To supporters of Walmart/LindowsOS

I found a very interesting article for those interested in purchasing the sub-$300 LindowsOS computers that Walmart is selling.

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Cheap PCs With Lindows Are Well Intentioned but Flawed
By Rob Pegoraro of the Washington Post
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To make this break with industry tradition, Wal-Mart didn't work with experienced Linux distributors such as Red Hat. It went with Lindows.com, a San Diego start-up headed by MP3.com founder Michael Robertson.
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If only the Lindows PC I tested lived up to its advance publicity.

The problems started when I lifted the computer out of its box. It rattled.

After the computer died within a few seconds of starting up, I removed the side panels and immediately spotted the problem: The processor's heat sink and cooling fan, critical to keeping the AMD chip from overheating, were hanging loose inside the case.
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Read the entire article here

AJ

I'm just curious to know...... Who would be stupid enough to run a computer if they hear something rattling inside? Sure, the case rattles, but I will wait until it dies to take a look inside. I would have loved to hear how the heat sink shorted out his mother boards or something along those lines. From reading the article.... I have a bad feeling on the points this author is trying to make. It kinda of sounds like Microsoft is stroking his joystick while he is typing this article. Yes, I made the comment about Click N Run being freeware when we first brought up the lindows discussion, but when he talks about Lindows he contradicts hiself a few too many times. I would like to see some more reviews like this before I can believe the systems Wal~Mart is selling are complete trash. I would expect them to be low grade, but complete trash. I don't believe it....... and I hate Wal~Mart....