The $200 Google gPC

The much anticipated Everex gPC (the “g” stands for Google), goes on sale tomorrow at the Wal-Mart store. It is a close collaboration between the PC maker Everex, the open source community and Google (the PC comes with preloaded Google softwares) that is intended to “bring Linux to the masses.”

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$200 “Google PC” Launches Thursday at Wal-mart

PC maker Everex rolls out a budget desktop PC Thursday that costs $200 and combines the Ubuntu Linux kernel with Google applications and open source software.

Wal-Mart to carry $199 computer

Scattered among the $500 to $1,000 desktop computers available at Walmart.com, one machine stands out. It doesn’t have a unique design, but its price tag looks like a typo: $199.

Wal-Mart now offering USD 199 Green gPC

Cheap computers are becoming fashionable these days. Asustek has just announced that they would be bringing their EEE PC in the North American market and now Wal-Mart has announced that they are now selling the USD 199 Green gPC which comes powered with Linux OS.

Almost the Google PC: Everex gPC available at Wal-Mart

On Thursday, WalMart begins selling the Everex Green gPC TC2502, a $198, low-power, Linux-based PC designed primarily for running Web 2.0 applications.

Wal-Mart Sells $199 Linux Computer

Linux, the free operating system that’s a perpetual underdog in the desktop market, is showing up in computers in Wal-Mart stores this week for the first time.

About 600 Wal-Mart stores will carry the $199 Linux-powered “Green gPC” made by Everex of Taiwan, Wal-Mart said. It was available online on Wednesday.

A comparable Everex PC that comes with Windows Vista Home Basic and more memory costs $99 more, or $298, partly because the manufacturer has to pay Microsoft Corp. for a software license. Both computers come with keyboard, mouse, and speakers, but no monitor.

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