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A $300 AMD64-based desktop system to consumers is cooking up with the help of a partnership between Technalign and Britt Systems and it will be pre-installed with Linux.

The machines will features an AMD Athlon 64 2800+ processor, 256MB of memory, 80GB SATA hard drive, CD-RW drive. 400W power supply and a floppy drive -- people still use these? The machine will run on TaFusion MEPIS Linux which is also known as Frontier. Also included is OpenOffice.org which is a rather competent competitor to Microsoft Office along with the Thunderbird email client. "This new offering will allow individuals and companies to get a powerful entry level system at the lowest possible investment. Most companies offering an entry level system under $300 usually provide much less processing power, smaller hard drives, a standard CD-ROM, and no floppy drive," said the CEO of Technalign.

It seems the systems only come with a 90-day factory warranty although the separate components still retain their respective warranties which range from one to three years. For those interesting in purchasing a machine, the first shipments will go out on July 31, 2006.