That wasn't a problem, though, because it was a simple, inexpensive machine.
This new class of inexpensive machines is known in the industry as the picocomputer.
By some accounts, those introductions will include an inexpensive machine, primarily for the education market.
But if you have a favorite phone already, an inexpensive stand-alone machine will give you access to call screening at a very low price.
In fact, they're relatively inexpensive machines running on Linux operating systems.
It was the first personal computer to offer a graphical user interface in an inexpensive machine aimed at individual business users.
Its place would be taken by inexpensive, lightweight machines powerful enough to run a Web browser.
With its machines so inexpensive, Dell simply can't afford to allow too many customers to ship the computer back to the company to be fixed.
In practice, many of these inexpensive machines continue to end up in businesses that are not located in homes.
This is presumably making it easier for customers to shift to the inexpensive machines.