__/ [Tim Smith] on Friday 10 February 2006 09:05 \__
> In article <dsfmq8$u3t$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=861
>>
>> "HP South Africa is to release a range of Linux-based notebooks at the end
>> of February. In an interview with Tectonic HP's Sean Owen-Jones said the
>> HP 6110 notebooks will sell for R5999-00 and will run the Linspire
>> operating system."
>
> OK, the South African currency is the Rand, so that R make sense...but
> what is "5999-00"? Do they use "-" the way other countries would use a
> decimal point? Assuming that is so, and the price is 5999 Rands, then
> for the curious, here is that in some other currencies, at current
> exchange rates:
>
> US dollars: 977
> Euros 816
> British Pounds 561
They would be better off buying an O/S-free laptop from a vendor overseas and
then installing Linspire (or preferably something better) themselves. Good
observation, Tim.
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/nbranges.html
(Starting at £433.58 Including VAT)
Best wishes,
Roy
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