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Comment by ch4ch4 | Hacker News Reader

I don't see any value add... are you just reselling SFF PCs with Ubuntu preinstalled?

What makes this Kickstarter special?

We're pricing it at below what most of what System76's base models come at. We were unable to find any systems with Ubuntu pre-installed at this price point, which is what motivated us to do this.

It is priced well below what System76 offers, but the specs aren't in any way compareable. The cheapest System76 desktop comes with an i5 minimum. Your machine is offering a celeron/atom. You are comparing apples to oranges.

Definitely, agreed on that point. But we think there is a market for those low-cost devices with Ubuntu pre-installed that System76 is not catering for, and that's why we're trying to do this. But agreed on the apples to oranges comparison, thanks for pointing that out.

We're totally not knocking System76 here, we think those guys are doing a great job! Apologies if we seemed to imply that in our replies.

Suggestion:

http://www.alibaba.com/products/F0/i3_cpu_ssd/CID701.html

Don't see something you like send three of the manufacturers your spec. $200 - $250 all up with 4G memory and 128GB SSD. Drop shipped with Ubuntu pre-installed no problem, you buy now?

Seriously there are a bunch of these guys who have family members in the Bay Area at least trying to sell me machines for the office. I like to give them a challenge like "mini-itx form factor and 16GB of ECC memory under $300" drives 'em nuts.

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