[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux at Fry's

Ron Hamilton ronhamilton at gmx.net
Fri Mar 15 14:23:55 CST 2002


On Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 11:51:59AM -0600, Ken Frazer wrote:
> Did anyone else notice the ad for the "Internet Ready Multimedia PC' on the 
> front page of today's (Friday) Fry's ad?  It comes with "Linux 1.3 shell 
> with web browsing, e-mail, and word processing capabilities."  It is also 
> "upgradeable to Windows XP."
> 
> Does anybody know what is really installed on this thing?  At least it's 
> nice that they are selling a machine that is pre-configured with Linux.
>
The only thing that bothers me is the "upgradable to windows xp" line..
since when is any form a windows an upgrade from linux?




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