[Arm-netbook] Genesi lowered the prices!

[Alain Williams]

On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 03:34:19PM +0000, Luke Leighton wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Gordan Bobic <gordan at bobich.net> wrote:
> > Alejandro Mery wrote:
> >> Hi, for whom may be interested Genesi has lowered the price of their
> >> "smarttop" to $129 and the netbook^Wsmartbook to $199.
> >>
> >> If people from genesi is still subscribed after the trolling, thank you!
> >>
> >> http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20110225006084/en/mobile-computing/emerging-markets/netbook
> >
> > Wow, that's a 50% cut. Quite abrupt. I'm guessing that implies that the
> > next generation version is coming soon. :)
> 
>  yes - or that they've reached a mass-volume deal / pricing-point
> where they've recoup'd development costs.  either way it's a good
> indication of what's possible.  $199 means a BOM of around... $100.
> the 800mhz CPU's only $15, 512mb memory $10, LCD $32, battery around
> $12...

I'd happily pay another $10 for an extra 512MB RAM - firefox tends to be hungry.

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