____/ Mark Kent on Saturday 19 January 2008 08:56 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Ripple Mini PC - The Sub $150 PC
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>>| The Ripple Mini PC is on sale in Korea for about , no word on whether it
>>| will be released in the US and Europe.
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>>| Add Linux to it and you have one seriously cheap PC.
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>> http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/?p=300
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>> So you could get 5 whole Linux computers for the price of Vista (DVD alone).
>>
>
> Same argument can also be made for the new Mac Airbook.
No, the MacBook Air would cost about 13 times more (I'm not kidding!).
> A whole new
> round of commoditisation is taking place, and it's going to be fantastic
> for the consumer.
And remember that the average consumer cannot afford to spend money on MacBook
Air. That's why these low-cost computers are so disruptive. Most people I know
who are not 'computer freaks' or computer professionals simply browse the Web.
Even E-mail is becoming Web browser-bound.
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