Castle have announced a promotional offer which will bring the cost of a RISC OS 5 computer below the £1000 UK mark for the first time ever. This will no doubt allow many more eager users to upgrade to the 32bit version of the operating system running on brand new, fast hardware.
Castle open floodgates to new RISC OS 5 users
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1000 Pounds Sterling? is there any OS that is worth that much cash? BTW the Link is broke
link working now. and that’s the price for the computer with RISC OS installed, not just the OS on its own.
“600MHz XScale Iyonix with 128M RAM, 40G hard disc and CD-RW drive for 835 quid”
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“Iyonix with 512M RAM, 120G hard disc and CD-RW drive for 932 quid”
Prices include VAT
This is good news for the existing userbase (although still out of my price range) and it truly is amazing that Acorn’s legacy continues. I wonder, though, how long this can go on for. At some point, a big push will need to be made to attract new users.
Personally, I think it has to be stylistic (as Apple realised). Castle and Microdigital should be aiming to produce something that people will want in their homes, or companies will want sitting on their reception desks. Technical specs, the merits of the OS etc. aren’t the sort of things that make the general public go “wow”.
The big problem, as ever, is that prices are high because of the small userbase, but the high prices prevent new users.
Alot of money for a very limited install base.
Alot of money for a very limited install base.
True, but if you’re a non-UK resident, Castle should be selling you the machine without the vat as the product will be shipping outside the UK thus making it considerably cheaper.
but castle would hav to charge your countries VAT which in some places like NL for instance is higher than VAT in UK
but castle would hav to charge your countries VAT which in some places like NL for instance is higher than VAT in UK
Incorrect. Since Castle doesn’t have a business that resides in that country, unless they have an office along with a tax file number, and that the machine is sold through a local subsidary – which in that case, Castle Netherlands would be the selling company and thus be responsible to collecting the particular taxation.
Since that isn’t the case, when the machine is exported and goes through customs, if it is valued more than the allowed rate, which in the case of New Zealand, it is NZ$700, customs hault the shipment and total up the amount of GST/VAT required, the receiving party has to organisation payment for VAT/GST through the shipping company as the shipping company act as a intermediary between the receiving party and customs officials.
Once payment has been made, the product is this moved forward.
The point I was trying to make is the fact that there are countries, surprisingly, that don’t have GST or VAT, as in the case of some of states in the US.