Comment Re:What a ripoff (Score 0) 280
Your comments make sense, but let's think in new retail product terms:
-VGA Monitor cable from Sony - $30
-Decent USB Keyboard - $25
-Linux Distro with 2 DVD's - $60
-PS2 Network Adapter - $50 (I bet it will sell for more, actually).
-40 Gig Harddisk - $100
$30+$25+$60+$50+$100=$265. Now, you don't really expect Sony to sell *new* products for the same price as *used* stuff on eBay do you? Also, when you figure that if I want SuSE Linux Pro or MDK Linux ProPack (the two distros that come on DVD's) I'm looking at between $50-$140 depending on what type of deal I get.
Also you talk about a used 20 gig hard disk, this is a new 40 gig hard disk, that comes in a nice little case to make it easier to slip in and install. Finally, Sony has been working on this thing for over a year now, and they probably won't sell more than ten or twenty thousand of them, so going by the profit margins a company the size of Sony is use to, this thing isn't worth it at all.
I'm just glad they are interested in Linux...
-VGA Monitor cable from Sony - $30
-Decent USB Keyboard - $25
-Linux Distro with 2 DVD's - $60
-PS2 Network Adapter - $50 (I bet it will sell for more, actually).
-40 Gig Harddisk - $100
$30+$25+$60+$50+$100=$265. Now, you don't really expect Sony to sell *new* products for the same price as *used* stuff on eBay do you? Also, when you figure that if I want SuSE Linux Pro or MDK Linux ProPack (the two distros that come on DVD's) I'm looking at between $50-$140 depending on what type of deal I get.
Also you talk about a used 20 gig hard disk, this is a new 40 gig hard disk, that comes in a nice little case to make it easier to slip in and install. Finally, Sony has been working on this thing for over a year now, and they probably won't sell more than ten or twenty thousand of them, so going by the profit margins a company the size of Sony is use to, this thing isn't worth it at all.
I'm just glad they are interested in Linux...
