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$150 Linux Laptop for the Masses

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the on-the-cheap dept.

Xemu writes "Inspired by Negroponte's laptop for children, the Swedish company Medison is now taking orders for their US$150 Linux laptop, the Medison Celebrity. The laptop is a 1.5 GHz Celeron M 370 with 14 inch screen, wireless network and it comes with Fedora Red Hat pre-installed." Update 2035 GMT by SM: As many readers have pointed out, the more you dig into the details of this company the more fishy it starts to seem. I would suggest any potential buyers be wary on this one.

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  1. It may be fraud by amorsen · · Score: 5, Interesting

    There is a lot of speculation currently about whether this is fraud. They may be intending to run away with the money and not send out any laptops.

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    1. Re:It may be fraud by WrongMonkey · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Now that you mention it, one thing that should set off the fraud alarm is the 4-6 weeks delivery time. That's a eon in terms of modern service, but a long enough time to collect a lot of orders before anyone expects to receive their product.

  2. Re:Smells fishy... by RAMMS+EIN · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Damn. It sounded so good.

    Come to think of it, maybe that should have been the first warning.

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  3. take this off slashdot by b4thyme · · Score: 5, Interesting

    shouldn't this be taken off of slashdot to reduce free advertising for a potential scam?