$150 Linux Laptop for the Masses 434
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.
Fedora Red Hat (Score:3, Funny)
On my laptop, I am running Fedora Red Hat CentOS.
Sure... (Score:5, Funny)
laptop for children truly !! (Score:5, Funny)
Fedora Red Hat? (Score:2, Funny)
Oh that's too cute! Is that a new Linux distro or something?
I use "OpenSolaris Sun" on my laptop.
For the Masses? right.... (Score:2, Funny)
Sure...Vigilante OS. (Score:4, Funny)
Medison? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Battery life and other points... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Fedora Red Hat (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, as are Fedora Red Hat and Fedora Red Hat CentOS.
Fedora Red Hat CentOS is my special creation. I mix the artwork of Fedora, Red Hat AND CentOS.
In this way, I can have the stability of Red Hat, the currentness of Fedora, and the lack of mandatory expensive support contracts which makes CentOS such a great option.
All of this in one distribution. You should try it. It's the next big thing. Honest.
Re:Medison? (Score:5, Funny)
*offers spoonful of sugar*
That should help it go down.
IKEA? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I'm highly suspicious (Score:3, Funny)
Perfect (Score:3, Funny)
http://www.anuslaptops.com/ [anuslaptops.com]
Re:Looks fake. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Wish it had more details (Score:4, Funny)
Re:We don't care (Score:2, Funny)
Re:It may be fraud (Score:5, Funny)
I doubt this is a fraud. They accept credit cards, like Visa.
It comes with a very powerful battery (Score:5, Funny)
ROOOOAAAAARR!!!
Re:Medison? (Score:5, Funny)
First salt, then Medison, then lemon. Then you wake up in a shopping cart in a stranger's bathroom with a pounding headache, no memory of last night and no idea where your clothes are.
Scam (Score:4, Funny)
Mind you thats just my opinion. Please feel free to read all about their other 'achievements', such as the Medison line of designer clothing (which doesnt appear on google anywhere), the awesome words of wisdom of their founder in his own blog, the un-attributed quotes, random photos of capital cities, the slightly-dithered-like-ive-been-put-through-a-sca
I love their accesories page - whats with the link to clk.atdmt.com to download a copy of 'Windows Live Messenger'. WTF ?
Anyway, in Australia, the big mining company BHP used to have a TV ad with the motto:
"BHP - The quiet achiever"
But if half of their un-gogglable claims are valid, then this Medison crowd really have earned that label.
Scam, IMHO.
On the upside, if it wasnt for Medison, I wouldnt have learned that I have a new word in my diminishing vocabulary - "ungooglable".
ungooglable:
A product, or a claim, a thing, or a statement of supposed fact, that when searched for on google, produces zero relevant supporting results, to the extent where serious doubts are then cast upon those same claims or facts. eg: "Johnny made several ungooglable claims about an alleged series of concerts that he supposedly performed with the El Mariachi Trio whilst on his recent holiday 'South of the Border'". Ant. un- . eg "Natalie Portman's naked butt may well be one of the most unungooglable butts never really photographed for real".
Re:Fedora Red Hat (Score:5, Funny)
The other laptops are made by communists (Score:3, Funny)
Q: Why is the laptop much cheaper than other laptops?
A: We see this from a democratic point of view where we believe everyone should be able to afford to have a laptop.
That's a great explanation of how they managed to reach so low prices. Democracy, people! I'll never buy another communist laptop from DELL.
Q: When can you deliver my laptop?
A: We try to deliver as fast as possible, but the normal time is between 4 and 6 weeks.
Bummer, why the long time? No explanation.
Q: Do you have other products or can I add more memory to this laptop?
A: Yes, we have other models coming up next month and if you want to expand with more memory on your laptop you can go to our 'Accessories' page and buy extra memory.
Support disaster: you can't just buy a laptop and then "buy some memory" as accessorie.
Q: How does Linux work?
A:The Linux version that comes with the laptop is Fedora from RedHat and is not too much different from using Windows or MacOS
Support disaster: you don't tell people Linux runs just like Windows, or you get drowned in calls about "my game CD doesn't install". Apparently they never planned to support the thing (anything).
Q: Is your laptop a quality product?
A: Yes it is, and it comes with 1 year warranty.
Shit, I'm convinced...
Re:It may be fraud (Score:3, Funny)
That's one amazing virus! Maybe he found another virus that can manufacture laptops from manure?
Re:$189 Asus Laptop (Score:5, Funny)
In soviet korea (Score:1, Funny)
Re:lacks the crank (Score:3, Funny)
Run out of Sweden? (Score:1, Funny)
Duh.