This laptop may be one of the cheapest laptops available right now. The Celebrity by the company Medison costs only 150$ or in Swedish crowns 1032:- SEK, very cheap for a laptop with this technical specification:
CPU
- Intel® Celeron® M Processor 370 (1.5 GHz, 90nm, FSB400, 1 MB L2 cache, uPGA478)DISPLAY
- 14.0″ WXGA (1280×768) TFTHARD DRIVE
- 40 GBDIMENSION
- 333(W) x 243(D) x 24/33.(H)mm (front/back), 2.2Kg with 6 cells Lithium-lion batteryMEMORY
- 64-bit wide DDR data channel, One 200-pin SODIMM socket, supporting DDR 333/400, 256 MB Expandable up to 1GB, based on SODIMM ModulesSTORAGE
- 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 ComboVIDEO CONTROLLER
- VIA PN800 integration, Shared Memory Architecture up to 64MB, 128 bit 3D graphic engine, Support analog monitor pixel resolution up to 1920×1400, Support two displays dual viewKEYBOARD
- A4 size keyboard, Built-in Touchpad with scrolling functionSOUND 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 SpeakersI/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 jackPCMCIA
- 1x Type II PCMCIA socketCOMMUNICATION
- 10/100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet on board, 802.11g MiniPCI Wireless LANPOWER
- Full Range 65W AC adapter – AC input 100~240V, 47~63Hz, DC output 20V, 3.25A, Removable 6-cell Smart Li-ion battery pack, 4000/4400mAhSECURITY
- Kensington® Lock
9 guys at work (including me) have decided to give it a try, we ordered a Medison Celebrity and we’ll have some sort of lottery ~16 $ per lottery ticket and the winner gets the computer.
The order page for the online ordering was giving a quite phishing site look-a-like impression so we are well aware that there might be a brick out for deliverance instead of the laptop. We will see, on their customer hot-line they told us the delivery will take about 4-6 weeks – we are very suspicious. I’ll keep you updated about how this thing works out…
I do want to see if you guys will get the laptop or this is just a scam. The site really looks a lot like a scam site.
No corp has a site like that
Yes, I’am very suspicious too. It’s not that much money per person so it’s worth a try.
has an article about it.
Actually we backed out and canceled our order. It smells scam long way and we decided to not support them with our money.