[ubuntu-uk] Alex (laptop, not person)

[James Milligan]

On 19/02/2010 12:16, Markie wrote:
> Its a good idea, but I dont think someone would be able to meet this 
> cost on the average pension. I dont think its a good way to advertise 
> Linux to the masses myself it might give the illusion that its more 
> expensive to have a linux PC.
>
> Good point about the data side of this, id rather keep my own data thanks.
>
> Mark
>
> On 19 February 2010 11:53, Bruce Beardall <bruce72 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:bruce72 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Exactly my point and before you even get there, you pay £300 + for
>     the laptop. A little bit like paying the SIM-free price for a
>     phone and still buying into the full cost of the contract with the
>     network. I applaud their effort but if they're going to copy the
>     mobile networks' business model, then copy it - get the laptop for
>     free (or heavily discounted) and put everything into the support
>     services. I still like the basic concept but it seems they're
>     trying to recoup too much of their initial costs right from the
>     start which makes me think they haven't much of a reserve as it
>     is. And like Sean mentioned, what if they go out of business? It's
>     not like the demographic they're aiming at would be able to simply
>     install their own OS of choice.
>
>
>     On 19 February 2010 11:27, Joe O'Dell <joseph.odell at googlemail.com
>     <mailto:joseph.odell at googlemail.com>> wrote:
>
>         >
>         > Unfortunate use of the word "expensive" here. I assume they mean
>         > expansive with an 'a'.
>         >
>         > Bruno
>
>         No, im not sure they do.
>
>         It's ~£40 a month for the service, which I think is ridiculous.
>         Especially as broadband is £15 a month.
>
>         Hmm... we shall see how this goes..
>
>         Regards,
>         -------------------------------------------------------
>         Joe O'Dell
>
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>
>
>         On 19 Feb 2010, at 10:59, Bruno Girin wrote:
>
>         > On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 10:10 +0000, Johnathon Tinsley wrote:
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>         >> Anyone seen this? Looks interesting..
>         >>
>         >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8522952.stm
>         >
>         > Very interesting indeed. It's a shame that the article looks
>         a bit
>         > clobbered together in 5 minutes and contains some very confusing
>         > sentences:
>         >
>         >
>         >> As well as communication tools such as e-mail, Alex comes
>         loaded with
>         >> a suite of open office software including a Microsoft
>         version of Excel
>         >> and read-only PowerPoint.
>         >
>         > Er... does it means that it comes with MS Excel or with an
>         alternative
>         > (such as Open Office)? Because I'm at a loss as to what "a
>         Microsoft
>         > version of Excel" is as I wasn't aware of any other version
>         of Excel :-)
>         >
>         >
>         >> Alex is trying to do three things: win new people over to the
>         >> internet, introduce a new - and more expensive - way of using
>         >> computers, and take on the might of Microsoft
>         >
>         >
>         >
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http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/laptops/275890/broadband-computer-co-alex

Just found that too, haven't had time to read it all yet however.

James