$200 Laptop

Nonsense Man · Post by **Nonsense Man** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 5:24 pm

It's a $200 laptop and its supposed to come out in August of this year and it's supposed to preloaded with linux(don't know what kind). It looks awesome and it would probably be good for college students.
Edit: Second story on it

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 5:32 pm

I'll be a college student! The year after this one, hopefully. Damn math!

...and hinted at the possibility of an optional 3G module either built-in, or provided as a dongle.

hehe. Dongle.

Looks tiny and affordable!

Nonsense Man · Post by **Nonsense Man** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 5:37 pm

One question I have is how cheap do desktop computers go? Because my grandparents want one but don't need some ultra expensive machine. If it helps they live in england (I don't).

atari2600a · Post by **atari2600a** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 5:50 pm

It'd be nice to know the resolution & refresh rate on that screen...

Harshboy · Post by **Harshboy** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 5:52 pm

The Keyboard looks like those of the old iBooks

Dr. KillGood · Post by **Dr. KillGood** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 6:36 pm

Looks nifty!

gamemasterAS · Post by **gamemasterAS** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 8:54 pm

I will give it a month to see reviews and if they are good I think I will get one.

Twisted Warthog · Post by **Twisted Warthog** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 8:58 pm

If its preloaded with Linux I'm freaking going for that deal. But i think Ill wait for some reviews also. See if its worth it.

Rekarp · Post by **Rekarp** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 9:03 pm

Twisted Warthog wrote:If its preloaded with Linux I'm freaking going for that deal. But i think Ill wait for some reviews also. See if its worth it.

If it was preloaded with Windows it would be a better deal.

I wonder what the specs are.

timmeh87 · Post by **timmeh87** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 9:53 pm

2gb flash hard drive, 512 megs of ram. weighs 900g

gamemasterAS · Post by **gamemasterAS** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 10:01 pm

timmeh87 wrote:2gb flash hard drive, 512 megs of ram. weighs 900g

Not great but you could just stream all your media to it.

Dr. KillGood · Post by **Dr. KillGood** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 10:08 pm

2GB flash HD? How big is the OS?

gamemasterAS · Post by **gamemasterAS** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 10:09 pm

Dr. KillGood wrote:2GB flash HD? How big is the OS?

Tiny XP could fit on there and run well I would think.

cowsgoquack101 · Post by **cowsgoquack101** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 11:08 pm

I still want to know the processor speed. Nobody has info on it.

Felino · Post by **Felino** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:04 am

Probably around the <800 range. Not sure.