Medison Celebrity, a $150 based Linux Laptop

JCV · Post by **JCV** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:08 pm

the specs for just $150.

http://www.medisoncelebrity.com/product.html

* Key Features Intel® Celeron 1.5 GHz CPU
* 14" Widescreen X-bright LCD
* 256 MB Ram memory
* 40 GB Hard Drive
* 802.11g Wireless LAN
* Optimized Linux operating system
* Pre-installed office and multimedia applications

Technical Specification

* CPU - Intel® Celeron® M Processor 370 (1.5 GHz, 90nm, FSB400, 1 MB L2 cache, uPGA478)
* DISPLAY - 14.0" WXGA (1280x768) TFT
* HARD DRIVE - 40 GB
* DIMENSION - 333(W) x 243(D) x 24/33.(H)mm (front/back), 2.2Kg with 6 cells Lithium-lion battery
* MEMORY - 64-bit wide DDR data channel, One 200-pin SODIMM socket, supporting DDR 333/400, 256 MB Expandable up to 1GB, based on SODIMM Modules
* STORAGE - One changeable 2.5" 9.5mm(H) HDD, Supporting Master mode IDE ATA-33/66/100/133 (Ultra DMA), One changeable 12.7mm(H) CD/DVD Combo
* VIDEO CONTROLLER - VIA PN800 integration, Shared Memory Architecture up to 64MB, 128 bit 3D graphic engine, Support analog monitor pixel resolution up to 1920x1400, Support two displays dual view
* KEYBOARD - A4 size keyboard, Built-in Touchpad with scrolling function
* SOUND SYSTEM - AC'97 2.2 Compliant Interface, 3D stereo enhanced sound system, Sound-Blaster PROTM Compatible, S/PDIF Digital output (5.1 CH), 1x Built-in Microphone, 2x Built-in Speakers
* I/O PORTS - 3x USB 2.0 ports, 1x External CRT monitor output, 1x Headphone jack, 1x Microphone jack, 1x S/PDIF output jack, 1x RJ-45 port for LAN, 1x Line-in jack, 1x DC-In jack
* PCMCIA - 1x Type II PCMCIA socket
* COMMUNICATION - 10/100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet on board, 802.11g MiniPCI Wireless LAN
* POWER - Full Range 65W AC adapter - AC input 100~240V, 47~63Hz, DC output 20V, 3.25A, Removable 6-cell Smart Li-ion battery pack, 4000/4400mAh
* SECURITY - Kensington® Lock

Kale wrote:I bought one anyway, so if it's a scam i'll tell you. I hope it's not but i guess you never know until you try. I'll let you know in a few weeks if anything has arrived.

Let us know asap. thx.

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:03 pm

Sounds too good to be true, lets hope it is legit, I could do with a new laptop or two.

techjunkie · Post by **techjunkie** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:41 pm

maw wrote:If I were you, I wouldn't order it!! I'd say there is atleast an 80% probability that this is a scam!! For those of you who read Swedish here are some links that discuss this:

http://www.cint.se/debatt/ShowPostFlat. ... stID=62603
http://www.sweclockers.com/forum/showth ... did=698288

If it's too good to be true, then it usually is!

Then again, that nigerian mail you got could be the first real deal, and that gold chain you were offered on the street corner could be the first real gold sold like that! Likewise, this could be the real deal! We will not know for sure until the first computers are, or aren't, delivered.

Yea - I saw that today, the company seems a bit odd. The company phone goes to a number in Malmö Sweden, the mail address is a hotmail address, the owner lives in Brazilia and the postage and packing are free?!?

If it is a scam, media in Sweden will have a great deal to stand up for. The news of this computer have been in all big swedish magazines and they have interviewed people from this company.

So - I wash my hands! I hope it isn't a scam. If it is not - I will buy three of them...

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:50 pm

techjunkie wrote:the mail address is a hotmail address

contact@medison.se

info@medisoncelebrity.com

BUT

he screenshots of the computer, has been found at other manufacturers. Companies, that Madison claim to work with, hasn't heard of the connection..

