Comments on: Wal-Mart now offering a $298 desktop with open source applications on Vista OS http://news.techwhack.com/6160-everex-impact-gc3502 News from the Tech and IT World Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:03:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: AC http://news.techwhack.com/6160-everex-impact-gc3502#comment-161238 AC Sun, 12 Aug 2007 03:27:10 +0000 http://news.techwhack.com/6160/everex-impact-gc3502/#comment-161238 Yet, as of Aug. 11, 2007 - the Everex 3502 is still not listed on the Walmart website. :( Also, the 3502 only comes with 1GB or RAM, so be prepared to shell out an additional $50 or so for an additional 1GB - so M$'s Vista/BloatOS can actually (barely) function. Realistically. you'll probably want at least 4GB of memory for Vista, and the 3502 can only take 2GB, so . . . OTOH, the 3502 will run Ubuntu Linux with 1 GB of memory and be perfectly happy with it. Personally, I'd rather run Linux than the bloated POS Vista. Yet, as of Aug. 11, 2007 – the Everex 3502 is still not listed on the Walmart website. :( Also, the 3502 only comes with 1GB or RAM, so be prepared to shell out an additional $50 or so for an additional 1GB – so M$’s Vista/BloatOS can actually (barely) function. Realistically. you’ll probably want at least 4GB of memory for Vista, and the 3502 can only take 2GB, so . . . OTOH, the 3502 will run Ubuntu Linux with 1 GB of memory and be perfectly happy with it. Personally, I’d rather run Linux than the bloated POS Vista.

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