Walmart Offers Ubuntu-Google Desk Top for 200 Wimpy US Dollars

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Before doing so look carefully at the hardware.
Several years ago when Wal-Mart tried this before, there was talk of
that very thing except use the new Windows XP to replace the installed
Linspire.
The hardware was at least partially incompatible with Windows XP so
the necessary upgrades removed all the financial benefit of the cheap
computer.
Of course this is several years later but driver availability is as
important today as ever.

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"HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Wow! Heck-of-a deal.
>
> One could get the hardware, load Vista on the machine, and have a
> fairly nice box for ordinary things.
 
Adam Albright wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:30:30 -0700, Frank <fb@spamm.nrz> wrote:
>
>
>>The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'
>>wrote:
>>
>>>HeyBub wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Alias wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Only 138 euros, less than one Generic OEM copy of Windows XP Pro:
>>>>>
>>>>>http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/005830.html
>>>>>
>>>>>How many Big Stores were offering Linux when XP made the scene?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Wow! Heck-of-a deal.
>>>>
>>>>One could get the hardware, load Vista on the machine, and have a
>>>>fairly nice box for ordinary things.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Quote:
>>>http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7114714037.html
>>>
>>>"At the heart of the gPC TC2502 is an energy-efficient 1.5GHz, VIA C7-D
>>>processor. This CPU draws less than 2W on average (with a maximum of
>>>20W). Operating at a mere 28dB, the gPC also ranks as the quietest
>>>Everex desktop computer ever produced. It also includes 512MB of system
>>>memory, 80GB hard disk drive and DVD-ROM/CD-RW optical drive. The system
>>>also comes with six USB 2.0 ports an RJ45 Ethernet port an RJ11 port
>>>and a serial and parallel port.
>>>
>>>The package, which doesn't include a monitor, does include a keyboard,
>>>mouse and stereo speakers. For graphics, it uses a VIA UniChrome Pro
>>>chipset on the motherboard. This, in turn, uses 64MB of system memory."
>>>
>>>You would not want to load vista on a machine with these specs!
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>Proly not. But, be that as it is, I've had Vista Ultimate loaded on an
>>old Compaq X1010US with a 1.3gigahertz processor, 32 megs of vram (ATI
>>Radeon 9200) and I've upgraded it to 2 gigs of system RAM.
>>It will only run Vista basic, but it works just fine! I've even got
>>Office 2007 fully loaded and Adobe CS3 MC plus all of the other apps I
>>normally use.
>>It's only limitation at this time is the lack of vram and the small
>>(60gig) HDD.
>>In fact, during Vista beta, I loaded Longhorn 4K series builds on an old
>>Celeron 1 gig, 750 ram, 32 vram box. Slow, but it worked!
>>I've been amazed many times by Vista and what it can actually do when
>>called upon to perform.
>>Frank
>
>
> I'd be amazed if just once you knew what you were babbling about.

Oh? That was too difficult for you to follow? Proly was seeing as how
you're so incompetent that you can't even get one little install of
Vista business to run correctly.

> Hasn't happened yet.

Keep trying, you just might get lucky!
Frank
>
 
Charlie Tame wrote:

> Adam Albright wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:30:30 -0700, Frank <fb@spamm.nrz> wrote:
>>
>>> The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina
>>> DiBoy' wrote:
>>>
>>>> HeyBub wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Alias wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Only 138 euros, less than one Generic OEM copy of Windows XP Pro:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/005830.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How many Big Stores were offering Linux when XP made the scene?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Wow! Heck-of-a deal.
>>>>>
>>>>> One could get the hardware, load Vista on the machine, and have a
>>>>> fairly nice box for ordinary things.
>>>>>
>>>> Quote:
>>>> http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7114714037.html
>>>>
>>>> "At the heart of the gPC TC2502 is an energy-efficient 1.5GHz, VIA
>>>> C7-D processor. This CPU draws less than 2W on average (with a
>>>> maximum of 20W). Operating at a mere 28dB, the gPC also ranks as the
>>>> quietest Everex desktop computer ever produced. It also includes
>>>> 512MB of system memory, 80GB hard disk drive and DVD-ROM/CD-RW
>>>> optical drive. The system also comes with six USB 2.0 ports an RJ45
>>>> Ethernet port an RJ11 port and a serial and parallel port.
>>>>
>>>> The package, which doesn't include a monitor, does include a
>>>> keyboard, mouse and stereo speakers. For graphics, it uses a VIA
>>>> UniChrome Pro chipset on the motherboard. This, in turn, uses 64MB
>>>> of system memory."
>>>>
>>>> You would not want to load vista on a machine with these specs!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Proly not. But, be that as it is, I've had Vista Ultimate loaded on
>>> an old Compaq X1010US with a 1.3gigahertz processor, 32 megs of vram
>>> (ATI Radeon 9200) and I've upgraded it to 2 gigs of system RAM.
>>> It will only run Vista basic, but it works just fine! I've even got
>>> Office 2007 fully loaded and Adobe CS3 MC plus all of the other apps
>>> I normally use.
>>> It's only limitation at this time is the lack of vram and the small
>>> (60gig) HDD.
>>> In fact, during Vista beta, I loaded Longhorn 4K series builds on an
>>> old Celeron 1 gig, 750 ram, 32 vram box. Slow, but it worked!
>>> I've been amazed many times by Vista and what it can actually do when
>>> called upon to perform.
>>> Frank
>>
>>
>> I'd be amazed if just once you knew what you were babbling about.
>> Hasn't happened yet.
>>
>
>
> Bear in mind he's not actually having to "Pay" for any of this
> software... :)

