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HP Thailand Sells $450 Linux Laptop

Posted by michael on from the tco dept.

greyrax writes "The revolution has begun! Seems that the Thailand branch of HP is selling Linux-based laptops for $450. The government of Thailand is now talking to Dell Thailand about a similar arrangement."

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  1. Re:Asia is the current battleground by vlad_petric · · Score: 1, Troll

    I agree with you that Asia is the current battleground, however bribing is sooo much easier done in poor countries like India or China. The only difference is that the bribing in the US is done in open view (see Republican election funding).

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  2. Can you see this happening in the USA? by GMFTatsujin · · Score: 0, Troll

    From the CNET site: The government is subsidizing the cost of the hardware, and will also provide service and support for the notebook.

    "White House tech support, this is George. Before we get started, can I have your social security number please? ... Oh, I'm sorry sir, that's a driver problem. Let me transfer you to the Judicial Branch."

    And there would only ever be nine people on the phone at a time.

    For the REST of their LIVES.

    Talk about IT hell.

    GMFTatsujin

  3. Re:Woah, HP Thailand? by SharpFang · · Score: 0, Troll

    What's next? MS Canada?
    Nope. Exon Iraq.

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  4. Re:Woah, HP Thailand? by rastachops · · Score: 0, Troll

    Mod the parent up. The truth is hardly flipping trolling!! Just because it makes the USA not sound quite so brilliant it doesn't constitute trolling!

  5. Bush Tax cut and an iBook almost as good by nicholas. · · Score: 0, Troll

    Apple is selling 700 Mhz iBook,128 MB RAM, 20 GB, CD-ROM for a mere $800.

    I've never seen a Thai Linux distro, but I bet OS X is quite a bit nicer. Plus the iBook has a real graphics chipset on it.

    You want the government to pick up part of the bill? You're in luck. The US government just passed a tax cut. For some (especially the very rich) that will easily make up for the $300 difference in price.

    Once again America proves to be better than all other countries. If you say otherwise we'll bomb the fuck out of you. Or at the very least not eat your cuisine. No more Pad Thai for me! I'll only have Pad FREEDOM.

    1. Re:Bush Tax cut and an iBook almost as good by nicholas. · · Score: 0, Troll

      My comment is hardly a troll. At most it's an advertisement for Apple with a healthy dose of patriotism.

  6. Re:The M$ Tax. by The+Bungi · · Score: 0, Troll
    Pretty simple economics.

    That's very interesting. So what you're saying is that the computer manufacturers are marking up their final sales price based not on what the OEM license cost them, but on their own mark up of the thing itself?

    Well then, blame it on the manufacturers. Why blame it on Microsoft? They already profited from the sale, right? So let's call it "the Dell Tax" instead.