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    VIA-powered, EasynoteXS weighs in at 950g on our turntable

    The drive from VIA toward smaller and lighter devices has been going for some time now. After our recent looks at the OQO products, we now put a 'fully functioning sub-1Kg notebook' under the HEXUS.tv spotlights...
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    Re: VIA-powered, EasynoteXS weighs in at 950g on our turntable

    Pretty impressive size/weight/price...

    ...now we just need the data from the boffins in the HEXUS.labs to see whether this is 'baseline function only' or has some 'real class'
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    Re: VIA-powered, EasynoteXS weighs in at 950g on our turntable

    Love the product placement... the Kenco, that is
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    Re: VIA-powered, EasynoteXS weighs in at 950g on our turntable

    "Large pot of kenco".... somebody obviously isnt a caffeine addict, thats a small.

    Still, it does appear to be tiny, i hope its going to be compared to the Asus Eee PC, which is only obvious position. I imagine the VIA might be the slower CPU, but overall, im holding out hold for the Packard Bell.

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    Re: VIA-powered, EasynoteXS weighs in at 950g on our turntable

    Packard Bell tho :s

    Would be interesting, nice to see some competition for the eeepc, tho need to see full specs for a decent comparison

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    Re: VIA-powered, EasynoteXS weighs in at 950g on our turntable

    I posted previously commenting on Asus announcement of looking into touch screens for the eeepc, and saying the Belinea s.book is the same as the EasynoteXS using the VIA technology but with a touch screen already. I really like the look of the EasynoteXS over the Belinea s.book but would like to a touchscreen version as I've heard the mouse (thumb) pad isn't that good. So the option of another pointing device in the way of a touchscreen would be great - instead of having to carry around an extra usb mouse. Hope we get a more 'usability' comparison from the Hexus guys against the eeepc.

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    Re: VIA-powered, EasynoteXS weighs in at 950g on our turntable

    Quote Originally Posted by Sim0n View Post
    ...somebody obviously isnt a caffeine addict...
    Totally am !

    However, on the other half's product was on hand when the turntable started spinning - otherwise we could have done it against an unopened pack of Lavazza

    I mentioned 'big', cos if that was the 'regular size' pot - then the Easynote would have an unusably small keyboard
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    Re: VIA-powered, EasynoteXS weighs in at 950g on our turntable

    anyone remember this ? i put a link here but i does not show?!!!! "google riscstation portable youll find it on a site called the icon bar"
    I chat to this chap who was behind this on TS sometimes and he still has some prototypes kicking around he thinks


    why do links not work in here are they blocked now ?

    The Icon Bar: The RiscStation Portable system
    Last edited by pumpman; 01-02-2008 at 08:07 PM. Reason: my link does not appear

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    Re: VIA-powered, EasynoteXS weighs in at 950g on our turntable

    Just checking links by putting one in for the review... HEXUS.net - Review :: Packard Bell EasyNote XS20 sub-1kg notebook : Page - 1/5

    EDIT: Seems to work fine
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    Re: VIA-powered, EasynoteXS weighs in at 950g on our turntable

    must be something to do with user permissions Im guessing as my link is there when I go to edit but it doesnt show
    edit just tried again with another link and it works weird

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