Microsoft Selling Prepaid PCs In Brazil
Microsoft is officially in the business of selling PCs. The company partnered with Brazilian retailer Magazine Luiza to create a PRE-PAID MODEL for selling cheap computers ($351) to poor people in Brazil. In a trail conducted last year, the companies sold 1,000 machines in four days. The way the model works is that customers buy pre-paid cards to rent the PC, but once the rental fees equal the purchase price, the buyer takes ownership of the system. More tests are coming in March. The official launch is scheduled for September 2006. Anyone have photos of this?


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There goes the photo (the store site which is announcing as temporarillyl unavailable): http://www.magazineluiza.com.br/produto/index_produto.asp?Produto=1350520&linha=IN&Setor=MICR
Thank youk, Nilson! I've added the picture, and the link.
Mike
The page linked from here, well it says the PC comes with LInux installed ;)
The picture and the link point to a different computer. It's another "low cost" PC but comes with linux and it's not prepaid.
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