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No Linux IdeaPad For Lenovo's US Customers

Posted by timothy on from the too-bad-because-I-want-one dept.

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.

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  1. XP by porcupine8 · · Score: 4, Funny

    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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    1. Re:XP by S.O.B. · · Score: 2, Funny

      Ignore the Anonymous Coward. He was dropped on his head a lot as a child...which was last week.

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  2. not linux by larry+bagina · · Score: 4, Funny

    it's "Linpus Linux Lite". Based on the name alone, I say good riddance.

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    1. Re:not linux by Joe+Jay+Bee · · Score: 3, Funny

      Pretty shit name. Pretty much the only worse name for a distro I can think of would be "Smegmux", which is horrific - except for the fact that Linpus is real.

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  3. Black market by Chris+Pimlott · · Score: 5, Funny

    I foresee a black market in Linux system restore discs...

  4. Re:US Europe price differential .. by ya+really · · Score: 2, Funny

    - we're willing to pay more (i.e. we value stuff more)

    Ahhh...so that explains why my cell phone company keeps tacking on extra charges, they know I'll value their service more.

  5. Re:It *is* Linux by twistedemotions · · Score: 5, Funny

    Agreed. I can see it now: Open Sores Linpus

  6. Re:US Europe price differential .. by cerberusss · · Score: 3, Funny

    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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  7. Re:US Europe price differential .. by MadMidnightBomber · · Score: 2, Funny

    Belgium doesn't exist!. Please stop perpetuating the leftist agenda!

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