{{ Infobox information appliance | name = New Internet Computer (NIC) | image = <!-- include the File: tag --> | caption = <!-- include if image is not a logo --> | manufacturer = New Internet Computer Company | type = Internet Appliance | release_date = {{Start date and age|2000|07|06}} | price = $199<ref name="pcworld">Tynan, Dan. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/19/AR2007031900296.html The 10 Worst PCs of All Time], PC World, March 19, 2007</ref> | discontinued = {{End date|2003|06}} | connectivity = 10 MBps Ethernet<BR>56K Modem<BR>Two USB 1.1 ports | lifespan = | units_sold = Less than 50,000 | media = | os = Linux | input = | camera = | power = 60 Watt power supply | cpu = 266 MHz Cyrix MII | storage = 4 MB of flash memory | memory = 64 MB of RAM | display = | audio = | online_services = NetZero | dimensions = | weight = | touchpad = | predecessor = | successor = | related = }}
The '''New Internet Computer''' (NIC) was a Linux-based internet appliance released July 6, 2000 by Larry Ellison and Gina Smith's New Internet Computer Company. The system (without a monitor) sold for US$199.<ref name="pcworld" /><ref name="NYT news on NIC Co">{{cite news|last1=Biersdorfer|first1=J.D.|title=Internet Appliance Eliminates Hard Drive|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/28/technology/news-watch-internet-appliance-eliminates-hard-drive.html|access-date=4 July 2017|agency=New York Times|work=New York Times|date=28 September 2000}}</ref><ref name="Ellison Taps Gina Smith as NIC CEO">{{cite news|title=CNET's Smith to head Ellison's new firm|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2000/02/07/daily2.html|access-date=4 July 2017|agency=BizJournals.com|publisher=American Cities Business Journals|date=7 February 2000}}</ref>
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.<ref name="pcworld"/> The system's only non-volatile 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.<ref name="pcworld" />
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==External links== *[https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/28/technology/news-watch-internet-appliance-eliminates-hard-drive.html Internet Appliance Eliminates Hard Drive] J.D. Biersdorfer, New York Times, September 28, 2000 *[http://www.oracle.com/technology/oramag/Coekaerts.html Wim Coekaerts is Oracle's Mr. Linux] Steve Lipson, Oracle Magazine *[http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4475 Linux and the New Internet Computer] Billy Hall, Linux Journal, February 2001
Category:Personal computers Category:Computer-related introductions in 2000
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