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Northwest Arkansas Business Journal, July, 2002 by Bowden, Bill
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On June 17, Walmart.com began selling eight different Microtel desktop computers with preinstalled LindowsOS, a Linux-based operating system that also can run some Microsoft Windows software applications.
At $299 for the basic model, the machines have set a new standard for affordable computers. That appears to be about half the cost of the cheapest computer sold by Gateway ($599) or Dell ($579 after a $100 rebate), which are preinstalled with Microsoft's ubiquitous Windows XP Home Office operating system.
With the sales-volume muscle of Bentonville-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's ...
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