$200 Everex Wal-Mart PC Reviewed (Verdict: Worth $200!)

Rob Beschizza has given the Everex gPC a once over, finding the $200 Linux PC to be perfectly useable for most day-to-day tasks.

Screen fonts don't look too great, either, with blurry smoothing and poor typeface selections. Changing themes helped: "Bling," included alongside the default Green gOS default, has a more conventional, less Web 2.0 look.

But these are minor annoyances, and the gPC looks like a fantastic deal. My first impression is of a serviceable desktop PC with bulletproof security and a pleasant, simplified feel. For those wanting to do more with their computer than surf the web, check e-mail and basic productivity, however, it's obviously not of much interest — unless, of course, you're going to do something clever with it.

I've seen people pay more than $200 just for a PC case.

Hands-On With Everex's $200 gPC [Gadget Lab]

[#1 posted by strider_mt2k , November 7, 2007 10:08 AM]

I just DLed the live disc for gOS and played with it a bit on an old Dell Optiplex GX240 of mine.

I would say the article is right on as far as the OS is concerned.

It looks like the all-in-one motherboard for that Wall Mort machine is available for about 65 dollars too.

I have to look into how much the ram will cost me, but I'm considering picking on up to replace a crappy old K7SEM all-in one board I have in a tinkering machine I built recently.

Neat stuff to be sure!
And for a tinkerer like myself it's cheaper than an ee!

[#2 posted by monopole , November 7, 2007 5:29 PM]

$60 "dev board" (miniATX C7 motherboard) good for those of us who will not buy from walmart for any reason:
http://www.clubit.com/product_detail.cfm?itemno=A4842001

[#3 posted by strider_mt2k , November 8, 2007 10:04 AM]

@monopole: Exactly!

For a basic machine you could do much worse, and that gOS might be able to roll with worse from what I've seen.