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Re: Comprehensive list of low-cost ultraportables

Mikael — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:27:35 -0000

I would recommend reading reviews and not from the respective computer firms website as they often "lie" about the battery life

/Mikael, webmaster at http://computer-buy.com

Re: Comprehensive list of low-cost ultraportables

yukiclothes — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:16:58 -0000

I want to know these battery life of devices.

Re: Comprehensive list of low-cost ultraportables

Jeff — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:06:50 -0000

This is an amazing collection of notebooks

Re: Comprehensive list of low-cost ultraportables

sdg — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:29:00 -0000

i dont know

Re: Comprehensive list of low-cost ultraportables

Mina — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:15:03 -0000

Could you post, for each of these, if they have bigger font options and accessibility options? I'd like one I can easily make the font bigger on. I do a lot of reading, study, and internetting.

Re: Comprehensive list of low-cost ultraportables

GordonJohnson — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:55:10 -0000

it would be nice to have a table that includes some standard measure of speed, cost, and battery life. I tried one at a local store, and it took forever to bring up a blank spreadsheet. Here are some examples I what I have in mind. How long to load a spreadsheet with 1000 cells filled, how long to load a three page document, how long to start up, shutdown, start a web browser, load a standard page (you pick) like your home page, something more than google, display a mail message from hotmail (or some other popular email site). Cost is the easy one, list and range found in stores or on the internet.

Re: Comprehensive list of low-cost ultraportables

bradlinder — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:07:04 -0000

Yeah, this list is for laptops... or subnotebooks... or netbooks... or
whatever you want to call them. UMPC Portal has a great rundown of ultra
mobile PCs:

http://www.umpcportal.com/products/

Re: Comprehensive list of low-cost ultraportables

Steve Holton — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 12:38:24 -0000

Does the Everun or Vega qualify for this list?
http://www.raondigital.com/fnt_english/ev01.asp

or is this for clamshell format only?

Re: Comprehensive list of low-cost ultraportables

Zach — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:09:02 -0000

Suggestion: Wibrain B1
http://www.wibrain.com
Although it has something of a different form factor (more like a Gameboy Advanced), it fits nicely in with the cheapest model (the B1LE) being 500$
Ubuntu and Windows XP are available.

Re: Comprehensive list of low-cost ultraportables

caiocgo — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:54:49 -0000

Hi!
Have you heard of this one? I guess it's made in Brazil... But I'm not sure.

http://www.positivoinformatica.com.br/site/mobo...

Re: Comprehensive list of low-cost ultraportables

cb — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 12:42:14 -0000

What I'd like to see are some performance benchmarks... specifically, how these compare to my old Fujitsu Lifebook P-2120.

Re: Comprehensive list of low-cost ultraportables

cb — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 12:40:41 -0000

At $1000+, the U810 hardly qualifies as "low-cost".

Re: Comprehensive list of low-cost ultraportables

MHG — Tue, 27 May 2008 18:21:57 -0000

I think the yet to be fully announced Acer Sub 300$ notebook, The ACi Ultra Mini and the elonex one currently appear to be the most promising of the lot concidering the price vs features factor.

Re: Comprehensive list of low-cost ultraportables

azor — Thu, 22 May 2008 16:56:34 -0000

Have someone mentioned this one?

Bestlink: Alpha 400

http://www.bestlinkeshop.com/index.php?cat1=&la...

I think it is cheaper than Eee...

Re: Comprehensive list of low-cost ultraportables

anonymous — Wed, 21 May 2008 10:42:10 -0000

Where's the one that uses the 1280 x 768 seven-inch screen that the Toshiba Libretto U-100 series had? That was the only seven-inch screen with a truly usable resolution. So - where is it?

Re: Comprehensive list of low-cost ultraportables

Mariogamefan — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:54:25 -0000

Why no mention of the Fujitsu Lifebook U810?
http://store.shopfujitsu.com/fpc/Ecommerce/buil...

Re: Comprehensive list of low-cost ultraportables

jr — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:13:23 -0000

The 500 is basically a replacement for the Vostro 1000, which currently sells for $400. The Vostro 1000 uses an AMD processor and chipset, but since AMD can't seem to produce decent Linux drivers, they're going with Intel.

It's more of a competitor to the Everex VA1500V than the Eee PC - cheap but not small.

Re: Comprehensive list of low-cost ultraportables

Jason Hawkins — Mon, 12 May 2008 12:58:06 -0000

The 3K Razorbook 400 actually comes with 4GB of flash memory and is available for $399.00. The initial release was incorrect at 1GB of stated storage. I just wanted to clarify the cost of this unit. $399.00 with storage at 4GB. Thanks and happy computing.

Re: Comprehensive list of low-cost ultraportables

Ninave — Wed, 07 May 2008 04:25:48 -0000

You left out one crucial thing about ultraportables: size. So here are the sizes on comps able to display 1024-resolution. Do add them to appropriate places.

PC-81001 260(W) x 180(D) x 33(H) mm
Asus Eee PC 900 225(W) x 170(D) x 20-34(H) mm
HP2133 255(W) x 165(D) x 33(H) mm
ECS G10IL 259(W) x 180(D) x 29(H) (mm)
CloudBook MAX 239(W) x 175(H) x 28(H) (mm)
MSI Wind 260(W) x 180(H) x 19-32(H) mm
Medion Akoya Mini 260(W) x 180(H) x 19-32(H) mm (as above)

Re: Comprehensive list of low-cost ultraportables

adamx20 — Sat, 03 May 2008 22:26:03 -0000

It is confirmed that the Dell 500 is not the low cost mini laptop they are producing. What we do know is they will probably use the Atom chip, it will offer Windows or Linux OS's, and it will be manufactured by Compal from Taiwan.

The Dell 500 is a full sized laptop for developing countries.

Re: Comprehensive list of low-cost ultraportables

Sicarius6 — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:30:39 -0000

Finally a nice overview of these rabit like breeding devices. BTW the Medion Akoya Mini is a rebranded MSI Wind.

Re: Comprehensive list of low-cost ultraportables

robotbrain — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:30:28 -0000

Unsurprisingly, the eee is on sale in Taiwan. I spotted it on Tuesday in Taipei.

Re: Comprehensive list of low-cost ultraportables

Mike — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:04:57 -0000

Hi Brad,
Thanks a lot for this very useful list (and site).
I've added to 'recommended resources' that we maintain for people in international development agencies on a somewhat related topic, http://www.infodev.org/devices-list.
-Mike
ps I try to contact you through this site with more info but the the contact function kept bombing out.

Re: Comprehensive list of low-cost ultraportables

el — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:00:24 -0000

You should probably also point out the the 3K Longitude 400 and Jisus both have MIPS-compatible processors. You can not run Windows apps on them. And no Flash, Skype, or codec packs in Linux either.

Re: Comprehensive list of low-cost ultraportables

shoeson — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:45:02 -0000

I brought a nanobook type ((belinea S book) which has been great. its a pity that the worst nanobook clone (the everex cloudbook) is the best known. The belinea was more expensive but is much more usable and has a touchscreen and runs XP.
Still i am kind of amazed that so many new ones are coming out which have such low specs 256 or 512 ram.