Every little helps…

[slowcoach]

Tesco are now selling base systems with UBUNTU pre-installed.

http://linkpot.net/kidnap/

http://linkpot.net/chastened/

[Chicken]

£139.93, geeeze, they'll be giving them away next.

They need to add more information to the poor saps who may be buying these machines for their kids for christmas and expect them to play games. The mismarketing of low end pcs really gets on my nerve. Now I know they are not saying they are gaming machine sbut they are not telling you anything about them or the use they are intended for. Also withit being on a website there isnt even another sap to ask

[dragon]

Originally Posted by slowcoach

Tesco are now selling base systems with UBUNTU pre-installed.

http://linkpot.net/kidnap/

http://linkpot.net/chastened/

That 2nd one is expensive My mate picked up a Dell base unit (3600+ X2 with 1gb ram 250gb hdd dvd-rw and vista basic) for ~£180

[skyblueheroes]

Not bad prices though. Very reasonable.

[.jackson]

Hhahahaha i can remember going in Tesco's and theres these little signs on the shelves:

"Shoplifters will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

Every little helps."

Hahhaha that cracks me up every time.

[xpod]

Would anybody intending to play actual pc games buy such a machine anyway.....regardless of OS??
You tell my lot they cant play "games" on their Ubuntu pc`s and they`ll give you some right ole funny looks.

The mismarketing of low end pcs really gets on my nerve.

Same here....i think it`s a crime they sell those "Vista capable" things to unsuspecting members of the public
Your probably right about the rest though zing,they need to be making sure nobody`s buying these things without at least understanding what their getting into.

Still though.......they might be problematic for the seasoned Windows user but i think the first time pc buyers would be making far less complaints.

Yeah but it does depend on the end user. There are people out there who have absolutely no clue at all. They will have no idea what linux and will have no idea that its any different than windows. They are the ones who look see a really cheap computer and end up ripping themselves off.

I did notice they are also selling this windows machine http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.200-1525.aspx vista home basic 512 meg of ram and garenteed to run like a bag of plop within a month of running and its gonna be paging city

[dragon]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

Yeah but it does depend on the end user. There are people out there who have absolutely no clue at all. They will have no idea what linux and will have no idea that its any different than windows. They are the ones who look see a really cheap computer and end up ripping themselves off.

I did notice they are also selling this windows machine http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.200-1525.aspx vista home basic 512 meg of ram and garenteed to run like a bag of plop within a month of running and its gonna be paging city

My mothers laptop isn't to bad with vista and 512 ram... I did give her 1gb ram but we think we'd have to take the keyboard off to change it and me dad doesn't want to do it just yet...

well the few machines ive worked on crippled by this have been page city due to running apps yes you stop them but sooner or later you get it bloated. 512 meg of ram just isnt enough for Vista. And Tescos can not offer you any help in choosing a pc you may get enough help buying some mushrooms if your lucky

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Originally Posted by xpod

Would anybody intending to play actual pc games buy such a machine anyway.....regardless of OS??
You tell my lot they cant play "games" on their Ubuntu pc`s and they`ll give you some right ole funny looks.



Same here....i think it`s a crime they sell those "Vista capable" things to unsuspecting members of the public
Your probably right about the rest though zing,they need to be making sure nobody`s buying these things without at least understanding what their getting into.

Still though.......they might be problematic for the seasoned Windows user but i think the first time pc buyers would be making far less complaints.

until they buy a peice of software and suddenly realise they can not use it.(I did say clueless not knowing what linux was and the fact its different to windows so these kinda mistakes will be prevalent imo)

[danielf]

I think Tesco have a nightmare on their hands. No offence to the Linux people on here, but I don't think Linux is ready for the general populace. I wouldn't be surprised if the number of returns outnumber the sales very quickly.

[xpod]

until they buy a peice of software and suddenly realise they can not use it.(I did say clueless not knowing what linux was and the fact its different to windows so these kinda mistakes will be prevalent imo)

I can only base my comments on my own expriences with the pc using folks around me zing but probably none of them buy software.
And i dont mean their on tpb pilfering it either.
Although some do know what limewire is(often the cause of problems)

Forgetting games,nobody i really know or help out in relation to pc`s does anything with the things that they could`nt do just as easily with an Ubuntu setup.
Yes,they`d probably have tonnes of questions & irritations but they have them anyway.At least with Ubuntu they stop after a while

[danielf]

Originally Posted by xpod

<anip>.Yes,they`d probably have tonnes of questions & irritations but they have them anyway. At least with Ubuntu they stop after a while

Is that when they return the machine?

[Stuart]

All well and good at the point of purchase, but I can see a problem.

What happens when joe soap and wife (who have little experience of computers apart from using one at work) see one of these pc's, decide to buy one for the kids as it is far more helpful to their future education than a console, and then find that they can't use (say) the family digital camera as no one has written drivers? What happens whe little johnny soap (their son) discovers that not only has he got a pc instead of the console he was promised, but that 90% of the games available won't run without extra software (if at all)?

[ronald146m]

Well, it says in big red letters on the ad:-

PC uses Linux Operating System

So they know what they're getting.

I think many people will tough it out though.
They won't look at the PC from a technical perspective (like we are doing).
They'll just get on with it.

And as a last resort they'll wipe it and install a dodgy XP.