Oh well, When Microsoft first announced that it would be in $500 to $900, every one was excited (because it would start at $500) and UMPC site has posted the prices on the Founder Mini-Note (Spec comparison here) and it’s nowhere near what we wanted it to be. Click here to view the prices on Founder’s site
Founder Mininote UMPCs will come in two colors – red and black and will cost:
- Entry: Founder Mininote VUM400-410 UMPC with Celeron M ULV processor, 256MB of RAM and 30GB HDD – 7999 Yuan ($997)
- Mid: Founder Mininote UMPC with Intel Pentium M ULV processor, 256MB RAM and 30 GB HDD – 11999 Yuan ($1495)
- High: Founder Mininote UMPC with Intel Pentium M ULV processor, 512MB RAM and 60 GB HDD – 12888 Yuan ($1606)
Unfortunately, these UMPCs will be sold only in Asia.
Oh it’s fortunate that Founder decided (if they did) to market this only in Asia, if they were to push it to the other markets, I doubt if they make it under such price tag, it has to come down. When we had a poll about the fair price of the UMPC more than 90% voted it should fall in the $500 to $700 category (not because Microsoft said it, but that’s the FAIR price). We only wish DELL would come in. What do you guys think?
Via [UMPC News]
If OEMs do not release these origamis for less than 1000 dollars this whole buzz is going to end in a disaster.
that pricing is way too high for me, ill wait for the 700$ ones
Damn.. what are they thinking?… with in the year end you’ll see these for less than $700
The TabletKiosk is the only thing that seems like it’s going to even be close to that at 899, though their pricing for accessories and add on’s puzzle me. With some looking you can get a 100-120gb 5400 or 7200rpm drive and a gig of memory for the price it costs to upgrade the Unit at the factory with 1gig ram. It’s overpriced, but if you’re willing to void your warranty, which if you’ve opened your desktop tower and installed a new video card, you’ve done, then it makes the endeavor a bit more reasonable at 1150 instead of 1700 bucks for all the bells and whistles.