The price in the summary is off.
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| Author | Content |
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| TxtEdMacs Jun 17, 2009 4:32 PM EDT |
1 Euro = 1.3849 U.S. dollars Pulled that from Google just after 4pm US EDT, which means the units would cost above 500 USD. Subtracting the assumed 20% VAT, that still is in the plus $400 range not $350. I guess for the current netbook pricing that is not out of line, especially considering the much higher hardware specifications. However, I would advise awaiting a review prior to throwing cash at this unit. Yes the raw specs are impressive when compared to the sibling XP unit. Nonetheless, that does not assure the unit performance, reliability and construction of either unit will match the expectations. YBT |
| tracyanne Jun 17, 2009 9:36 PM EDT |
Still it shows what's possible when you remove Costly Legacy Operating Systems from the mix. |
| jdixon Jun 18, 2009 6:59 AM EDT |
> Costly Legacy Operating Systems Or CLOS. I think you've got something there, tracyanee. CLOSS, the opposite of FOSS. |
| softwarejanitor Jun 18, 2009 2:44 PM EDT |
Or POS = Proprietary Operating System... Doesn't seem like a coincidence to me that POS is also more popularly used as an acronym for something else. Actually in most cases it seems pretty appropriate... :-) |
| gus3 Jun 18, 2009 2:46 PM EDT |
Point Of Sale? (having worked on point-of-sale software, I can tell you the jokes were regular indeed) |
| caitlyn Jun 18, 2009 4:02 PM EDT |
What gus3 said... |
| tracyanne Jun 18, 2009 5:21 PM EDT |
I think referring to Windows as what it is costly and legacy is the best way to help people understand. That's why I always talk about upgrading from Windows, as well. |
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