microsoft's Windows, which is one reason it would be so cheap -- perhaps as little as a couple of hundred dollars.'"
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Honest question here:
It would seem that a low-priced Google PC, being sold at Wal-Mart and similar outlets, targets a very specific audience; that is, the buyers are expected to be non-technically savvy, non-wealthy "average joes" who can't afford/justify the expenditure for a standard Windows PC from Dell or some such.
That being said, and if you agree with me that this is the target audience, do you believe the portion of this audience that owns an HDTV capable display is non-negligible? It seems to me that the price of most/all of these displays is still out of the range of this audience. Accordingly, in my opinion the idea about HDTV capability selling a sub-200$ PC "replacement" somewhat kills itself.
Don't you understand?!?
People want an OS on their computer that is limited, so they can't walk into WalMart and buy dozens and dozens of games on CD to play on it.
They want an OS that nobody in their family understands, so they'll have to start over learning how to do maintenance on it.
They want an OS from a company they have never heard of. It gives them confidence that they aren't wasting their time on something that won't be around a year from now.
(please note sarcasm implied)
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