Who told you that?
Frank
 
Alias thank you for this.

This is great news.. The CPU that this pc uses is one of the most energy
efficient ones ever made!

I also like the fact that for the first time Google is doing what everyone
expected it do to....

to slowly introduce a Google OS. Its about time MS started to have some real
competition...

I expect to see more and more of this. Cheap, energy efficient computers
that run linux and use lots of WEB BASED APPLICATIONS>

THIS IS WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS...

not some monstrous SUV(*) vista crap....

(*) I am referring to the monstrous hideous and stupid SUV truck cars that
is polluting this earth for NO FRIKIN GOOD REASON. SUV and Vista are based
on the same stupid logic... BLOAT!

The future is green, lite, interconnected and its cheap enough for EVERYONE
ON THE PLANET to have access to all the information on the WEB.

Humanity is changing... this is EVOLUTION not only of technology, but of
humanity itself.

Vista is the last of the dying dinosaurs....




"Alias" <iamalias@gmailshoes.com> wrote in message
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> Only 138 euros, less than one Generic OEM copy of Windows XP Pro:
>
> http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/005830.html
>
> How many Big Stores were offering Linux when XP made the scene?
>
> --
> Alias
>
> To email me, remove shoes
 
Re: Walmart offers for a wimpy $39.00

thank you again....





"Alias" <iamalias@gmailshoes.com> wrote in message
news:%23WqYvHCHIHA.4684@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Spanky deMonkey wrote:
>> Walmart offers
>> Sumersault - Butterfly Garden 4-Piece Crib Set for a wimpy $39.00
>>
>> http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5934458
>>
>>
>> Who cares if Walmart offers Ubuntu - This is a Vista forum. DUH !
>
> Vista is one of the main reasons people are heading over to Linux. Ergo,
> on topic in this ng.
>
> Here's a more complete article, complete with screen shots:
>
> http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7114714037.html
>
> Enjoy :-)
>
> Alias
>
> To email me, remove shoes
>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Alias" <iamalias@gmailshoes.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23XIVL$BHIHA.284@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Only 138 euros, less than one Generic OEM copy of Windows XP Pro:
>>>
>>> http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/005830.html
>>>
>>> How many Big Stores were offering Linux when XP made the scene?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Alias
>>>
>>> To email me, remove shoes
>>
>>
>
>
> --
 
"Alias" <iamalias@gmailshoes.com> wrote in message
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> forty-nine wrote:
>> "Alias" <iamalias@gmailshoes.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23XIVL$BHIHA.284@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Only 138 euros, less than one Generic OEM copy of Windows XP Pro:
>>>
>>> http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/005830.html
>>>
>>> How many Big Stores were offering Linux when XP made the scene?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Alias
>>>
>>> To email me, remove shoes
>>
>>
>> hehe...for those cutting edge computer types.
>> Does it have PCIe slots ?
>> Or any slots ?
>> Good system for Ubuntu Gaggling Goose.
>> If the price was any lower, it would be FREE...Linux users favorite word
>
> I wouldn't buy it either. But, then again, I wouldn't buy an HP or Dell
> desk top either. It is, however, the sign of the times.

