New Internet Computer

New Internet Computer (NIC)
Manufacturer	New Internet Computer Company
Type	Internet Appliance
Release date	July 6, 2000; 24 years ago
Introductory price	$199
Discontinued	June 2003
Units sold	Less than 50,000
Operating system	Linux
CPU	266 MHz Cyrix MII
Memory	64 MB RAM
Storage	4 MB Flash Memory
Connectivity	10 MBps Ethernet; 56K Modem; Two USB 1.1 ports
Power	60 Watt Power Supply
Online services	NetZero

The New Internet Computer (NIC) was a Linux-based internet appliance released July 6, 2000 by Larry Ellison's and Gina Smith's New Internet Computer Company. The system (without a monitor) sold for US$199.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The NIC boots from a CD-ROM with a custom Linux distribution developed by Wim Coekaerts. It has no hard drive and no way to install additional software.^[1] The system's only nonvolatile storage is 4 MB of flash memory.

Ellison planned to sell 5 million units the first year, but fewer than 50,000 units were sold. The company shut its doors in June 2003. PC World ranked the NIC as the ninth worst PC of all time.^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Tynan, Dan. The 10 Worst PCs of All Time, PC World, March 19, 2007
↑ Biersdorfer, J.D. (28 September 2000). "Internet Appliance Eliminates Hard Drive". New York Times. New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/28/technology/news-watch-internet-appliance-eliminates-hard-drive.html.
↑ "CNET's Smith to head Ellison's new firm". BizJournals.com. American Cities Business Journals. 7 February 2000. http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2000/02/07/daily2.html.

External links

Internet Appliance Eliminates Hard Drive J.D. Biersdorfer, New York Times, September 28, 2000
Wim Coekaerts is Oracle's Mr. Linux Steve Lipson, Oracle Magazine
Linux and the New Internet Computer Billy Hall, Linux Journal, February 2001

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[pcworld-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Tynan, Dan. The 10 Worst PCs of All Time, PC World, March 19, 2007

[NYT_news_on_NIC_Co-2] Biersdorfer, J.D. (28 September 2000). "Internet Appliance Eliminates Hard Drive". New York Times. New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/28/technology/news-watch-internet-appliance-eliminates-hard-drive.html.

[Ellison_Taps_Gina_Smith_as_NIC_CEO-3] "CNET's Smith to head Ellison's new firm". BizJournals.com. American Cities Business Journals. 7 February 2000. http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2000/02/07/daily2.html.

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New Internet Computer

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