Medison Celebrity, a $150 based Linux Laptop

techjunkie · Post by **techjunkie** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:33 pm

thefool wrote: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

It can be so... If it is a scam it's very reckless of them - going out to all media and so.

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:43 pm

techjunkie wrote: 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

It can be so... If it is a scam it's very reckless of them - going out to all media and so.[/quote]

Surely think its a scam. Apperently they launched a laptop earlier for 3000 sek. Read this:

http://www.sweclockers.com/forum/showth ... enumber=12

Kale · Post by **Kale** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:44 pm

thefool wrote: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

Probably much the same way as Alienware? When Alienware changed their case design they sold the excess stock of cases off for a discount, so from then on you saw alot of 'alienware' pc's.

techjunkie · Post by **techjunkie** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:47 pm

I've ordered one (1047 SEK) and if I get it, I will order two more...

One for my daughter, father and one for our polish apartment.

Kale · Post by **Kale** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:56 pm

Ok, i got cold feet and i've just rang 2Checkout.com and cancelled my order. The guy there said he had been dealing with people ringing all night to cancel orders. I guess these people are exactly like me. You order a laptop, then read more about the company in tech blogs, etc. then get influenced by the negative hype and cancel! lol

. I'll give it a week or two then see if the company has fulfilled any orders, if everythings ok i'll place my order again.

EDIT: as a side note, no-one has had any bad experiences with Medison, but there just seems to be negative hype. ??? weird.

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:57 pm

hehehe

techjunkie · Post by **techjunkie** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 11:00 pm

I'm a daredevil!

I'm convinced that I'll get my money back from the card company if it is a scam!!

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 11:03 pm

EDIT: as a side note, no-one has had any bad experiences with Medison, but there just seems to be negative hype. ??? weird.

I read that some people ordered the 3000 nok pc [600$?] laptop never received it...

techjunkie · Post by **techjunkie** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 11:04 pm

thefool wrote:
EDIT: as a side note, no-one has had any bad experiences with Medison, but there just seems to be negative hype. ??? weird.
I read that some people ordered the 3000 nok pc [600$?] laptop never received it...

but I'll guess they got their money back? Rumors, rumors... It's sad if a Internet Hype of bad rumors kill a company that really tries something like this, but then again... the Internet is "scamly" place. I won't cancel my order, just hope for the best!
[EDIT]
If it is a scam, I'll take the fight with VISA!

Beach · Post by **Beach** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 12:11 am

Seems like the general consensus on SlashDot is that it's a scam. I did find an inexpensive laptop from Asus coming out soon:

http://www.hothardware.com/Articles/Han ... _ASUS_Eee/

About $200 - but it does not have the stats like the one being discussed here. It would be a great travel companion though - only 2lbs.

maw · Post by **maw** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:39 am

techjunkie wrote:If it is a scam, I'll take the fight with VISA!

Good luck.. If you read the link from Sweclockers I posted before someone already contacted Visa and asked them about this. They will not refund your money if it's an obvious scam, which they would rate this case as.

I'm leaning more and more towards scam. First I though that the price was too low, that $200 or even $300 would have been more believable if it was a scam. But now it seems they had it just right.. Almost everyone thinks: "I'll go ahead and order it, after all, if it is a scam it's only $100 so it's worth the risk"..

techjunkie · Post by **techjunkie** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:50 am

maw wrote:
techjunkie wrote:If it is a scam, I'll take the fight with VISA!
Good luck.. If you read the link from Sweclockers I posted before someone already contacted Visa and asked them about this. They will not refund your money if it's an obvious scam, which they would rate this case as."

I don't think it is a obvious scam when all Swedish newspapers has the news at the front page and when the factory really exists. Well, we just have to wait and see I'll guess...

Straker · Post by **Straker** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 6:36 pm

They just might be doing OEM from China. Which might explain why Clevo and Medison both look the same. They might be buying from the same plant in China or something.

12 years ago, I bought a no brand laptop from china which was shipped to the US where they just drop in the CPU, stick a logo on it an voila, instant computer manufacturer. The key is marketing and exposure, not product. Medison seems to be ahead in the marketing/exposure area though....

PureLust · Post by **PureLust** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 5:10 am

Straker wrote:They just might be doing OEM from China. Which might explain why Clevo and Medison both look the same. They might be buying from the same plant in China or something.

Clevo not buys from an OEM ... Clevo "IS" the OEM.
Clevo is the one of the largest (if not already THE lagest) Notebook producer world wide and they nearly sell all of their products as OEM.

So there is now wonder, that the Medison looks like a Clevo - there is a nearly 100% chance that it IS a Clevo.
But even if it is a Clevo, I still wondering about the Price, because I also own a Notebook originaly build by Clevo (branded as "Cyberbook") for about 2.800€ - so even a Clevo costs its money.

But the prices for Notebooks have gone down like hell within the last months. And if even Asus will come up with a 199$-Notebook, Clevo could be able to beat this price by 20-30%.
So I be anxious to see what will happen.

techjunkie · Post by **techjunkie** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:47 am

One of Sweden biggest newspaper Aftonbladet had a new article about Medison today.

http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/pryl/stor ... 00,00.html

Aftonbladet has done an interview with Valdi Ivancic, CEO of Medison and he says (the most important things IMHO);

"Everone will get their computer!"

"If they haven't recieved the computer within three months, they will get their money back."

"Money will not be drawn from the buyers account until the buyers computer is shipped."