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Prices aren't the only things being dropped
Wal-Mart discontinues selling green PC in stores |
Jerome Woody |
12 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Remember the gPC? It's Everex's $199 'green' Linux computer, the one Wal-Mart stocked up on during the last holiday season. Well, it seems the 'experiment' is over, with an unsatisfied Wal-Mart putting those famous price-cutting scissors on their plan to sell the cheap PC in their stores. According to the AP, Wal-Mart concluded that their middle-American consumer base was not hip to the gPC's Linux-based operating system. However, seeing the appeal of the computer to ... |
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| Topics: consumerism, green living, green products, tech, Wal-Mart (all these topics) |
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Who's the true 'G'?
Cheap, possibly green PC hot item at Wal-Mart |
Jerome Woody |
28 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Wal-Mart has always been a place of consumer frenzy at the beginning of the holiday shopping season, and this year is no exception. What's different is that one of the items flying off the shelf faster than they can restock it is the "Everex gPC," a cheap (less than $200) desktop computer. The tech news world has been buzzy about gPC's popularity, in particular questioning what the "g" stands for. It could stand for "green," thanks t ... |
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| Topics: consumerism, green living, green products, tech, Wal-Mart (all these topics) |
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