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Linux laptop too good for USA? |
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Written by Rob Squires
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Thursday, 07 August 2008 |
IT LOOKS LIKE LENOVO believes that folks in the United States are too good for a Linux based notebook. People in most markets Lenovo serves, including Singapore, China and the U.K., will be offered the company's new IdeaPad netbooks with either Microsoft Windows XP or a Linux OS, but users in the U.S. won't have that option. Lenovo has decided that their IdeaPad S10 will only be offered with Windows XP in the United States. They also have decided not to launch the IdeaPad S9 in the US, but plan to offer it in most other countries. All of the models slated for the U.S. will have 10.2-inch screens. The IdeaPad S9 has an 8.9-inch screen, while the S10 sports a 10.2-inch screen. The two netbooks have 1.6GHz Atom microprocessors from Intel, and are available with a variety of options for DRAM and storage, including 80G-byte or 160G-byte hard disk drives (HDDs) or 4G-byte SSDs (solid state drives). People from the over side of the pond interested in the IdeaPad S10 may be tempted to buy one in the U.S. if planning a vacation or business trip there. The price of the S10 in the U.K. is £319 (US $629) including value-added tax (VAT), while it starts at $399 in the U.S. The new netbooks will be available in both countries in early October. |
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