I think the excuse is greed :S Keith
On 13 May 2009, at 10:09, David wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ MLUG-list mailing list [email protected] http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list
