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Incredible Shrinking PC

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the things-to-lust-after dept.

Lawrence_Bird writes "Reuters is reporting that IBM is set to announce next week a prototype PC called a 'metapad' 5"x3"x0.75". 128Mb Ram, 10GB, and an 800 Mhz cpu. Understand this is a module that can be plugged into other devices, such as a LCD screen or docking station. "

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  1. 10 gigabit, not gigabyte. by wadeb · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "The portable computing device, which IBM Research will unveil on Feb. 11 at a technology conference in Phoenix, Arizona, includes 128 megabytes of dynamic random access memory, a 10-gigabit hard drive and a microprocessor -- which is the brain of the computer -- that runs at 800 megahertz, or 800 million cycles per second."

    That's 1.25 gigs for the math impaired.

    -Wade

  2. 10 giga-bit hard drive - 1.25 GB hard drive by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    and 1.2 GB isn't that big.