What it is a sign of is that hardware is so cheap that appliances will be
available for users that can't cope with a PC.
Soon it will be easy to buy a web browser bit of hardware that does nothing
but web browsing.. easy to use and cheap.
Likewise a google office machine.
But they will not look like PCs.. if they do they will fail to sell to the
large number of people who do not want a computer but do want the internet.
Notebooks have been the closest you can get upto now and they are selling
well. This gPC will not.
 
dennis@home wrote:
>
>
> "Alias" <iamalias@gmailshoes.com> wrote in message
> news:OppRFYCHIHA.284@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> forty-nine wrote:
>>> "Alias" <iamalias@gmailshoes.com> wrote in message
>>> news:%23XIVL$BHIHA.284@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>> Only 138 euros, less than one Generic OEM copy of Windows XP Pro:
>>>>
>>>> http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/005830.html
>>>>
>>>> How many Big Stores were offering Linux when XP made the scene?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Alias
>>>>
>>>> To email me, remove shoes
>>>
>>>
>>> hehe...for those cutting edge computer types.
>>> Does it have PCIe slots ?
>>> Or any slots ?
>>> Good system for Ubuntu Gaggling Goose.
>>> If the price was any lower, it would be FREE...Linux users favorite word
>>
>> I wouldn't buy it either. But, then again, I wouldn't buy an HP or
>> Dell desk top either. It is, however, the sign of the times.
>
> What it is a sign of is that hardware is so cheap that appliances will
> be available for users that can't cope with a PC.

You're assuming that China will never let its currency float.

> Soon it will be easy to buy a web browser bit of hardware that does
> nothing but web browsing.. easy to use and cheap.

Yeah, WebTV was soooooooooo successful.

> Likewise a google office machine.
> But they will not look like PCs.. if they do they will fail to sell to
> the large number of people who do not want a computer but do want the
> internet. Notebooks have been the closest you can get upto now and they
> are selling well. This gPC will not.

If they come out with a 300 dollar version that has more ram, etc., it
may very well sell well. That said, this version will sell well to those
people who don't know much about hardware.

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Alias wrote:
> HeyBub wrote:
>> Alias wrote:
>>> Only 138 euros, less than one Generic OEM copy of Windows XP Pro:
>>>
>>> http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/005830.html
>>>
>>> How many Big Stores were offering Linux when XP made the scene?
>>
>> Wow! Heck-of-a deal.
>>
>> One could get the hardware, load Vista on the machine, and have a
>> fairly nice box for ordinary things.
>>
>>
>
> With that amount of RAM and processor, XP would run better if you
> insist on using Windows.

Windows 95 would run too, if all I wanted was to run Windows.

And inasmuch as this is a Vista newsgroup, if I wanted to run Win95 this
would not be the place to mention it. I have too much respect for the
attendees here to bother them with XP or Win95 or other, completely
off-topic, operating systems.
 
The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'
wrote:

>> One could get the hardware, load Vista on the machine, and have a
>> fairly nice box for ordinary things.
>>
>>
>
> Quote:
> http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7114714037.html
>
> "At the heart of the gPC TC2502 is an energy-efficient 1.5GHz, VIA
> C7-D processor. This CPU draws less than 2W on average (with a
> maximum of 20W). Operating at a mere 28dB, the gPC also ranks as the
> quietest Everex desktop computer ever produced. It also includes
> 512MB of system memory, 80GB hard disk drive and DVD-ROM/CD-RW
> optical drive. The system also comes with six USB 2.0 ports an RJ45
> Ethernet port an RJ11 port and a serial and parallel port.
>
> The package, which doesn't include a monitor, does include a keyboard,
> mouse and stereo speakers. For graphics, it uses a VIA UniChrome Pro
> chipset on the motherboard. This, in turn, uses 64MB of system
> memory."
> You would not want to load vista on a machine with these specs!

Sure!
 
HeyBub wrote:
> Alias wrote:
>> HeyBub wrote:
>>> Alias wrote:
>>>> Only 138 euros, less than one Generic OEM copy of Windows XP Pro:
>>>>
>>>> http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/005830.html
>>>>
>>>> How many Big Stores were offering Linux when XP made the scene?
>>> Wow! Heck-of-a deal.
>>>
>>> One could get the hardware, load Vista on the machine, and have a
>>> fairly nice box for ordinary things.
>>>
>>>
>> With that amount of RAM and processor, XP would run better if you
>> insist on using Windows.
>
> Windows 95 would run too, if all I wanted was to run Windows.
>
> And inasmuch as this is a Vista newsgroup, if I wanted to run Win95 this
> would not be the place to mention it. I have too much respect for the
> attendees here to bother them with XP or Win95 or other, completely
> off-topic, operating systems.
>
>

So when are you being considered for Sainthood?

