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.
<br><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,141127.shtml">http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,141127.shtml</a><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/25/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">
Emerson, Tom (*IC)</b> <<a href="mailto:Tom.Emerson@wbconsultant.com">Tom.Emerson@wbconsultant.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
> -----Original Message----- Of Jean Chen<br>> On 7/25/07, Michael Proctor-Smith <<a href="mailto:mproctor13@gmail.com">mproctor13@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> > As Dustin said it is all about volume to get to the $100 price but
<br>> > <a href="http://www.medisoncelebrity.com/">http://www.medisoncelebrity.com/</a> is a $150 dollar laptop<br>> running linux<br>> > that is available to the public now, or at least in 4-6 weeks from<br>
> > order.<br>><br>> Has anyone bought or tried this laptop? A friend has been<br>> looking for an inexpensive laptop as a secondary computer,<br>> and this looks like a good option.<br><br>Per the slashdot thread(s), there is a high probability this is a scam:
<br>The "company" medison appears shakey at best, the "address of record"<br>also corresponds to several other "front" type businesses, there is no<br>phone number (lines temporarily closed?) 4-6 weeks "in today's world" is
<br>a bit extreme, one of the "accessory dealers" is Microsoft! [windows<br>messenger, actually...] and so on.<br><br>Remember, you generally get what you "pay" for, and for $150, it's not<br>likely you would get what's advertised (if you get it at all...)
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