 forwarded by monty solomon monty roscom com new NUMBER pc doesn t do windows oct NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER pm ap online URL by matthew fordahl ap technology writer it s been about NUMBER years since a new atari NUMBER or commodore vic NUMBER could be had for less than NUMBER even then those relics were well on their way from bargain bins to the dust bin of pc history since then few if any new computers have sold for less than NUMBER any that did were seriously outdated or inoperable now in a challenge to established tech giants several upstarts have banded together to create a pc that retails for NUMBER NUMBER it doesn t do windows in fact it doesn t do a lot of things the microtel sysmarNUMBER sold only at wal mart s online store runs on a linux operating system variant called lindows which has been hyped as a new choice for consumers who want to break away from the microsoft monopoly URL 