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Old 06-05-2010, 08:25 AM   #192
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Originally Posted by asjogren View Post
Yes, I just looked at amazon.co.uk and it has 2GB memory, Windows 7 Home Premium, and 320GB disk (instead of 160GB)

The US hobbled version is $US484, while the EU version is GBP456 (about $US659). Subtracting off the 15% VAT in the UK would lead to a USA price of $US560. This would be a far better deal than my upgrading just the OS and memory. And I would get double the hard disk space too.
Seems a shame they would do that just to reach a fairly arbitrary price point when 2gb of memory and home premium make for such an improved impression of a netvertible like this one.
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