Secondly, the same address is being used by a variety of companies, all with limited information or sounding very sketchy, and having been incorporated for brief periods within the last 2 years. Sure, maybe some guy lives there and rents out his address to many corporations as a mailer. Maybe it's a gigantic hi-tech complex smack dab in the middle of a residential street. (And miraculously occupying only the "27" section.) But there's other, less savory assumptions one could draw that could be believed more easily.

A foreign document from BolagsRegistering Ltd. :
http://www.companyregistrations.se/etableringspaket.pdf

http://www.sail-with.us/

Bygg Invest Limited
http://www.ukdata.com/numbers/05346974.html

BORGE & GJESTAD LIMITED
http://www.ukdata.com/company-credit...D-LIMITED.html

EK Partner Limited
http://www.simplycreditreports.com/c.../05324812.html

BAAT & MOTORSERVICE LIMITED

BAARD BENDIKSEN LIMITED

AK SALGSERVICE LIMITED
http://www.creditgate.com/companysea...E+LIMITED.aspx
(I'm no business analyst, but the history listed on this page is a little unnerving.)

V.K.A. LIMITED

XPECTSEC LIMITED
http://www.simplycreditreports.com/c.../05916293.html

ASPECTUS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

Com-Elektro Gruppen

SJS COLLECT LIMITED

LABELPHONE LIMITED

Cumming Consulting Ltd.
http://www.cummings.dk/da/contact/

NORDIC MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION LIMITED

KEN-ERIK LIMITED

HG SHIPREPAIR LIMITED

the best part is, that this is at their portifolio:

Apple - iMac color design

techjunkie · Post by **techjunkie** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:05 pm

thefool wrote:
techjunkie wrote:the mail address is a hotmail address

Sorry about that. I took it from a Forum and didn't check it.

I also read from IDG in Sweden (an IT Newspaper) that they have a Brazil factory.

I'm going to order one or two now...

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:05 pm

had to make a new post. Look at this:

THIS is the comp from medison:

this is a comp from the company Clevo (which does exist)

true they are not completely equal, so maybe they just "borrowed" some of the design.

one thing that speaks for this company is that they use 2checkout.com to order through though. I bought software from them just 4 days ago, and it was no problem.

I just spoke with 2co.com, and I was told that if I paid that whoever is selling the laptops won't actually get the money untill the computer ships. I was also told, that if for some reason it does end up being a scam, that I would be refunded.

Kale · Post by **Kale** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:09 pm

The regisitered office address can be resonably explained, i've worked for a few companies who are registered as having head-offices in London, purely for the prestige of having an office there. There are agencies in London that purely offer this service, even though there is no real office space there.

The more i look into this tho' the more i think i maybe shouldn't have bought one so quickly.

BUT, Medison have been featured in ALOT of media and the head guy has been giving interviews about the PC. So i'm not sure what to think. I guess the proof will be in 4-6 weeks and to see if a PC turns up.

techjunkie · Post by **techjunkie** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:13 pm

thefool wrote:true they are not completely equal, so maybe they just "borrowed" some of the design.

Well, the design of Laptops don't differ so much, or do they?

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:16 pm

I found this message from the president of the company:

Hej,

Till alla i detta forum angaende Medison Celebrity, Medison och undertecknad:

Forst av allt vill jag passa pa att tacka alla Er som har kopt en Medison Celebrity. Lovar att Ni inte kommer bli besvikna.

Alla som kommit in med fragor till bade var mail och Supporten via InfoCare hoppas vi Ni har fatt tillfredsstallande svar. Annars svarar vi garna igen om Ni aterkommer. Att InfoCare har sa langa vantetider och inte har sa manga som kan ta emot samtalen beror helt enkelt pa att efterfragan pa Medison Celebrity bokstavligen exploderat. Det ser ut att kunna bli en riktig 'folkdator'.

