Want a $150 dollar laptop?

[Jeremy]

You can order here- http://www.medisoncelebrity.com/product.html

From credit card debt and school loans to rising gas prices and adjustable mortgages, there are plenty of reasons why consumers in the developed world can't afford a laptop. Not to mention the fact that underfunded schools and underprivileged kids also exist in the developed parts of the world. Enter the Medison Celebrity laptop. It's a $150 laptop from Swedish company Medison that's available through the Columbus, Ohio-based online reseller 2Checkout.com.
(Credit: Medison Europe Limited)

With Nicholas Negroponte's OLPC hovering around $175, and Intel's Classmate PC expected to cost more than $200, the Medison Celebrity laptop can lay claim to being the cheapest laptop in the world. And it boasts an impressive feature set for the money. For starters, it features a large, wide-screen 14-inch WXGA display and weighs a reasonable 4.8 pounds. Powering the Medison Celebrity is a 1.5GHz Intel Celeron M 370 processor and 256MB of memory. You may scoff at such a meager memory allotment considering all the reviews out there that complain whenever a PC serves up less than 1GB these days, but the Medison Celebrity doesn't have to power Vista or any other flavor of Windows. Instead, it uses Fedora Linux, which requires less muscle to run than a Windows OS and no Microsoft licensing fee. Rounding out the specs are a 40GB hard drive, an integrated Via PN800 graphics chip, and 802.11g Wi-Fi. You also get stereo speakers, three USB 2.0 ports, and a PC Card slot. Medison backs the laptop with a one-year warranty but offers little detail about the terms.

Medison takes orders in a variety of currencies, and it claims it will outfit the laptop with the appropriate keyboard. The company estimates it'll take four to six weeks to ship, but "availability of the Medison Celebrity model depends on how many orders we get per day." It also lists additional charges above the $150 price as $6.45 plus 5.5 percent "and extra" for its partner, 2Checkout.com.

Is this $150 laptop too good to be true? Could be--I've tried all morning to place an order, but I keep getting an error message before I can even enter my credit card info and address. I'll keep trying, but it looks like Medison isn't quite ready to bestow Celebrity status on anyone with an extra $150 kicking around. I'll update this post should I get my order to go through.

UPDATE: I successfully completed an order. And wouldn't you know, the $150 laptop ended up costing an even $150. Shipping was free, and no taxes or other charges were applied. I'll let you know when it arrives.

http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9749768-1.html?tag=blog.1

 

[Sebastian]

Spam.

Banned

 

[Prize Gotti]

its $150 because it runs linux, windows and osx what you pay for when you buy a computer, so cutting the junk reduces the price.

 

[Rahim]

hey thats not bad at all actually...can u install windows on it or will it always be a linex os?

 

[Prize Gotti]

hey thats not bad at all actually...can u install windows on it or will it always be a linex os?

Linux

yeah you could install windows but why ruin a perfectly good laptop? Linux is a much better OS. Software wise, you are not much less limited for software than OSX is. Alot of games run on linux as well. And you can pretty much install Linux on anything with a hard drive, cpu, ram and video out. I've seen Linux installed on PS2's, Dreamcasts, Xboxs, I think I even saw it running on a PSP once.

 

[Rahim]

Linux

yeah you could install windows but why ruin a perfectly good laptop? Linux is a much better OS. Software wise, you are not much less limited for software than OSX is. Alot of games run on linux as well. And you can pretty much install Linux on anything with a hard drive, cpu, ram and video out. I've seen Linux installed on PS2's, Dreamcasts, Xboxs, I think I even saw it running on a PSP once.

yeah true.....i even heard linux is a great os to use when you hack a computer...not that thats what im planning on doing..but just saying lol

 

[Flipmo]

Jeremy, lemme know first hand when you receive it, do they ship to Canada as well?

 

[Jeremy]

Jeremy, lemme know first hand when you receive it, do they ship to Canada as well?

I emailed them cause I heard you can add another 100-150 and get a dual core processor, more ram, and bigger HD. The dood on the blog said he paid $150 total with free shipping and no tax added. What a deal. I'll let you know something ASAP.

 

[Flipmo]

Thanks man, I read also on their site that they'll have more products next month, dunno if it's the same price though....

I'm not feeling the 256 ram though. I'd like at least 1 gig, I guess it's something you have to email em for...

 

[The.Menace]

Didn't they plan 2 do those kind of laptops for the third world?

 

[Prize Gotti]

Thanks man, I read also on their site that they'll have more products next month, dunno if it's the same price though....

I'm not feeling the 256 ram though. I'd like at least 1 gig, I guess it's something you have to email em for...

Its runs Linux, you don't need 1gig of ram.

Didn't they plan 2 do those kind of laptops for the third world?

If they ship people to teach the people of the third world how to use a command based OS, then it might work.

 

[Flipmo]

Its runs Linux, you don't need 1gig of ram.

I need it

 

[Prize Gotti]

I need it

Not on a Linux machine, 1gig is an excessive amount if the machine is being used for home use. They are not ram hungry like windows machines.

 

[S O F I]

Didn't they plan 2 do those kind of laptops for the third world?

There's one world, redneck. Have some respect, they're called LDCs.

 

[_carmi]

i dunno i'm so used to my windows. plus like flip said, its 1 gig id need.

 

[Prize Gotti]

^^^ GOD DAMNIT YOU DONT NEED 1GIG ON A LINUX MACHINEKL!"J£$:

Linux and Linux Applications need no where near as much as Windows based systems. Unless you are running servers from the laptop, you won't need 1-fucking-gig of ram.

 

[_carmi]

but i need space. i tell you i'd be able to fill it up with all sorts of programs, movies, mp3.

 

[Flipmo]

RAM isn't space Carmi you're thinking about hard drive space....

The reason I'd want 1 gig of ram is because I'd probably install programs like Photoshop which no matter if its Linux or Windows or fucken MS Dos, 256 isn't good enough.

 

[_carmi]

no but i always install useless programs and important programs. so 1 gig is necessary.

 

[S O F I]

Fuck a non-apple laptop.

I'm goin mac by end of summer.