[Am-info] The Wallmart PC

[Erick Andrews]

On Fri, 1 Mar 2002 12:32:53 -0800, Mitch Stone wrote:

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>On Friday, March 1, 2002, at 08:31 AM, Erick Andrews wrote:
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>> On Fri, 1 Mar 2002 08:08:19 -0800, Mitch Stone wrote:
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>>> Walmart is selling them, not making them. I would try to find out if the
>>> company manufacturing this PC has an OEM deal with Microsoft. It's an
>>> Asian manufacturer, but I don't recall the name. Begins with an "m."
>>>
>>
>> Microtel, I recall.
>
>Sounds right, but Microtel is a Swedish telecom company, so I doubt it's 
>them.
>

I double checked Walmart's website.  It's "Microtel" alright.  Doing a 
Google search on Microtel really points to the Swedish company.
It appears they have a presence in the U.S. in Louisiana (hey, that's
in Walmart's backyard)... 

http://www.microtel-inc.com

I'll guess it's an exclusive between them and Walmart, and Microtel
would still bang out the hardware in the Far East, like everyone else,
but I can't definitively prove it's them.

-- 
Erick Andrews