# New Internet Computer

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{{ Infobox information appliance
| name         = New Internet Computer (NIC)
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| manufacturer = New Internet Computer Company
| type         = [Internet Appliance](/source/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](/source/megabits_per_second) [Ethernet](/source/Ethernet)<BR>[56K](/source/Modem) [Modem](/source/Modem)<BR>Two [USB 1.1](/source/USB) ports
| lifespan     = 
| units_sold    = Less than 50,000
| media        = 
| os           = [Linux](/source/Linux)
| input        = 
| camera       = 
| power        = 60 [Watt](/source/Watt) [power supply](/source/power_supply)
| cpu          = 266&nbsp;[MHz](/source/MHz) [Cyrix MII](/source/Cyrix_6x86)
| storage      = 4&nbsp;[MB](/source/megabyte) of [flash memory](/source/flash_memory)
| memory       = 64&nbsp;MB of [RAM](/source/Random_access_memory)
| display      = 
| audio        = 
| online_services      = [NetZero](/source/NetZero)
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}}

The '''New Internet Computer''' (NIC) was a [Linux](/source/Linux)-based [internet appliance](/source/internet_appliance) released July 6, 2000 by [Larry Ellison](/source/Larry_Ellison) and [Gina Smith](/source/Gina_Smith_(author))'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](/source/CD-ROM) with a custom [Linux distribution](/source/Linux_distribution) developed by Wim Coekaerts.  It has no [hard drive](/source/hard_drive) and no way to install additional software.<ref name="pcworld"/>  The system's only [non-volatile storage](/source/non-volatile_storage) is 4 MB of [flash memory](/source/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](/source/PC_World_(magazine)) ranked the NIC as the ninth worst PC of all time.<ref name="pcworld" />

==References==
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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](/source/Linux_Journal), February 2001

Category:Personal computers
Category:Computer-related introductions in 2000

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