Yet another company arrives on the Netbook scene offering very-low-cost computers. The LimePC, shown here, is made by Chinese company MTC and cuts out all the priciest parts of a PC: it's got its own Ubuntu Linux-based OS, called LimeOS, and a Freescale processor. It comes in lime (naturally), white, and black, and has two screen sizes: 7 and 8.9 inches. It's got 256MB or 512MB of RAM, a 4GB solid-state drive, or an 8GB SSD, or a 30GB to 200GB hard drive. As a result, it starts at $199 for the 7-inch and $249 for the 9-inch model.
"We want to be the Model T," said company spokesman Peter Rilia. "We're not the fastest car, but the one everyone can afford."
Its intended audience is students, travelers, and first-time PC users in developing nations, but it won't be available for order until February.
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