Re: $129 Laptop

On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Technomage Hawke <
technomage.hawke@gmail.com> wrote:

> heh,
> nice idea if a large group is buying though. you have to purchase 100
> units at this price.
>
> this is where lapstops are supposed to be BTW. the prices that are
> charged for "normal" laptops right now is insane (like a 400% markup
> from manufacturers actual cost incl. shipping, etc)


while its true that the laptop market is asymmetrical, the total costs are
difficult to calculate and the actual physical manufacture costs have always
been a small portion of production costs.

-jmz


>
> still, it is a nice unit for the price.
>
> On 7/29/08, Carlton Brooks <linux@carltonbrooks.net> wrote:
> > Read the article at
> >
> > http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2008/07/129-laptop.html
> >
> >
> > Carlton Brooks
> > Mesa
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