Till alla tvivlare vill jag meddela att jag ar ledsen att gora Er besvikna.
Det har ar ingen bluff, hur garna Ni vill fa det att verka som en bluff. Da skulle jag aldrig ha framtratt i media med namn, bild och foretagsnamn som forknippas starkt med mitt namn.

Medison ar ett registrerat aktiebolag i England av den enda anledningen att det runtom i varlden skulle se konstigt ut och verka skumt om vart foretag hette Medison AB. Daremot sa ar Medison Limited (engelskt aktiebolag) eller Medison Incorporated (amerikanskt aktiebolag) som namn i internatinella affarer inte lika konstigt. Vart foretag ar registrerat saledes som Medison Europe Limited i Storbritannien.

Att adresser och telefonnummer kanske inte stammer beror helt enkelt pa att jag bott och verkat i bland annat Silicon Valley, Californien, samt Sao Paulo, Brasilien, under flera ar. Gamla telefonnummer pa Eniro och Hitta.se galler inte langre. Att de inte ar uppdaterade kan undertecknad knappast klandras for.

I och med detta svar och inlagg hoppas vi pa Medison att vi skingrat de flesta tvivlen kring bolaget och produkten och personerna bakom som alla ar ytterst seriosa och plikttrogna svenskar.

For ovrigt har det inte legat i vart intresse att ge oss in i pagaende debatter i olika forum for att 'styra upp' eller debattera med manniskor, mer an i vart eget forum pa http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/medisoncelebrity/
Detta for att vi respekterar alla individers asikter och vi forstar dem som ar forsiktiga. Fortsatt vara det nar Ni handlar pa natet om Ni anser ett pris eller produkt verkar skumt.

Vi tackar Er for att ha last detta inlagg fran oss pa Medison. Ni ar valkomna att fortsatta stalla fragor till oss pa info@medisoncelebrity.com

Basta halsningar
/ Valdi Ivancic
CEO & President
Medison Europe Limited

http://www.cint.se/debatt/ShowPostFlat. ... stID=62603

Some swedish please translate it. I can understand it basically but would like a more precise summary.

Kale: Yeah the company address can be explained. Also he DID comment that the fabric is not on that address but in brazil..

July 19, 2007
Medison Celebrity Laptop

We have the pleasure of introducing our own branded laptop, called Medison Celebrity.
It is not only new on the market, it is also the best price ever found for a brand new laptop. Or what do you think about the price $150? Read more about it on our product web site.

February 20, 2007
Brazil!
We have, together with partners, opened up a laptop factory in Brazil. The news was released by the company owner, Valdi Ivancic, who also says, "We are only assembling laptops in our plant in Sao Paulo now before our own plant will be ready for manufacturing".

December 8, 2006
Laptop manufacturing
Medison decided to set up a laptop manufacturing plant in Brazil. "We will hopefully be able to start selling our own manufactured laptops by the end of year 2007", says Valdi Ivancic. [see also Valdi´s Weblog]

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:16 pm

Swedish magazine claiming to have interviewed him!

http://di.se/Nyheter/?page=%2fAvdelning ... 5%5c241627

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:23 pm

this must be a scam.
THIS is the CLEVO M540V:

this is the medison:

techjunkie · Post by **techjunkie** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:24 pm

Well (again), if it is no scam I wonder how they do it? InfoCare isn't cheap, free postage and packaging around the world? It's incredible, but I'll guess they maybe live on the volume.

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:24 pm

techjunkie wrote:Well (again), if it is no scam I wonder how they do it? InfoCare isn't cheap, free postage and packaging around the world? It's incredible, but I'll guess they maybe live on the volume.

Comparison between clevo and medison

techjunkie · Post by **techjunkie** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:26 pm

thefool wrote:this must be a scam.
THIS is the CLEVO M540V[/img]

Hmmmm... seems as identical, with Medison Photoshopped... :roll:

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:30 pm

However someone noticed that they might be purchasing the laptops from Clevo and changes them a bit. Who knows if they have a relationship with them? BUT i have to say it looks very much like a scam as it is right now...

How on earth they get a clevo for that amount of money is out of my imagination, except if they get the cabinet only from them