The $199 PC arrives at Walmart

While Intel and AMD continue to pile on increasingly irrelevant megahurtage, users simply wanting to connect to the internet and type a few letters will be wooed by the appearance of low-cost PC systems. Cost-cutting Walmart is ablle to offer the sub-£200 PC by ditching both major chip makers as well as Microsoft.

The Microtel-branded PCs use VIA's C3 processor combined with Lindows to sneak under the $200 barrier. A version of the PC box sporting Windows XP Home edition costs a full $100 more at $299.

The PC boxes come without a monitor but sport a 800MHz VIA C3 processor with 133MHz Front Side Bus, 128MB SDRAM, integrated 2D/3D graphics and a 10GB hard disk. Walmart also offer a range of OS-less PCs, irking the mighty Microsoft.

You can order your cheapo PC here.

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Lindows claims $199 PC deal