$200

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/linux/everex-200-linux-gpc-hits-wal+mart-bowls-rednecks-over-317284.php

"Second-tier PC maker Everex teamed up with a startup called gOS to build the gPC TC2502, a $199 VIA-powered Ubuntu 7.10 Linux system with an Enlightenment E17 interface. Although they assure us that the "g" doesn't stand for Google, the PC's productivity will be almost solely derived from Google apps accessed through Firefox: Mail, Calendar, News, Maps and Documents & Spreadsheets. It will also come with OpenOffice.org 2.2 and some other freeware Linux faves."

No Microsoft tax, no RIAA music goof-ware, no video card with more RAM than the PC just to run Word... It shows what's possible. I expect we'll see a lot more PCs like this.

Giant Tabs in a JTabbedPane

Here's how to create a Java Swing JTabbedPane with over-sized tabs. The most basic method is to extend JTabbedPane with a new class that replaces the tabbed pane UI. The replacement UI in turn can override the methods that control the tabs size. The font used in the tabs can also be replaced in the new tabbed pane constructor.

Here's a tabbed pane class with over-sized tabs (50 tall and 140 wide).

public class GiantTabbedPane extends JTabbedPane {
    public GiantTabbedPane() {
        setUI((GiantTabbedPaneUI)GiantTabbedPaneUI.createUI(this));
        setFont(new java.awt.Font("Arial Unicode MS", 1, 18));
    }
     static class GiantTabbedPaneUI extends BasicTabbedPaneUI {
        public static ComponentUI createUI(JComponent c) {
            return new GiantTabbedPaneUI();
        }
         protected int calculateTabWidth(int tabPlacement,
                int tabIndex,
                FontMetrics metrics) {
            return 140;
        }
         protected int calculateTabHeight(int tabPlacement,
                int tabIndex,
                int fontHeight) {
            return 50;
        }
    }
}