| Walmart.com debuts sub-$500 Linux laptop |
Dec. 20, 2004
 Wal-Mart has added a sub-$500 Linux laptop to its online store. The $498 Balance laptop comes preloaded with Linspire's desktop Linux operating system and is claimed to be the lowest priced laptop on the market that includes a complete operating system and office suite.
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The 8-pound system includes a 1.0 GHz Via C3 processor with 128MB RAM memory (expandable to 512MB), a 14.1-inch LCD screen, a 30GB hard drive, and a CD-ROM drive. Software bundled with the laptop includes Linspire's version 4.5 Linux operating system, the OpenOffice.org office suite, email, browser, instant messaging, Internet phone calling, photo, music, and firewall software. Dimensions are 1.5 x 13.0 x 10.75 inches.
Linspire says it supports the laptop with more than 1,900 free software programs available for download, and three months of software updates.
Further details are available here, at Walmart.com.
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