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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.
Reading through the summary, at first I thought that the fact that it was only available with XP was supposed to be a good thing. Then I got further and realized it was being compared to XP + Linux, not XP + Vista.
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it's "Linpus Linux Lite". Based on the name alone, I say good riddance.
Do you even lift?
These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.
I foresee a black market in Linux system restore discs...
Europe is more leftwing than the US, hence the consumers have more money to spend, hence you get more demand at the same price, hence the market equilibrium occurs at a higher price.
Or equivalently, companies charge whatever they can without customers leaving them, since Europeans on average has more money to spend they are also more tollerant towards high prices, so companies can charge more and still sell their products.
Ahhh...so that explains why my cell phone company keeps tacking on extra charges, they know I'll value their service more.
Agreed. I can see it now: Open Sores Linpus
Pus: sticky creamy bodily fluid that oozes from sores and spots.
Plus when you say it the alternatives don't get better:
Lin-puss = Linux pussy?
Or if you fail to pronounce the n properly it'll easily sound like:
Limpus = Biggus Dickus' brother
Yeah, I run GIMP on Limpus... come on, you can't even make this stuff up.
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in the US you often get single fee for continental US, but here you get single fee for ... Belgium or The Netherlands!
Of course it's a single fee for Belgium and The Netherlands. Belgium is a province of The Netherlands.
On the other hand, I had expected a single fee for Germany and the two above, since The Netherlands is
one of Germany's Bundeslander.
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Belgium doesn't exist!. Please stop perpetuating the leftist agenda!
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