PC Mag Slams Cheap Wal-Mart Linux Desktop

An anonymous reader writes "PC Magazine reviews the $200 Linux desktop wonder sold by Wal-Mart. This desktop sold out quickly and has been cited as proof that consumers are tired of the Windows tax and ready for Linux. Not so according to PC Magazine, which gave the gPC a 1.5 star rating." Previous discussions we've had about system reviews were realistic but not quite so harsh; is this just nitpicking or is the 'shiny' starting to wear off of the cheap Linux PC concept?

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Genius Reviewers

[pryoplasm]

FTFA

"programs written for Mac OS X or Windows that you can buy online or in a retail store won't work on the Linux-based gPC--it's mainly a Web-based PC."

Amazing concept. Absolutely brilliant. There must be some kind of prize or medal to get this reviewer...

target audience

[pak9rabid]

Good thing anyone that matters probably doesn't read PC Magazine, with the exception of maybe the Windows fanbois..in which case they're just preaching to the choir.

Linux is not a Corporate entitry

[RotateLeftByte]

So how can it be a BIG sponsor of PC Mag?

The average Joe SixPack who shops at Walmart is hardly to read PC Mag so I would love to be proved wrong about Walmart being a sponsor (advertiser?) in PC Mag.

IMHO think that AC is posting out of their backsides.

I have read many PC Mags of various titles over the years and have found many of them just promo vehicles for Microsoft.
This naturally excludes those who are aimed at one niche or another (MacUser, Linux Format).