Citing its strategy to offer consumers more affordable computing options, Linux-based software provider Lindows.com rolled out a new $449 flat-panel monitor PC Thursday. The new PC adds to the family of low-cost computers recently launched by the San Diego startup, which has been embroiled in a trademark infringement suit from Microsoft for the last two years over the similarity of the Lindows and Windows names.

Dubbed "KooBox," the PC comes with a 14.1-inch (36.5 cm) LCD flat-panel monitor, a CD player, network card, modem, keyboard, speakers, mouse, Lindows' OS 4.0 and Lindows' suite of office software. The software is compatible with Microsoft Office file types, Lindows said. Additionally, buyers of the PC will be able to access and download over 1,500 applications from the company's "Click-N-Run Warehouse." The computer comes with a Duron 1.2-GHz processor from Advanced Micro Devices, a 20GB hard drive and 256MB of SDRAM. If this is not powerful enough for some users, Lindows is also offering a deluxe version of the computer with an upgraded processor, a 60GB hard drive, 512MB of SDRAM, DVD and CD-RW drives and a 3D graphics card for $699.