Cheap Linux Laptops

[gnuoob]

Is anyone else interested in this?

I have been anxiously awaiting the release of the ASUS eee PC and just today i heard about the Medison $150 laptop. besides the XO are there any others out there that anyone else knows about?

i want to snap up the ASUS eee PC when it comes out but don't want to jump too soon if something else is just on the horizon.

links
http://www.olpcnews.com/
http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/asus-new-eee-pc-701-joins-the-laptop-lite-fray-with-a-bang/
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=5746

[Satanic Atheist]

I look on eBay and snap up bargains.

James

[retsaw]

That Medison laptop is almost certainly a scam, it is far too cheap, cheaper than they even would be able to buy the components for. If you need more reasons why it is likely to be a scam, read the comments on the Slashdot article for it.

[mrrangerman43]

retsaw

I kind of agree with you, I went to there web page and just for funzzy's looked at the contact page. I was greated with,


The phone lines are temporarly closed

I'll have to check back in about 7 weeks and see if there are any complaints or if it is the real deal. (I doubt it though)

[gnuoob]

i tend to trust a name like ASUS because i know about them.

this other company is something i have never heard about before. anyone from europe hear about this company before?

[Satanic Atheist]

I've heard of Medion and they generally do cheap computers that aren't all that bad, but I don't know if it's someone trying to rip off the name for a scam or not.

I've personally not come across a "MEDISON" computer before.

James

[gnuoob]

http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=5789

apparently zdnet is doing a continuing story on an order.

[retsaw]

The ZDNet reporter is a f-ing idiot.

If you are trying to expose a scam you don't go around telling everyone including the scammers what you are doing, now they can treat him as a special case, ship him a laptop and use him as bait to get more people to part with their money.

I'd love to get a decent laptop for that price, but they are selling this for less than what the OLPC XO-1 currently costs (with better specs as well), and that is being produced on a large scale by a non-profit organization.