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No Linux IdeaPad For Lenovo's US Customers
narramissic writes "When Lenovo's new IdeaPad 'S' series netbooks hit stores in October, U.S. buyers will only be given one option: Windows XP on the IdeaPad S10 (making it not so much a series as a single offering). Meanwhile, people in most markets Lenovo serves, including Singapore, China and the U.K., will be offered both of the company's new IdeaPad netbooks (the S10, which has 10.2-inch screen, and the S9, which has an 8.9-inch screen), and the choice of either Microsoft Windows XP or a Linux OS. Before you start feeling too sorry for yourself, consider the price tag: the S10 will sell for £319 (US$629) in the U.K., but in the U.S. the starting price is $399." Liliputing (a cool site for anyone interested in sub-notebook computing) has posted a few bits on the IdeaPad, including some short videos.
To be fair though, most if not all of that price hike is down to the greedy bloodsucking bastard government which seems to think a country should be run at a profit, with the citizens being the customers, rather than running the essential services the people require and taking no more than what it costs to do so.
A.I. Research. The peculiar science in which we know the question and we know the answer, but can't show the working
What are you talking about?
Their claim that the ability to rearrange the icons doubles your "fun" and productivity did make me chuckle.