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A PC That Uses Less Energy, but Charges a Monthly Fee

Technology
A PC That Uses Less Energy, but Charges a Monthly Fee
By JOHN MARKOFF
Published: July 16, 2007
Subscription-based personal computers are not a new idea — and never popular — but Grégoire Gentil and Alain Rossmann have devised a green twist.

Excerpt:

... a simplified Linux-based PC for $99 and a $12.95 monthly subscription charge. They say that the deal is better than it looks because the 15-watt PC can save up to $10 a month in electricity compared with a standard 200-watt PC ...

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Comment: Looks very promising! Wish they had a laptop (one would think that would be EZ to do ... just add a screen!)