[SGVLUG] Today's news brings a wide grin

[Miguel Hernandez]

I agree w/you, Tom, as $150 seems super duper low & because of this I'd be
cautious as well. But I wouldn't have thought you could get a $300 desktop
w/Vista Home Basic pre-installed (as that OS retails for ~$175 alone) & yet
it's available at Wal-Mart & is "green" to boot. I'd just be super careful
in providing financial info to a company w/no phone lines.
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,141127.shtml

On 7/25/07, Emerson, Tom (*IC) <Tom.Emerson at wbconsultant.com> wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message----- Of Jean Chen
> > On 7/25/07, Michael Proctor-Smith <mproctor13 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > As Dustin said it is all about volume to get to the $100 price but
> > > http://www.medisoncelebrity.com/ is a $150 dollar laptop
> > running linux
> > > that is available to the public now, or at least in 4-6 weeks from
> > > order.
> >
> > Has anyone bought or tried this laptop?  A friend has been
> > looking for an inexpensive laptop as a secondary computer,
> > and this looks like a good option.
>
> Per the slashdot thread(s), there is a high probability this is a scam:
> The "company" medison appears shakey at best, the "address of record"
> also corresponds to several other "front" type businesses, there is no
> phone number (lines temporarily closed?) 4-6 weeks "in today's world" is
> a bit extreme, one of the "accessory dealers" is Microsoft!  [windows
> messenger, actually...] and so on.
>
> Remember, you generally get what you "pay" for, and for $150, it's not
> likely you would get what's advertised (if you get it at all...)
>
>
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