<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 17 January 2011 11:23, Sean Miller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sean@seanmiller.net">sean@seanmiller.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On 17 January 2011 11:15, Andy Braben <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andybraben@gmail.com" target="_blank">andybraben@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">
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<div><div></div>Advertising has certainly been missed which is expensive. And also who would buy these products? Members on this list might, but as most people know nothing different to Microsoft and even if they do, don't want it. It is not something that I would see as profitable.<br>
</div></blockquote></div><div><br>Not quite sure I understand.<br><br>What I was saying was that if Linux Emporium, instead of sourcing all their components individually and assembling them, could merely do a deal with somebody like DSG (ie. PCWorld, Currys) and get the machines "whole" then install a disc image on the hard drive and ship them out again as Ubuntu machines would the price come down?<br>
<br>If so, why aren't they doing it?<br><br>And if not, why not?<br><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br>It's more likely that they would have a deal with a maker of white label laptops in China or Taiwan. It's not easy to build laptops from components.<br>
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