Another free operating system. But unlike other free OSes (like BeOS 5 PE, Linux, QNX, pirated Windoze, et. al.), MIT is releasing their answer to Berkeley's Science Department. Cesium will have a 3D GUI and a platform-independent core, enabling it to run the same application on any computer. (This is much like the concept of Java. Until now, Amiga OS 4.0 was the only OS truly capable of this kind of portability.) Here's the Slashdot article relating it. I'll be watching for it and i'll post news once it's released.
OK, the usual disclaimer:
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| Memory (256MB) | |||
| Type | Price | from last week | Retailer |
| PC-100 | $10 | -$2 | 1st Choice Memory |
| PC-133 | $10 | -$2 | Connect Computers (must mention pricewatch) |
| PC-150 | $15 | -$1 | Rich Pacific (phone order only, must mention pricewatch) |
| PC-1600 | $22 | -$2 | Connect Computers (mention pricewatch) |
| PC-2100 | $22 | -$1 | 1st Choice Memory |
| PC-2400 | $33 | -$7 | 1st Choice Memory |
| PC-2700 | $57 | n/a | Atacom, Inc. (phone orders only, must mention pricewatch) |
| PC-800 RDRAM | $84 | $0 | Portatech |
| CPUs | |||
| AMD Athlon XP 1800 | $202 | -$13 | EconoPC (phone orders only, must mention pricewatch) |
| Intel Pentium 4 2.0GHz | $515 | -$120 | Accubyte (phone orders only, must mention pricewatch) |
| AMD Duron 1GHz | $56 | -$5 | Thompson's Computer Warehouse (phone orders only, must mention pricewatch) |
| Intel Celeron 1GHz | $60 | -$1 | Thompson's Computer Warehouse (phone orders only, must mention pricewatch) |
| 40GB 7200RPM EIDE Hard Disk Drives (5 choice manufacturers) | |||
| Maxtor | $90 | -$2 | House of Computers (must mention pricewatch) |
| Seagate | $85 | -$7 | The Computer Center (must mention pricewatch) |
| IBM | $97 | -$2 | House of Computers (must mention pricewatch) |
| Western Digital | $91 | -$4 | nextharwareshop.com (must mention pricewatch) |
(All hail the ever-wonderful Tonya who helped me out this week!)
