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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. Re:Sure...Vigilante OS. by macdaddy357 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    It'll run XP with a ram upgrade to 512MB, but it will never run Vista with that CPU and GPU. That would be like using a compact pickup as the cab of a tractor trailer.

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  2. Re:Get them out of the way by xtracto · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Breasts!
    Which in the case of the OLPC it seems the problem *has* been solved!

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  3. Re:Get them out of the way by metlin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yes.

    Only old people (in Korea, no less) need a $150 laptop.

    And can this laptop show me Natalie Portman and hot grits? Naked?

    I'm sure I've missed a few. =)

  4. Re:Smells fishy... by derrida · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    But this thing doesn't feel safe.
    At $199.95 this doesn't feel safe either.
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  5. Re:IKEA? by mysqlrocks · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So I guess IKEA finally got into computer business:)

    With the 4-6 week delivery time it certainly sounds like IKEA. Have you ever tried ordering something from their website? It's amazing how incompetent IKEA is at the entire process of fulfilling your order.

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  6. Re:It may be fraud by Daengbo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    While I agree that this offer looks too good to be true, I routinely order nutrition products from a Korean website which doesn't even have a contact e-mail. No phone. No address. No e-mail. If my friends hadn't been ordering for some time, I would have assumed it was a scam. No credit cards, either -- just bank-to-bank transfer. They guy drop ships everything from the U.S. Amazing prices for Korea, too.

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