In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Richard
Kilpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
Hi Dilwyn,
I have just bought the October issue of PC Pro magazine, and Asus, who
make the Eee Pc have a massive 12 page advertising booklet within it.
So, they do a very wide range of products.
In the notebook ( mini-laptop ) PC range the lowest priced is the Eee PC
4G - with an Intel Mobile processor, Linux OS, 7" ( 800 x 600 ) display,
512Mb memory, 4GB SSD - priced at £169.36 RRP ex VAT.
So, a sub-£100 notebook is still a way off, as yet.
The highest priced in the notebook PC range is the Eee PC 1000 - Intel
Mobile Atom 1.6Ghz processor, Linux OS, 10" ( 1024 x 600 ) display,
1024Mb memory, 40GB SSD - priced at £314.04 RRP ex VAT
The equivalent model with a standard 80Gb hard drive is priced at
£297.02 RRP ex VAT.
The rivals in this market are starting to appear. Like the new MSI Wind
U100 - Intel Mobile Atom 1.6Ghz processor, Windows XP OS, 10" ( 1024 x
600 ) display, 512Mb memory, 80GB hard drive - priced at £281 RRP ex
VAT.
The other mini-laptop already available is the Acer Aspire one - Intel
Mobile Atom 1.6Ghz processor, Linux OS, 8.9" ( 1024 x 600 ) display,
1024Mb memory, 8GB SSD - priced at £196 RRP ex VAT.
Thus, it is probably better to think of a sub-£300 or sub-£200 potential
price range for these smaller portable computers at present.
Although, that is around 2/3 rds to a 1/2 the cost of well specified
regular portable PC. The mini-laptops have the smaller size for even
greater portability, yet not as well as specified as standard portable
PC.
However, they do have features like wi-fi, USB ports, and Ethernet, etc.
I guess, with the right effort and software, a QL system emulator will
run on many of these mini-laptops.
On 4 Sep 2008, at 10:42, hitchies wrote:
Thanks Richard for your informative and helpful machine assesments.
However, about "....(8GB) SSD..." I am ignorant!
SSD = Solid State Disc.
Smaller, more expensive per GB, and slower - but very hard to break.
The primary drawback of a machine with a smaller one, is that
upgrading it will be very expensive and difficult. For experimentation
and most applications, I prefer HD equipped models in theory; in
practice, mine are all SSD equipped because they're the models most
available.
Richard
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