Open-PC: From the community, for the community

[Colin McGregor]

On 1/20/10, Michael Lauzon <mlauzon-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Anyone know about this, it's a PC that only uses free software, and
> Linux is at the heart of it:
>
> http://open-pc.com/

I saw the Slashdot story about the above:

http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/01/20/0020246/100-Free-Software-Compatible-PC-Launches

I am unimpressed with the machine, because:

- a 160 GB hard disk in an era when 1 TB drives are under $100 and 1.5
TB drives are under $130...
- I love expansion slots, so for anything other than MythTV client
boxes I have avoided microATX motherboards (which this box has).
- At $529 (Cdn.) (359 Euros at current exchange rate) you can build a
FAR better box (how ever you want to measure things) from the clone
shops at College / Spadina than what these folks are offering.

Bottom line, interesting idea, but part of what turned me from
Microsoft software was getting more bang for the the buck, not less.
This box is too small, limited and expensive to be of interest.

Colin McGregor

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> Michael Lauzon
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