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To email me, remove shoes
 
HeyBub wrote:
> The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'
> wrote:
>
>>> One could get the hardware, load Vista on the machine, and have a
>>> fairly nice box for ordinary things.
>>>
>>>
>> Quote:
>> http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7114714037.html
>>
>> "At the heart of the gPC TC2502 is an energy-efficient 1.5GHz, VIA
>> C7-D processor. This CPU draws less than 2W on average (with a
>> maximum of 20W). Operating at a mere 28dB, the gPC also ranks as the
>> quietest Everex desktop computer ever produced. It also includes
>> 512MB of system memory, 80GB hard disk drive and DVD-ROM/CD-RW
>> optical drive. The system also comes with six USB 2.0 ports an RJ45
>> Ethernet port an RJ11 port and a serial and parallel port.
>>
>> The package, which doesn't include a monitor, does include a keyboard,
>> mouse and stereo speakers. For graphics, it uses a VIA UniChrome Pro
>> chipset on the motherboard. This, in turn, uses 64MB of system
>> memory."
>> You would not want to load vista on a machine with these specs!
>
> Sure!
>
>

Do you also like to watch paint dry?

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To email me, remove shoes
 
Frank wrote:
> The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'
> wrote:
>> HeyBub wrote:
>>
>>> Alias wrote:
>>>
>>>> Only 138 euros, less than one Generic OEM copy of Windows XP Pro:
>>>>
>>>> http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/005830.html
>>>>
>>>> How many Big Stores were offering Linux when XP made the scene?
>>>
>>>
>>> Wow! Heck-of-a deal.
>>>
>>> One could get the hardware, load Vista on the machine, and have a
>>> fairly nice box for ordinary things.
>>>
>>
>> Quote:
>> http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7114714037.html
>>
>> "At the heart of the gPC TC2502 is an energy-efficient 1.5GHz, VIA
>> C7-D processor. This CPU draws less than 2W on average (with a maximum
>> of 20W). Operating at a mere 28dB, the gPC also ranks as the quietest
>> Everex desktop computer ever produced. It also includes 512MB of
>> system memory, 80GB hard disk drive and DVD-ROM/CD-RW optical drive.
>> The system also comes with six USB 2.0 ports an RJ45 Ethernet port
>> an RJ11 port and a serial and parallel port.
>>
>> The package, which doesn't include a monitor, does include a keyboard,
>> mouse and stereo speakers. For graphics, it uses a VIA UniChrome Pro
>> chipset on the motherboard. This, in turn, uses 64MB of system memory."
>>
>> You would not want to load vista on a machine with these specs!
>>
>
> Proly not. But, be that as it is, I've had Vista Ultimate loaded on an
> old Compaq X1010US with a 1.3gigahertz processor, 32 megs of vram (ATI
> Radeon 9200) and I've upgraded it

I'm sorry!

> to 2 gigs of system RAM.
> It will only run Vista basic, but it works just fine! I've even got
> Office 2007 fully loaded and Adobe CS3 MC plus all of the other apps I
> normally use.
> It's only limitation at this time is the lack of vram and the small
> (60gig) HDD.
> In fact, during Vista beta, I loaded Longhorn 4K series builds on an old
> Celeron 1 gig, 750 ram, 32 vram box.

Wow, I'm really sorry! )

> Slow, but it worked!
> I've been amazed many times by Vista and what it can actually do when
> called upon to perform.
> Frank

Well Frank, I'm not a glutton for punishment to load such a resource
intensive OS as vista on machines with such low specs. But I must say
that it's helpful for people like me to have people like you around (who
will torture themselves and their puters that way) so that we can still
hear and learn about it wihtout having to go through it. :)

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The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'
wrote:
> Frank wrote:
>
>> The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'
>> wrote:
>>
>>> HeyBub wrote:
>>>
>>>> Alias wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Only 138 euros, less than one Generic OEM copy of Windows XP Pro:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/005830.html
>>>>>
>>>>> How many Big Stores were offering Linux when XP made the scene?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Wow! Heck-of-a deal.
>>>>
>>>> One could get the hardware, load Vista on the machine, and have a
>>>> fairly nice box for ordinary things.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Quote:
>>> http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7114714037.html
>>>
>>> "At the heart of the gPC TC2502 is an energy-efficient 1.5GHz, VIA
>>> C7-D processor. This CPU draws less than 2W on average (with a
>>> maximum of 20W). Operating at a mere 28dB, the gPC also ranks as the
>>> quietest Everex desktop computer ever produced. It also includes
>>> 512MB of system memory, 80GB hard disk drive and DVD-ROM/CD-RW
>>> optical drive. The system also comes with six USB 2.0 ports an RJ45
>>> Ethernet port an RJ11 port and a serial and parallel port.
>>>
>>> The package, which doesn't include a monitor, does include a
>>> keyboard, mouse and stereo speakers. For graphics, it uses a VIA
>>> UniChrome Pro chipset on the motherboard. This, in turn, uses 64MB of
>>> system memory."
>>>
>>> You would not want to load vista on a machine with these specs!
>>>
>>
>> Proly not. But, be that as it is, I've had Vista Ultimate loaded on an
>> old Compaq X1010US with a 1.3gigahertz processor, 32 megs of vram (ATI
>> Radeon 9200) and I've upgraded it
>
>
> I'm sorry!
>
>> to 2 gigs of system RAM.
>> It will only run Vista basic, but it works just fine! I've even got
>> Office 2007 fully loaded and Adobe CS3 MC plus all of the other apps I
>> normally use.
>> It's only limitation at this time is the lack of vram and the small
>> (60gig) HDD.
>> In fact, during Vista beta, I loaded Longhorn 4K series builds on an
>> old Celeron 1 gig, 750 ram, 32 vram box.
>
>
> Wow, I'm really sorry! )
>
>> Slow, but it worked!
>> I've been amazed many times by Vista and what it can actually do when
>> called upon to perform.
>> Frank
>
>
> Well Frank, I'm not a glutton for punishment to load such a resource
> intensive OS as vista on machines with such low specs. But I must say
> that it's helpful for people like me to have people like you around (who
> will torture themselves and their puters that way) so that we can still
> hear and learn about it wihtout having to go through it. :)
>


