Cheap Laptop for $150 (Medison Celebrity)

Suaigeh

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I'm still a newb to this forum, but I have to put this out here because no one else has (as far as I have searched). I got an email from CNET discussing the "world's cheapest laptop" which is a Medison Celebrity (never heard of it) for $150.

Stats are pretty barebones, including:
14 inch WXGA display, weight of 4.8 lbs, 1.5 GHz Intel Celeron M 370 processor, 256 of memory. It runs on Fedora Linux, and has a 40 GB hard drive, an integrated Via PN800 graphics chip, and 802.11g Wi-Fi. 3 USB 2.0 ports, and a PC Card slot. There's supposedly a one year warranty.

Check their website for more info: The Medison Celebrity websitehere

Here's the blog on it: Crave (via CNET)

What do you guys think? Is this legit? Is it a piece of junk? A hot deal?

This is like my 2nd or 3rd post so go easy on me.

Since it will be a long, long time before anyone can even get one of these if the deal should possibly turn out to be real, I'm going to lock this. Anyone who ordered and who gets theirs, please let us know. I know I won't be totally shocked if it doesn't come. :)

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dclive

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Originally posted by: Suaigeh
I'm still a newb to this forum, but I have to put this out here because no one else has (as far as I have searched). I got an email from CNET discussing the "world's cheapest laptop" which is a Medison Celebrity (never heard of it) for $150.

Stats are pretty barebones, including:
14 inch WXGA display, weight of 4.8 lbs, 1.5 GHz Intel Celeron M 370 processor, 256 of memory. It runs on Fedora Linux, and has a 40 GB hard drive, an integrated Via PN800 graphics chip, and 802.11g Wi-Fi. 3 USB 2.0 ports, and a PC Card slot. There's supposedly a one year warranty.

Check their website for more info: The Medison Celebrity websitehere

Here's the blog on it: Crave (via CNET)

What do you guys think? Is this legit? Is it a piece of junk? A hot deal?

This is like my 2nd or 3rd post so go easy on me.

It's a great deal if it actually ships. Let's watch the Crave site and see what happens.
 

chaonatic

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I'd say that's pretty hot for only $150, might have to pick one up just to play with it. Thanks OP!
 

tbogstad

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A friend of mine already ordered one without consulting me first.

I will report in and about a month if it ever arrives, so we will all know if it is legit.

 

Mongals

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Originally posted by: tbogstad
A friend of mine already ordered one without consulting me first.

I will report in and about a month if it ever arrives, so we will all know if it is legit.

I hope your friend used a credit card because he just got pwned!
 

Slick5150

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Originally posted by: Mongals
Originally posted by: tbogstad
A friend of mine already ordered one without consulting me first.

I will report in and about a month if it ever arrives, so we will all know if it is legit.

I hope your friend used a credit card because he just got pwned!

The site uses 2checkout for its checkout process, which is a completely legit payment service. So, I have no idea if he'll ever receive a laptop, but its not like the site is just harvesting credit card #s or anything.
 

edm

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I just got mine! here are some pics. it also runs Unreal Tournament 2006 at 300 frames per second!!!

sorry, in all seriousness, it will be interesting to see if this is actually legit.
 

bigpow

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HOT as an expired can of SPAM!

Why is this still here? I looked because I thought somebody actually got theirs
 

scaper

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The fact that the medisoncelebrity.com domain has a creation Date: 11-apr-2007 smells mighty fishy to me.