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Read more.Dual-core Intel Atom processor and integrated NVIDIA GeForce graphics, yours for £399 in January.
So basically.... It's a laptop without an optical drive, going for £400?
Originally Posted by Agent
Not quite, the goodness of GeForce 9400 is slightly offset by the lack of grunt in a 1.6GHz in-order processor, even a physical dual core (virtual quad core!) processor. Impressed by the battery life though - that must be one hella-chunky 6-cell battery to make an 8W processor with no speedstep + reasonably powerful mobile graphics last 5 hours...
Definitely an interesting proposition though, but is £400 just a shade too much for an Atom based laptop? EDIT: it has some stiff competition at that price point...
Is nice, but 5 hours is pretty average, the Atom isn't that powerful and at 1.46kg it's not super light, just kinda-light...
Would make most people happy though as a media-netbook it's not bad... once the GPU accelerated flash turns up...
This should've been out in July, then they would've had my money. Now though, I'm not interested.
The delay of and titilation of the ION based netbooks is shameful, so much hype, and what do we have to show for it 8 months later. Virtually no products to buy now, and they offer the same thing at the same price 6 months too late. Taking the piss...
Last edited by cptwhite_uk; 20-11-2009 at 04:20 PM.
I'd love to see how this would compare in a head-to-head review, with something like a Dell Inspiron 11z. That Ferrari One too.
Same price (£399), similar size (12" vs 11.6") screen with same resolution, similar weight 1.46 vs 1.38 kg...
The main differentiating factors seem to be the dual-core atom CPU and ION graphics, vs dual-core pentium / AMD CPU and intel integrated graphics / AMD 3200 graphics.
You could compare general day-to-day use, movie playback stuff, as well as show some gaming efforts.
- Another poster, from another forum.I'm commenting on an internet forum. Your facts hold no sway over me.
System as shown, plus: Microsoft Wireless mobile 4000 mouse and Logitech Illuminated keyboard.
Sennheiser RS160 wireless headphones. Creative Gigaworks T40 SII. My wife. My Hexus Trust
I would rather have a 15.6" laptop than a net-book any day... (Er...I have actually).
Grr, whatever happened to netbooks being small and cheap?
They've moved from a nice 8.9" to 10/11" and larger,
and cost as much, or more than a much more powerful laptop!
It's the same old story, marketing rubbishrubbishrubbishrubbishrubbish riding on the latest buzzword and rendering the advantages null.
I want to know what Sounds chip (Realtek ALC model XXX) and LAN chip (make/model) before I get excited... might make a nice Hackintosh!
As to 5 hour battery thats with a artificial test with 20% screen brightness and WiFi off.. real world I'd guess its more like 3-3.5 hours.
It should be £350 to compete with Acer Ferrari One or the Dell.. its not BETTER than them so why would we want to make same price?
I have a HP Mini 311c with an Intel Atom N270 CPU, 3GB of DDR3 (upgraded from 1GB) Nvidia ION etc bought for £310 recently.
Why they are releasing it with DDR2 is beyond me, only advantages over the HP is the larger harddisk and wireless N, but I bought a Kingston 60GB SSDNow for mine.
To late to market possibly?
I think my money would be on the Acer tbh..
Netbooks need to know their place, £300 or less, 10" screen (more importantly the chassis to match a 10" screen).
Looks like someone else was already planning what i suggested...
http://www.anandtech.com/mobile/show...px?i=3680&p=13
- Another poster, from another forum.I'm commenting on an internet forum. Your facts hold no sway over me.
System as shown, plus: Microsoft Wireless mobile 4000 mouse and Logitech Illuminated keyboard.
Sennheiser RS160 wireless headphones. Creative Gigaworks T40 SII. My wife. My Hexus Trust
£400 seems far to expensive for what you get, really needs to lose £100
Read up, I already have a HP Mini 311c - been available in the UK for about a month or so now.
Answering my own post (for later reference)I want to know what Sounds chip (Realtek ALC model XXX) and LAN chip (make/model) before I get excited... might make a nice Hackintosh!
As to 5 hour battery thats with a artificial test with 20% screen brightness and WiFi off.. real world I'd guess its more like 3-3.5 hours.
It should be £350 to compete with Acer Ferrari One or the Dell.. its not BETTER than them so why would we want to make same price?
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/ind...owtopic=209533
Shows the sound (realtek) and LAN (Atheros AR8132 (L1c)) can be made to work under OSX and Wifi card is cheap to replace. Now I just need an Atheros driver for AROS
Last edited by Methanoid; 20-10-2010 at 09:40 AM.
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