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885g Pentium Sub-Notebook
Alicia (ad454) writes "A new sub-notebook was released in Japan today,
the JVC InterLink Victor MP-XP7210,
which is one of the smallest notebooks around in
recent years that does not have a Transmeta emulation processor.
It has a true Pentium-III 800MHz processor, weighs only 885 grams, and is only 225x152x28mm in size.
It also comes with 256MB ram (384 max), 30 GB harddrive, 1024x600 TFT display, SoundBlaster Pro compatable audio, V90 56kbps fax/modem, 10/100 ethernet, USBx2, IEEE1394 (ilink/firewire), cardbus type 2 PCMCIA, and SD memory slot. You can get the specifications, which are in Japanese; you can use Alta Vista to translate it.
A number of stores in Tokyo are selling it for (JPY)209,800.
It would be interesting to hear what type of
opensource Unix (NetBSD, Linux, etc.) and X-windows driver support exists for it.
Although some may find the keyboard and screen too
small, many of us find it quite useable, especially when compared to a PDA."
You should see some of the small firewire drives that're available out there now. I've seen a few different models specifically designed to match the look and feel of Apple hardware like the Powerbook Titanium that're so small they'll easily fit in your shirt pocket.
Plus, there's a chance you could even use an iPod with one of these things. iPods are simply another tiny firewire drive that happens to play music. In fact, you can even -boot- a Mac from one of them.
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Yeah, despite the fact that it's an excellent piece of technology, there's still some things(like PDA's) that does a better job at being a PDA. If you want a laptop, get a proper laptop .
Hmm, I'm sure a lot of people will think differently...
Nevermind.
I'm just jealous because I can't afford one yet...
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I wonder if it really means Sound Blaster PRO compatible... I used to have one of these cards, and it's 8 bit, rather than 16 bit like most generic, non-dsp sound cards now. This means that, for example, mp3s will sound absolutely horrible (kind of like listening to music on AM radio), if they'll play at all.
When I first heard about mp3's in early '97, I ripped a song and tried playing it on my 486 with a Pentium 83MHz overdrive chip, and a sound blaster pro. Sounded just awful. I knew then that for my next computer I'd need a 16 bit sound card...
He said, "You'll be able to tell your grandchildren that you helped assemble the first NT supercomputer," and I cringed.
Lifebook P-1032 (700MHz Crusoe, 128 MB, 20 GB, Windows XP, 8.9" TFT)
The coolest part of this one is the fact it has a touch screen just like we have come to expect for pda's. And, I have a friend that is running debian on one without any trouble.
And, it weighs in under 1kg.
Pricegrabber has it for $1393 shipped to my home.
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