I had a browse around Klikk Computer Store in Birkikara yesterday and was pleased to see that they have several Linux netbooks. For one of the netbooks (an Acer Aspire One) they had two versions - a Windows version and a Linux version - with the Windows version being Eur 45 more expensive. This may not seem like much, but it's a big improvement on the shop in France that I had a look round recently where the Windows netbooks were better value than the (very few) Linux ones, and the situation in Malta a year or so ago when it was cheaper to buy a laptop with Windows pre-installed than a laptop with Linux or even with no operating system.
Unfortunately, the Malta prices are still a rip-off. In the UK, PC World (hardly the most competitively-priced computer shop) sells the exact same netbook for the equivalent of Eur 257, compared to Eur 379 in Klikk :-(. What possible excuse do they have for charging 47% more in Malta? It would be cheaper to fly to the UK on Ryanair and buy it there. Fortunately, I'm not looking to buy one anyway - I already have an (oldish) Asus eeePC, onto which I recently installed Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook Remix which works really well. _______________________________________________ MLUG-list mailing list [email protected] http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list
