On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 14:51 +0000, Simon Greenwood wrote:
> > > > On 17 January 2011 14:32, Alan Pope <a...@popey.com> wrote: > > On 17 January 2011 14:23, Barry Drake <bdr...@crosswire.org> > wrote: > > Just went through the process and looked at the shipping. A > 10.1" > > Netbook ships to the UK at $130 something - a good > percentage of the > > cost of the netbook!!! > > > > > > I didn't say it was value for money :) > > I have often pondered setting up a cottage business buying > naked > laptops and ubuntifying them, but can't see there's a huge > margin in > it, but there's the potential to get sucked into very long > protracted > support conversations, negating any profit made. > > > > Likewise. I even contemplated refurbishing old computers with a > lightweight Ubuntu-based distro but the margin would have to be based > on providing support, which could be made to work for small companies > and charities and the like, but was more difficult to do for > individuals as people won't pay for computer support and the charge > and value often outweighs the time spent on problems. > > s/ > > -- > Twitter: @sfgreenwood > > My CV: http://bit.ly/sfgreenwood_cv > "Is this your sanderling?" > Went through much the same process myself, can't really see a way to make this viable for individuals - it's hard enough with charities and small businesses. I did run into someone in Manchester who claimed to be supplying refurbished PCs with Ubuntu successfully (but as he also claimed to be working a 70-hour week just to break even, it didn't seem all that appealing). That's why we decided just to run a free workshop every month so people can do it themselves (and we don't take on any responsibility to be picking up the phone to them 24/7). Paula
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