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While many of us routinely spend this amount of money on laptops or other hardware, the average Joe doesn't want to spend more than 600-700 euro on a laptop (wh

by sspiff 12y ago

While many of us routinely spend this amount of money on laptops or other hardware, the average Joe doesn't want to spend more than 600-700 euro on a laptop (which translates to up to $650 in practice). So yes, for most people, this sounds like a fortune for a laptop. I think it's actually addressed half of shortcomings of the old Pixel: 4GB of memory has been upped to a reasonable 8GB or a generous 16GB. The CPU bump is also a welcome change. Only the limited disk space is an issue. I just wished they doubled the storage (at least) and sold them with plain old Linux as developer machines. Would be a great way to get into the hearts and minds of many programmers.

w0rmwood 12y ago
It's pretty safe to say this isn't a laptop intended for the Average Joe to purchase. They're not even aiming at that demographic, IMHO. I do agree that making it more Linux-friendly or selling a pre-installed Linux version would be great.
ghrifter 12y ago
$650 dollars is about 700 euro? Well now's the time to travel to Europe! (I suppose there is some sort of tax or import cost...?)
sspiff 12y ago
To ghrifter (I couldn't reply to your thread): yes it's a tax thing, and also the cost associated with the EU mandated 2 year minimal warranty programs. Electronics are generally more expensive in euros than in dollars, even though the exchange rate of a dollar is still below 1.0 euro.