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No Linux IdeaPad For Lenovo's US Customers
Posted by
timothy
on Wed Aug 06, 2008 05:20 PM
from the too-bad-because-I-want-one dept.
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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billybob2 writes "Lenovo has stopped selling laptops pre-installed with Linux on its web site, only 8 months after starting the trial program. This means that home customers won't be able to buy a Thinkpad without paying the Microsoft tax. Word has it that the decision to pull the plug on Linux came down from the highest levels of the Chinese company's corporate headquarters. For those looking to buy full-sized laptops and desktops with Linux pre-loaded Dell, System76, ZaReason and Everex all still offer such products."
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XP (Score:5, Funny)
Re:XP (Score:5, Insightful)
Actually it seems that they think the UK consumers are stupid, given the price hike they are imposing.
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Re:XP (Score:4, Insightful)
In other news, rice costs more here than in India. They must think we're stupid.
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Re:XP (Score:4, Informative)
Yes, you may be rich, but you are stupid. (And the dipshits that modded you up even more so.) Many hi-tech goods are much cheaper in the US than in most third-world countries. It's about markets, competition, trade barriers, monopolies. Businesses don't calculate what would be a "fair" price related to wages, they just charge what the market will bear.
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Actually it's half and half between the greedy company and the greedy government in this case. UK VAT is 17.5%, so taking the figure of $629 means the tax will be $110, leaving a base price of $519. That's still $120 extra for Lenovo, as well as $110 for the government.
not linux (Score:4, Funny)
It *is* Linux (Score:5, Informative)
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Pus: sticky creamy bodily fluid that oozes from sores and spots.
Re:It *is* Linux (Score:5, Funny)
Agreed. I can see it now: Open Sores Linpus
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Re:not linux (Score:4, 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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Re: (Score:3, Insightful)
this is the distro used in acer low end notebooks, no X, just a black screen. Great for presenting a Windows alternative!.
and I would take that anyday instead of paying for XP / Vista.
Please, note that Dell is only selling Linux pre-installed in "selected" markets...
Black market (Score:5, Funny)
I foresee a black market in Linux system restore discs...
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My netbook purchase is on hold... (Score:3, Interesting)
Of course then the dual cores will start coming out later in the year, but I doubt I can wait until then, especially at these prices.
US Europe price differential .. (Score:3, Insightful)
Why is this, does it cost more to ship it to Europe or is it we're supposed to subsidise the US market?
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No, its because they think they'll make more profit in Europe charging more, either because Europeans have more money they are willing to throw at this kind of tech, or because its a narrower, richer segment of the market willing to consider the product at all in Europe; its simply a matter of segmenting the market and charging as much as the market will bear in each segment.
Cost probably has next to nothi
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Re:US Europe price differential .. (Score:4, 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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Re:US Europe price differential .. (Score:5, Informative)
- we're willing to pay more (i.e. we value stuff more)
- more regulations (apparently)
- tax included in the price (17.5% for the UK price)
- company has to pay recycling charge (WEEE)
- longer warrenties (by law)
At least, that's what /. came up with last week :-)
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Ahhh...so that explains why my cell phone company keeps tacking on extra charges, they know I'll value their service more.
UK getting charged more? There's a shocker... (Score:5, Insightful)
So I guess it was a good idea... (Score:3, Insightful)
To buy an Asus EEE PC. Not that IBM has a bad reputation with respect to being Linux compatible, but it was nice to have it come installed and just work out of the box.
No clit?! (Score:5, Insightful)
Ehhh...Lenovo had a chance of replacing ridiculously small touchpads found in all netbooks with a trackpoint, ending up with THE best netbook on the market.
Instead...they're only average/good... :/
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Here in The Netherlands it's impossible to get the Linux version of the eee pc 901.
Did you actually found the Eee 901 for sale in the NL already? (Just asking because I haven't seen it anywhere).
Re:Not just US and Lenovo (Score:4, Interesting)
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