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$298 Wal-Mart PC Has OO.org, No Crapware

Posted by kdawson on from the tell-me-again-why-dell-can't-do-this dept.

cristarol writes "Wal-Mart has begun selling a $298 PC (Everex IMPACT GC3502). It comes with Windows Vista Home Basic and OpenOffice.org 2.2, as well as a complete lack of crapware: 'Users accustomed to being bombarded with trialware offers and seeing their would-be pristine Windows desktops littered with shortcuts to AOL and other applications will likely be pleased at their absence from the GC3502.' The machine is targeted at the back-to-school market. The hardware is nothing to write home about: a 1.5GHz Via C7 with 1GB of RAM and integrated graphics, but as Ars points out, it should be more than capable of performing basic tasks." Dell sells a low-end PC through Wal-Mart for $200 more, and one assumes it is loaded with crapware. Anybody know for sure?

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  1. No Junkware by allscan · · Score: 0, Troll

    It runs VISTA, no wonder there is no junkware; those programs don't run on Vista just like your hardware!

  2. Re:"Eco-friendly" computer by teh_chrizzle · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm sure that was from the marketing dept, just like how you pointed out everything is now lo carb/no trans fat and my personal favorite Xtreme.

    i need an Xtreme computer. i do lots of Xtreme programming so i need plenty of computing power when getting wicked air. perhaps you have seen my work in the latest mountain dew commercial?

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  3. but.. by JustNiz · · Score: 0, Troll

    >> It comes with Windows Vista Home Basic as well as a complete lack of crapware

    I think the crapware threshold was already exceeded by the OS.

  4. The HW isn't the problem by End+Program · · Score: 0, Troll

    The hardware is nothing to write home about: a 1.5GHz Via C7 with 1GB of RAM and integrated graphics, but as Ars points out, it should be more than capable of performing basic tasks.
    Maybe this hardware isn't up to snuff to run Microshitte Bloatware. However, I am sure if you scrape that turd called Vista off the hard drive and install your favorite version of Linux with Open Office, the performance should be just fine.
  5. Sweatshops by Gastrobot · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'd rather spend twice as much on last year's hardware than buy a computer from Wal-Mart. I'm not big on the whole slavery thing. Do I know that these are made by workers in sweatshops? No, but I am convinced that abused labor in the U.S. and abroad is how Wal-Mart consistently undercuts its competitors. I wouldn't even buy something made legitimately from a store that was willing to abuse so many people to make money.

    Jesus says "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other You cannot serve God and wealth." (Matthew 6:24) (NASB).

    I know which one Wal-Mart serves, and I'm not willing to take part in their evil dealing to save myself a few hundred dollars.