On Tuesday 26 Aug 2008, Rony wrote: > in the news about the launch. Even during the initial unveiling of > the product, they mention very low prices like 300 to 400 USD as the > likely price and after the product is launched it is much above 600 > USD. For the Indian buyer it is a whopping 10K above the previous > rate.
I agree. I have seen the new ASUS eeePC with the Atom cpu on Lam. Rd. It is preloaded with XP Home ed. no option for Linux or FreeDOS. It is a whopping 31.5 (roughly USD 730)!! > Even the iphone 3G is sold at a much lower rate in the US and in > India which is price sensitive it is priced too high, almost double. The prices in the US are the lowest usually - pick any electronic category. > Are people in developing countries richer than those in developed > ones? IMO, it is all marketing. They may be addressing only the rich in the developing countries - who knows. -- Arun Khan -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
