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Google PC to Hit Walmart?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the google-snowball-effect dept.

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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  1. Re:Low cost? by knopf · · Score: 5, Informative

    Windows XP is quite expensive from the OEM's. For example this supplier sells PCs with Windows and Linux. The Linux ones are 82 Euros (about $100) cheaper.

    Given that you can buy PCs for $350, this is about 1/3 of the price.

  2. Re:Speculation, but an interesting thought by Darkon · · Score: 5, Informative

    Would they buy a GoogleBox, that allows them to access their web mail, google office (assuming its not a myth) and various web sites "without a computer", and all they have to do is hook it up to a DSL/Cable line and a power line?

    Sure, just like they bought all those "internet appliances" and "web terminals" which were supposed to be the next big thing a few years ago and now go for peanuts on eBay.