[Beowulf] cheap PCs this christmas

[Jim Windle]

On 11/10/05, Dale Harris <rodmur at maybe.org> wrote:
>
> On 2005-11-10 at 05:37, Jim Lux <James.P.Lux at jpl.nasa.gov> elucidated:
> > There's a rumor that HP is going to have a $300 PC this Christmsas
> shopping
> > season (as in starting the day after thanksgiving) to be sold through
> > massmarket outlets (e.g. Wal-Mart). Presumably this is a real $300, not
> a
> > $1000 PC with $700 in "rebates".
> >
> >
>
> Do the rumors include what kind of form factor? Is it meant to compete
> with the macmini?

 According to the business press it is supposed to be a laptop and it is
supposed to hit the stores the day after Thanksgiving.
 Jim

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