$200 Linux Laptop

[William Park]

On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 03:15:43AM -0400, Sy Ali wrote:
> ASUS:
> http://www.hothardware.com/articles/Hands%5Fon%5Fwith%5Fthe%5FASUS%5FEee/
> http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3829
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFLJJw6WRqM
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEeLJltAHRE
> 
> The Kitchener Waterloo LUG is wooing ASUS to get a loaner laptop to
> present on it, or to get a rep to drop by.  No luck yet.  Do we have
> any contacts with ASUS to try the same?
> 
> Also, there's this one:
> Medison Celebrity  	$ 163.21 CAD
> http://www.medisoncelebrity.com/product.html

$200 is rip-off.  BestBuy is selling a "mainstream" Acer laptop for
$499.  Lesson: Never fight commodity PC.  You won't win.

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