hehehe...all in all, none of those " Vista experiences" even comes close
to sitting in front of a computer wondering if that toy os linux will
ever recognize your video card!
Now that is as close to torture that I care to get! :-)
Frank
 
Frank wrote:
> The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'
> wrote:
>> Frank wrote:
>>
>>> The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina
>>> DiBoy' wrote:
>>>
>>>> HeyBub wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Alias wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Only 138 euros, less than one Generic OEM copy of Windows XP Pro:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/005830.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How many Big Stores were offering Linux when XP made the scene?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Wow! Heck-of-a deal.
>>>>>
>>>>> One could get the hardware, load Vista on the machine, and have a
>>>>> fairly nice box for ordinary things.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Quote:
>>>> http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7114714037.html
>>>>
>>>> "At the heart of the gPC TC2502 is an energy-efficient 1.5GHz, VIA
>>>> C7-D processor. This CPU draws less than 2W on average (with a
>>>> maximum of 20W). Operating at a mere 28dB, the gPC also ranks as the
>>>> quietest Everex desktop computer ever produced. It also includes
>>>> 512MB of system memory, 80GB hard disk drive and DVD-ROM/CD-RW
>>>> optical drive. The system also comes with six USB 2.0 ports an RJ45
>>>> Ethernet port an RJ11 port and a serial and parallel port.
>>>>
>>>> The package, which doesn't include a monitor, does include a
>>>> keyboard, mouse and stereo speakers. For graphics, it uses a VIA
>>>> UniChrome Pro chipset on the motherboard. This, in turn, uses 64MB
>>>> of system memory."
>>>>
>>>> You would not want to load vista on a machine with these specs!
>>>>
>>>
>>> Proly not. But, be that as it is, I've had Vista Ultimate loaded on
>>> an old Compaq X1010US with a 1.3gigahertz processor, 32 megs of vram
>>> (ATI Radeon 9200) and I've upgraded it
>>
>>
>> I'm sorry!
>>
>>> to 2 gigs of system RAM.
>>> It will only run Vista basic, but it works just fine! I've even got
>>> Office 2007 fully loaded and Adobe CS3 MC plus all of the other apps
>>> I normally use.
>>> It's only limitation at this time is the lack of vram and the small
>>> (60gig) HDD.
>>> In fact, during Vista beta, I loaded Longhorn 4K series builds on an
>>> old Celeron 1 gig, 750 ram, 32 vram box.
>>
>>
>> Wow, I'm really sorry! )
>>
>>> Slow, but it worked!
>>> I've been amazed many times by Vista and what it can actually do when
>>> called upon to perform.
>>> Frank
>>
>>
>> Well Frank, I'm not a glutton for punishment to load such a resource
>> intensive OS as vista on machines with such low specs. But I must say
>> that it's helpful for people like me to have people like you around
>> (who will torture themselves and their puters that way) so that we can
>> still hear and learn about it wihtout having to go through it. :)
>>
>
>
> hehehe...all in all, none of those " Vista experiences" even comes close
> to sitting in front of a computer wondering if that toy os linux will
> ever recognize your video card!
> Now that is as close to torture that I care to get! :-)
> Frank

Funny, it recognizes both of my nVidia cards (one AGP and the other PCI
Express) and has drivers for them so I can use Compiz Fusion. I guess
you're just too dumb to do it. Either that or you're dumb enough to
expect an ATI card to work with Ubuntu.

