$200 PC catered for Google
Finally computer free of the Microsoft operating system is now in mass production catered toward no other than the growing gentle giant -Â Google.Â
I’m not sure if I’m happy or sad. Well for one you finally have a competitor able to take on Microsoft. But I feel like Google is actually taking over everything they can get their hands on.  Even though it’s not made by Google, it offers something different.
Google knows that they want to be the #1 search engine on the market and stay there for good. What better way to stay on top than to offer a cheap way for everyone to use their new GOS. Google has moved toward a dependency phase, where everything related in the web will want to be associated with Google. This tactic move will trump all other search engines forever.
New versions of Linux and inexpensive hardware like the new Everex gPC TC2502 make that tax avoidable.
This computer has a 1.5-gigahertz Via processor, 512 megabytes of memory and an 80-gigabyte hard drive. What makes it stand out, however, is GOS, a version of Linux specially made to run Google applications like GMail and Google Documents. It also runs OpenOffice, an open-source office suite that can handle Microsoft Word documents, and some multimedia applications.
The gPC is available now at Wal-Mart for $200, including a keyboard and mouse.Â
 [nytimes - John Biggs]
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November 2nd, 2007 at 1:37 pm
Actually Google has nothing to do with this computer. It’s made by Everex and they make use of Google apps (along with other applications). Much like how Dell computers come with Windows preinstalled.. doesn’t mean the computer is made by Microsoft
Although naming it gOS does make it sound like a Google product which is probably what they were going for. A smart marketing ploy that will surely attract users.
November 2nd, 2007 at 8:35 pm
I thought the pic shown was of a different computer at first cause it looks skinnier. More than the being loading with OO and Google software, I like how they happen to name it green.
November 3rd, 2007 at 7:25 pm
$200, huh? Still sounds over-priced
I’m no expert, but I don’t think a Linux desktop will catch on at Wal-Mart. People who go to such a place to buy their computers will undoubtedly want it to work with all their other computer stuff … which is most likely Windows-based.
It’ll be interesting to see how well it sells, though.
November 4th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
Unless it is compatible with windows, it’ll be hard to sell.
November 5th, 2007 at 1:47 am
Yup, I think all of you guys have got some good points. People would want a machine that is somewhat familiar to them… Although Google has been incredibly successful with everything else thus far!