[ubuntu-uk] Simplicity Computers
Mark Fraser
ubuntu at mfraz.orangehome.co.uk
Thu Jul 28 10:16:57 UTC 2011
On Thursday 28 Jul 2011 11:03:36 Simon Greenwood wrote:
> On 28 July 2011 10:53, Mark Fraser <ubuntu at mfraz.orangehome.co.uk> wrote:
> > In my local weekly newspaper there is an article about Simplicity
> > Computers and Wessex Computers www.simplicitycomputers.co.uk. They are
> > providing an AIO
> > computer based on Mint with their own user interface. The FAQ page is
> > worth a
> > read.
>
> This company launched earlier this year I think. It's a nice simple
> interface using a FOSS OS. It's pretty obvious who they're aiming at but
> hopefully if they can get silver surfers into the habit of working with
> Mint it should be as usable as any Windows solution. The trick for those
> who get roped into home support will be to stop Grandad randomly buying a
> printer/scanner and make sure that he gets someting supportable.
Having a look at the order page, I think their prices might be a bit too
expensive for most people.
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