BTW, when someone cleans up a post by deleting most of the previous
posts, do you consider that they're changing the original post, speaking
of "dumb"?

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Alias wrote:

>>
>>
>> hehehe...all in all, none of those " Vista experiences" even comes
>> close to sitting in front of a computer wondering if that toy os linux
>> will ever recognize your video card!
>> Now that is as close to torture that I care to get! :-)
>> Frank
>
>
> Funny, it recognizes both of my nVidia cards (one AGP and the other PCI
> Express) and has drivers for them so I can use Compiz Fusion. I guess
> you're just too dumb to do it.

I didn't have anything to do with writing linux...so to say that I'm too
dumb for linux to recognize my Matrox P750 vcard is ludicrous at best
and really a very stupid, ignorant statement. But considering the source
of that statement..well...it's expected!

Either that or you're dumb enough to
> expect an ATI card to work with Ubuntu.

hehehe...put yourself in the corner again did you? Listen bozo...linux
didn't recognize my Matrox P750 card. So I tried it on a box with an ATI
9600 XT card and it did recognize it. You know, you must be in the early
stages of Alzheimer seeing as how we gone thru this same diatribe a
couple of times. Try google, they've preserved all of your lies...forever!
>
> BTW, when someone cleans up a post by deleting most of the previous
> posts, do you consider that they're changing the original post, speaking
> of "dumb"?

Give it up loser...you're arguing a moot point. Twice you changed my
original words..twice...we all know it...we all saw you do it...google
has preserved it for all to see...just like they’ve preserved all of
your other lies in perpetuity.
It’s your problem, not mine.
Frank
 
Frank wrote:
> Alias wrote:
>
>>>
>>>
>>> hehehe...all in all, none of those " Vista experiences" even comes
>>> close to sitting in front of a computer wondering if that toy os
>>> linux will ever recognize your video card!
>>> Now that is as close to torture that I care to get! :-)
>>> Frank
>>
>>
>> Funny, it recognizes both of my nVidia cards (one AGP and the other
>> PCI Express) and has drivers for them so I can use Compiz Fusion. I
>> guess you're just too dumb to do it.
>
> I didn't have anything to do with writing linux...so to say that I'm too
> dumb for linux to recognize my Matrox P750 vcard is ludicrous at best
> and really a very stupid, ignorant statement. But considering the source
> of that statement..well...it's expected!
>
> Either that or you're dumb enough to
>> expect an ATI card to work with Ubuntu.
>
> hehehe...put yourself in the corner again did you? Listen bozo...linux
> didn't recognize my Matrox P750 card.

That's Matrox' fault for not providing drivers.

> So I tried it on a box with an ATI
> 9600 XT card and it did recognize it.

Yeah, but no drivers so you can use Compiz Fusion.

> You know, you must be in the early
> stages of Alzheimer seeing as how we gone thru this same diatribe a
> couple of times. Try google, they've preserved all of your lies...forever!
>>
>> BTW, when someone cleans up a post by deleting most of the previous
>> posts, do you consider that they're changing the original post,
>> speaking of "dumb"?
>
> Give it up loser...you're arguing a moot point. Twice you changed my
> original words..twice...we all know it...we all saw you do it...google
> has preserved it for all to see...just like they’ve preserved all of
> your other lies in perpetuity.
> It’s your problem, not mine.
> Frank

Your original post is in its original state on Usenet exactly where you
put it. The fact that you're too dense to understand that is not my fault.

