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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Wednesday, 23 July 2008 | |
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Page 1 of 3 Open Tech's "web store" page lists two PC configurations and a small range of peripherals including a Mac mini styled external hard drive and a webcam. All are said to be "coming soon." The $620 Home features a 3.4GHz Pentium D 945 CPU (yep, a Pentium!) with 3G of RAM, a 500G hard drive, DVD burner, a GeForce 8600 GT 512M video card and 802.11g (not 11n, as used by current Apple equipment). The system comes in a blackPower Up midi-tower case. The XT (there's a name from the past), priced at $1200, comes with a 2.4GHz Core 2 Quad Q6600, 4G of RAM, 640G 7200rpm hard drive, DVD burner, GeForce 8800 GT 256M video card and 802.11g, packaged in a CoolerMaster midi-tower case. Curiously, the system prices do not vary according to the operating system selected. On both models, Open Tech offers the choice of Mac OS X, Vista Home Premium, Windows XP Home, and Ubuntu 8.04. Given that the XT is described as "the ultimate pro computer" it seems strange that only home versions of Microsoft's operating systems are listed. Do you expect computers to arrive ready to run? Then you may be disappointed by a Home or XT - find out why on page 2. |
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