Amazing Price For Linux Laptop!

[stormyandcold]

wow! http://www.medisoncelebrity.com/product.html

Its definately something to keep an eye on!

 

[P-J]

£77? Even for that average machine it's a bargain. What do you suppose the catch is?

wow! http://www.medisoncelebrity.com/product.html

Its definately something to keep an eye on!

 

[Mikey242]

Wow that is pretty cheap indeed. I honestly didnt think it would be that low.

 

[thefunkygibbon]

wow! http://www.medisoncelebrity.com/product.html

Its definately something to keep an eye on!



spammmmmmmmmmm
guess you are the guy running the site?

smells dodgy to me
oooh look the phone lines are conveniently closed

 

[TheMinder]

http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/07/07/25/1519256.shtml

They aren't too keen on it either.

 

[thefunkygibbon]

http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/07/07/25/1519256.shtml

They aren't too keen on it either.




yeah was just about to post that link myself. :rolleyes:

 

[LHC]

The folks at Slashdot seem to believe it is a scam. I haven't done any investigation, but there's no way I would pay for one of these without hundreds of people receiving one first.

edit: Amazingly late.

 

[euro48k]

wait till end 2007 ..
assembled in brasil as stated on their site

 

[Pickle]

phoronix is also following up on this:

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news...m&px=NTkyNA

 

[coolbeans]

If it sounds too good to be true....

 

[craigix]

If this was non-x86 the price might be possible.

 

[peelie]

hmm a Swedish company?

hopefully not the same people behind the Gizmondo lol

 

[craigix]

That would be funny if it was somehow connected to the giz.

I think if they had said it was ARM based and had a 10" screen they would have came across as much more genuine.

As it stands unless they are making many millions of those laptops it is a scam.

 

[LegendaryMachine]

Maybe they're just really kind people with really big hearts?

 

[Vimacs]

I vote for scammers with big pockets.

 

[Fishbong]

Their domain was registered via a hotmail account. Hmmmm...

 

[Samba Pa Ti]

il get one if its real, just waiting to see if those phroronix guys get one, if its a scam il get the EEEPC instead (i was going to get one anyway).

 

[stormyandcold]

Actually TheFunkyGibbon, I don't have anything to do with it apart from being quite intrigued so don't insult me, ok?

I saw the news at www.guru3d.com and checked it out and thought it would be of interest to maybe a few people here.

If it's a scam, it's a scam...simple. If not then once confirmed it's for real I'm definately getting one!

Already got a gp2x and love it! I didnt start this thread with any intent on taking anything away from the gp2x or gp2x scene.

For me, this laptop would come in handy for band practice

btw, possible catches are p&p, tax and they also say a few others including the price may change so there you go.

 

[stormyandcold]

Another 1 for $189! Amazing!

http://event.asus.com/eeepc/

fortunately, this asus 1 looks real

 

[murak]

I would not get my hopes up to much.. I remember www.blew.se all to well, wich was a webbshop with cheap electronics and a deliverytime of 4-6 weeks. After about 6 weeks you got a package with a Denver DVD player and the company vaniched.

This looks like the same deal, crappy site, long deliverytimes and a price to good to be true. I hope I´m wrong, I really do, but untill someone actually gets his/her laptop I will remain sceptic.

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