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Frank wrote:
> The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'
> wrote:
>> Frank wrote:
>>
>>> The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina
>>> DiBoy' wrote:
>>>
>>>> HeyBub wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Alias wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Only 138 euros, less than one Generic OEM copy of Windows XP Pro:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/005830.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How many Big Stores were offering Linux when XP made the scene?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Wow! Heck-of-a deal.
>>>>>
>>>>> One could get the hardware, load Vista on the machine, and have a
>>>>> fairly nice box for ordinary things.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Quote:
>>>> http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7114714037.html
>>>>
>>>> "At the heart of the gPC TC2502 is an energy-efficient 1.5GHz, VIA
>>>> C7-D processor. This CPU draws less than 2W on average (with a
>>>> maximum of 20W). Operating at a mere 28dB, the gPC also ranks as the
>>>> quietest Everex desktop computer ever produced. It also includes
>>>> 512MB of system memory, 80GB hard disk drive and DVD-ROM/CD-RW
>>>> optical drive. The system also comes with six USB 2.0 ports an RJ45
>>>> Ethernet port an RJ11 port and a serial and parallel port.
>>>>
>>>> The package, which doesn't include a monitor, does include a
>>>> keyboard, mouse and stereo speakers. For graphics, it uses a VIA
>>>> UniChrome Pro chipset on the motherboard. This, in turn, uses 64MB
>>>> of system memory."
>>>>
>>>> You would not want to load vista on a machine with these specs!
>>>>
>>>
>>> Proly not. But, be that as it is, I've had Vista Ultimate loaded on
>>> an old Compaq X1010US with a 1.3gigahertz processor, 32 megs of vram
>>> (ATI Radeon 9200) and I've upgraded it
>>
>>
>> I'm sorry!
>>
>>> to 2 gigs of system RAM.
>>> It will only run Vista basic, but it works just fine! I've even got
>>> Office 2007 fully loaded and Adobe CS3 MC plus all of the other apps
>>> I normally use.
>>> It's only limitation at this time is the lack of vram and the small
>>> (60gig) HDD.
>>> In fact, during Vista beta, I loaded Longhorn 4K series builds on an
>>> old Celeron 1 gig, 750 ram, 32 vram box.
>>
>>
>> Wow, I'm really sorry! )
>>
>>> Slow, but it worked!
>>> I've been amazed many times by Vista and what it can actually do when
>>> called upon to perform.
>>> Frank
>>
>> Well Frank, I'm not a glutton for punishment to load such a resource
>> intensive OS as vista on machines with such low specs. But I must say
>> that it's helpful for people like me to have people like you around
>> (who will torture themselves and their puters that way) so that we can
>> still hear and learn about it without having to go through it. :)
>>
>
> hehehe...all in all, none of those " Vista experiences" even comes close
> to sitting in front of a computer wondering if that toy os linux will
> ever recognize your video card!
> Now that is as close to torture that I care to get! :-)
> Frank

Pick your poison!

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Alias wrote:

> Frank wrote:
>
>> Alias wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> hehehe...all in all, none of those " Vista experiences" even comes
>>>> close to sitting in front of a computer wondering if that toy os
>>>> linux will ever recognize your video card!
>>>> Now that is as close to torture that I care to get! :-)
>>>> Frank
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Funny, it recognizes both of my nVidia cards (one AGP and the other
>>> PCI Express) and has drivers for them so I can use Compiz Fusion. I
>>> guess you're just too dumb to do it.
>>
>>
>> I didn't have anything to do with writing linux...so to say that I'm
>> too dumb for linux to recognize my Matrox P750 vcard is ludicrous at
>> best and really a very stupid, ignorant statement. But considering the
>> source of that statement..well...it's expected!
>>
>> Either that or you're dumb enough to
>>
>>> expect an ATI card to work with Ubuntu.
>>
>>
>> hehehe...put yourself in the corner again did you? Listen bozo...linux
>> didn't recognize my Matrox P750 card.
>
>
> That's Matrox' fault for not providing drivers.
>
>> So I tried it on a box with an ATI 9600 XT card and it did recognize it.
>
>
> Yeah, but no drivers so you can use Compiz Fusion.
>
>> You know, you must be in the early stages of Alzheimer seeing as how
>> we gone thru this same diatribe a couple of times. Try google, they've
>> preserved all of your lies...forever!
>>
>>>
>>> BTW, when someone cleans up a post by deleting most of the previous
>>> posts, do you consider that they're changing the original post,
>>> speaking of "dumb"?
>>
>>
>> Give it up loser...you're arguing a moot point. Twice you changed my
>> original words..twice...we all know it...we all saw you do it...google
>> has preserved it for all to see...just like they’ve preserved all of
>> your other lies in perpetuity.
>> It’s your problem, not mine.
>> Frank
>
>
> Your original post is in its original state on Usenet exactly where you
> put it. The fact that you're too dense to understand that is not my fault.
>

What a fukkin loser you are. Try dealing with your failures as human
being ok? You're a known liar.
You can't weasel you're out of that fact.
Frank
 
The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'
wrote:

