The whole time I was looking at this machine, I was unimpressed. That was, until I saw the price. Under $500 brand new for this machine looks fantastic. Hell, under 2 lbs and under $500 would've made this a no brainer for me when I was in university. Kind of a shame I don't need a new machine at the moment, this looks like some real bang for the buck, if you like new machines.
I'm sure used machines are still better bang for buck, but this is really cool to see.
You need to click on the British flag and select your country to see the price in your currency.
Upon clicking the United States the price becomes "From $929", the USD is weak vs. the pound/euro.
Edit: My bad, as a comment mentions the $929 is for a different model. When you switch your country the site throws you back to the home page, I didn't notice the model was different.
The USD hasn't been that weak to the pound in quite some time. Quick currency conversion shows that 400 GBP is about 550 USD. The fact that the price is nearly doubled in USD seems very odd to me. Doubly so as the GPB price should be all in inclusive of VAT.
I'm on the checkout page of the base starlite (8GB ram, 240GB SSD), and all in to the USA by DHL... it's saying no tax (suck it USgov?), And free DHL worldwide shipping at £318 or $438. I don't NEED a chuckable backup/emergency laptop, but for the Linux-first property, and the price I'm having a hard time resisting. The only downside is that they say the order will be filled mid January of next year, so a long wait.
I'm sure used machines are still better bang for buck, but this is really cool to see.