Forbes has a list of the world’s Cheap PCs, starting at $85, like the MicroClient JrSX, and the Zonbu we wrote about lovingly the other day. There’s also a few paragraphs dedicated to the OLPC, which as you know ain’t for public consumption right now, and an AMD powered decTOP.
The Zonbu is the most powerful on the list with its 512MB of RAM and 1.2GHz intel-compatible VIA chip, but its $99 price tag is negated by its $13 Amazon S3 subscription commitment for 2 years. Consider that a pittance for the 25 GB of online storage the Zonbu syncs your data to.
And never forget that a lot of used PCs can be had for far less. Find em at Craigslist and at the flea markets.
Penguinister
Sunday, May 27, 2007 at 1:45 PMIm always wary of the “ours is cheaper” logic to hardware of any kind. Trust me as an engineer and heavily involved in consumer hardware you lose way more then you think when you participate in the race to the bottom logic of purchasing (sooner than later you hit mud). The best deals are usually the mid range because this is were the real turnover is with the top of the range marketed to people with more money than brains ie style slaves iPOD.