Comments on: Dell's new low-cost PCs for emerging markets

PC maker continues its international push with notebooks and desktops made for such countries as China and India.

[gagahput3ra]

Nice. I'm in Indonesia and current Dell user, Dell's not very famous here, due to their high price....but i'm sure my job as an unofficial evangelist is easier after this one. :)

[mados123]

Don't understand why they wouldn't use AMD CPUs if they are really considering lower cost machines.

[Someone-else]

about AMD CPUs many people from countries like Brazil(which i'm from) don't understand anything about comps and buy it for the CPU brand, not model.
it's not hard to find Celerons more expensive than Athlons 64 around here

and about the article, isn't the Atom CPU for laptops, not desktops?
and because of taxes, those $440 laptops will get here at around R$1800($1000), that isn't much lower than current models i can find in stores

[mados123]

Thanks for the clarification re: AMD and Intel makes a mini ITX motherboard that can be used for desktops. You can check NewEgg and search for Atom Motherboard.

[techman21]

They're all made there anyway...you'd think it already be cheaper.

[MaLvaDo39]

How is this different than any other unit?
You're still stuck with a terrible Windows OS.

[polaris20]

Did you even read the article? I'm guessing not.

"The notebooks are available in 14.1-inch and 15.6-inch sizes, and come with Intel Celeron or Core2Duo processors, and Ubuntu Linux or Windows Vista. The desktops come with Intel Atom, Celeron, or Pentium processors, and Ubuntu or Vista."

[MaLvaDo39]

Yeah, I did, but how will the percentage break down on those two choices?

[gggg sssss]

MalvaDo39:
If people still take Vista when offered Linux at the same or lower cost, what does THAT tell you?

[Porterrgurl]

How can I get a PC for just as cheap?