This is from my local The Good Guys but I think it might be available in other locations as well. Well, $499 for a base model 14.1" notebook (after cashback) — it is now in the territory of cheap lappies like the ASUS Eee PC (which is $489 at The Good Guys).
What they did is figuring out Windows is too expensive and excessive at this price point so they have replaced it with the open source equivalent — Linux. With all these Linux on cheap computers, I wonder whether it will take off on desktops (as oppose to servers) this year.
Specs:
- CPU: Intel Celeron 1.86GHz processor
- RAM: 512MB
- HDD: 80GB
- LCD: 14.1" WXGA
- Optical: CDRW/DVD Combo
- OS: Linux
Interesting, It lists linux as the operating system