> Frank wrote:
>
>> The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Frank wrote:
>>>
>>>> The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina
>>>> DiBoy' wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> HeyBub wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Alias wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Only 138 euros, less than one Generic OEM copy of Windows XP Pro:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/005830.html
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How many Big Stores were offering Linux when XP made the scene?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Wow! Heck-of-a deal.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> One could get the hardware, load Vista on the machine, and have a
>>>>>> fairly nice box for ordinary things.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Quote:
>>>>> http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7114714037.html
>>>>>
>>>>> "At the heart of the gPC TC2502 is an energy-efficient 1.5GHz, VIA
>>>>> C7-D processor. This CPU draws less than 2W on average (with a
>>>>> maximum of 20W). Operating at a mere 28dB, the gPC also ranks as
>>>>> the quietest Everex desktop computer ever produced. It also
>>>>> includes 512MB of system memory, 80GB hard disk drive and
>>>>> DVD-ROM/CD-RW optical drive. The system also comes with six USB 2.0
>>>>> ports an RJ45 Ethernet port an RJ11 port and a serial and
>>>>> parallel port.
>>>>>
>>>>> The package, which doesn't include a monitor, does include a
>>>>> keyboard, mouse and stereo speakers. For graphics, it uses a VIA
>>>>> UniChrome Pro chipset on the motherboard. This, in turn, uses 64MB
>>>>> of system memory."
>>>>>
>>>>> You would not want to load vista on a machine with these specs!
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Proly not. But, be that as it is, I've had Vista Ultimate loaded on
>>>> an old Compaq X1010US with a 1.3gigahertz processor, 32 megs of vram
>>>> (ATI Radeon 9200) and I've upgraded it
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm sorry!
>>>
>>>> to 2 gigs of system RAM.
>>>> It will only run Vista basic, but it works just fine! I've even got
>>>> Office 2007 fully loaded and Adobe CS3 MC plus all of the other apps
>>>> I normally use.
>>>> It's only limitation at this time is the lack of vram and the small
>>>> (60gig) HDD.
>>>> In fact, during Vista beta, I loaded Longhorn 4K series builds on an
>>>> old Celeron 1 gig, 750 ram, 32 vram box.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Wow, I'm really sorry! )
>>>
>>>> Slow, but it worked!
>>>> I've been amazed many times by Vista and what it can actually do
>>>> when called upon to perform.
>>>> Frank
>>>
>>>
>>> Well Frank, I'm not a glutton for punishment to load such a resource
>>> intensive OS as vista on machines with such low specs. But I must
>>> say that it's helpful for people like me to have people like you
>>> around (who will torture themselves and their puters that way) so
>>> that we can still hear and learn about it without having to go
>>> through it. :)
>>>
>>
>> hehehe...all in all, none of those " Vista experiences" even comes
>> close to sitting in front of a computer wondering if that toy os linux
>> will ever recognize your video card!
>> Now that is as close to torture that I care to get! :-)
>> Frank
>
>
> Pick your poison!
>
:-D
Frank
 
Frank wrote:
> Alias wrote:
>
>> Frank wrote:
>>
>>> Alias wrote:
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> hehehe...all in all, none of those " Vista experiences" even comes
>>>>> close to sitting in front of a computer wondering if that toy os
>>>>> linux will ever recognize your video card!
>>>>> Now that is as close to torture that I care to get! :-)
>>>>> Frank
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Funny, it recognizes both of my nVidia cards (one AGP and the other
>>>> PCI Express) and has drivers for them so I can use Compiz Fusion. I
>>>> guess you're just too dumb to do it.
>>>
>>>
>>> I didn't have anything to do with writing linux...so to say that I'm
>>> too dumb for linux to recognize my Matrox P750 vcard is ludicrous at
>>> best and really a very stupid, ignorant statement. But considering
>>> the source of that statement..well...it's expected!
>>>
>>> Either that or you're dumb enough to
>>>
>>>> expect an ATI card to work with Ubuntu.
>>>
>>>
>>> hehehe...put yourself in the corner again did you? Listen
>>> bozo...linux didn't recognize my Matrox P750 card.
>>
>>
>> That's Matrox' fault for not providing drivers.
>>
>>> So I tried it on a box with an ATI 9600 XT card and it did recognize it.
>>
>>
>> Yeah, but no drivers so you can use Compiz Fusion.
>>
>>> You know, you must be in the early stages of Alzheimer seeing as how
>>> we gone thru this same diatribe a couple of times. Try google,
>>> they've preserved all of your lies...forever!
>>>
>>>>
>>>> BTW, when someone cleans up a post by deleting most of the previous
>>>> posts, do you consider that they're changing the original post,
>>>> speaking of "dumb"?
>>>
>>>
>>> Give it up loser...you're arguing a moot point. Twice you changed my
>>> original words..twice...we all know it...we all saw you do
>>> it...google has preserved it for all to see...just like they’ve
>>> preserved all of your other lies in perpetuity.
>>> It’s your problem, not mine.
>>> Frank
>>
>>
>> Your original post is in its original state on Usenet exactly where
>> you put it. The fact that you're too dense to understand that is not
>> my fault.
>>
>
> What a fukkin loser you are. Try dealing with your failures as human
> being ok? You're a known liar.
> You can't weasel you're out of that fact.
> Frank

Frank gets cornered and lashes out with an unfounded insult. How immature.

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