The PCs Cubans are buying

For  readers curious about the personal computers Cubans now can buy, here's some information provided by The Associated Press' Havana bureau:
A tower-style QTech PC and monitor costs nearly US$780. The gray-and-black QTechs, complete with DVD players, 16-inch CRT monitors and standard-issue black mice and keyboards, are the only model available. Clerks said the PCs were assembled by Cuban companies using parts imported from China. The Cuban PCs have Intel Celeron processors with 80 gigabytes of memory and 512 RAM and are equipped with Microsoft's Windows XP operating system. Both could be violations of a U.S. trade embargo, but not something Washington can do anything about in the absence of diplomatic relations with Havana, the AP noted. An electronics store in Havana's Carlos III shopping center and another one in Miramar are the only outlets in the country now selling the PCs. Clerks at a few other government-run stores said they expect to receive deliveries sometime in mid-May.
---Renato Pérez Pizarro.