[ubuntu-uk] Asus PC with Ubuntu pre-installed and 2GB ram

[Jim Kissel]

Alan Pope wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 10:25:44AM +0000, Pete Stean wrote:
>> The price is a bit silly though... $1 does not equal £1, especially
>> not at the moment   :|
>>
> 
> Not quite sure what you're on about there, but the EeePC is 400 USD in the 
> US, and 200 GBP (roughly) in the UK, that's pretty much 2:1 which is funnily 
> enough what the exchange rate is right now.

Alan,

224.19 UKP == 461.135 USD at current rates
(source: http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi)
That's about 15% "exchange rate surcharge"