04-30-2018, 06:33 PM
I'd been looking at laptops recently, so was a little familiar with pricing, specs etc. Without looking at any of the other answers, I felt that $300 - $400 US was a fair and attractive price for those specs with LL 4.x pre-installed.
I like your idea of offering it in 2 different HD sizes, since I felt the 64G option was a little small (I mean it was too small for people to want to buy it, but that's just IMHO). Yes I know that external hard drives are an option, but still, 64G is small if people are planning on storing some pics or videos on the machine. So, was glad to hear it's got a 128G option.
However, if the price offered was high (like if it was $500+), I'd wonder if that would put off some users who would then consider buying a used PC laptop instead and putting LL on it themselves. It would put me off, but then again the users who would buy a LL laptop would be the ones who would value the additional convenience of having everything there and being good to go without the hassle of installation. So you might still get some users at $500+. Basically, the higher the price, the more users I'd predict would instead go to the used-PC market and self-installation. Offering a LL-branded laptop for purchase would at least be a good option that users can consider. I personally though would feel $300 - $400 US is fair; but above $500 it might scare me off a little. Again, that's just me, everyone has different opinions.
Shipping costs and the charger wall outlet compatibility is something you'd also need to consider when creating a LL-branded laptop.
I like your idea of offering it in 2 different HD sizes, since I felt the 64G option was a little small (I mean it was too small for people to want to buy it, but that's just IMHO). Yes I know that external hard drives are an option, but still, 64G is small if people are planning on storing some pics or videos on the machine. So, was glad to hear it's got a 128G option.
However, if the price offered was high (like if it was $500+), I'd wonder if that would put off some users who would then consider buying a used PC laptop instead and putting LL on it themselves. It would put me off, but then again the users who would buy a LL laptop would be the ones who would value the additional convenience of having everything there and being good to go without the hassle of installation. So you might still get some users at $500+. Basically, the higher the price, the more users I'd predict would instead go to the used-PC market and self-installation. Offering a LL-branded laptop for purchase would at least be a good option that users can consider. I personally though would feel $300 - $400 US is fair; but above $500 it might scare me off a little. Again, that's just me, everyone has different opinions.
Shipping costs and the charger wall outlet compatibility is something you'd also need to consider when creating a LL-branded laptop.
Using Linux Lite for everything now. I put it on my desktop and my laptop. Woohoo!