Wal-Mart's $200 Linux PCs sell out

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Nov 15, 2007 11:27 PM EDT
DesktopLinux.com; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols 		Mail this story
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Right after Halloween, Wal-Mart introduced Everex's Ubuntu Linux-powered TC2502 gPC for a list price of $198. Two weeks later, they're sold out. Everex tells DesktopLinux that more will be coming though. Wal-Mart only bought an initial run of approximately 10,000 units. For once, Wal-Mart's vaunted supply chain management system failed to predict just how popular an item would be. Wal-Mart offers a similar Everex model with more base memory and Windows Vista Home Basic called the Everex Impact GC3502 Desktop, for $100 more. Wal-Mart still has plenty of those.

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My favourite user review on Walmart's site greggh 5 1,428 Nov 16, 2007 7:36 AM

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