Hey, want to buy a new PC for under $200? If you’re willing to enter Linux territory, you can.<\/p>\n
Oh, and you can pick it up at Wal Mart <\/a>of all places.<\/p>\n The Everex TC2502 gPC is being touted<\/a> as the first “mass market” desktop computer and, according to Wired’s Gadget Lab, “aims to joins a popular gang of low-end economy computers leading into the holiday season, such as Asus’ $300 EeePC Laptop and VIA’s $600 Nanobook. Unlike these machines, however, Everex’s latest model is a full-size desktop, and $100 cheaper than even the slightest models from Dell or HP.”<\/p>\n Everex spokesman David Liu is quoted as saying, “It’s almost like a Google PC,” because of the desktop’s pre-configured links to all of Google’s online apps.<\/p>\n Now I know the almighty tech guru Walt Mossberg said Linux<\/a> is not yet polished enough for most computer users, but repeat after me: under $200!<\/p>\n Besides, CNET’s Crave calls the gPC<\/a> a “great product” and continues:<\/p>\n “It will do what most of us need, thanks to all the Web 2.0 sites and services that are available now and that don’t require the equivalent of a Cray supercomputer to run acceptably fast. The gPC, which Everex is selling with Google’s blessing, gives us a look at what a Web PC should be: A much cheaper but almost-as-capable alternative to a regular PC or Mac. This is the closest thing I’ve seen to a Web appliance that might actually sell.”<\/p>\n