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."

Comments

Oh come on

[indole]

Well that page was spectacularly useless.

For an English-language press release try: here instead.
(and dont forget to notice the big bold capped FOR THE JAPANESE MARKET ONLY)

Other machines

[smoondog]

885 grams == 1.95 pounds

This article is a bit of a ridiculous pitch, here are Other machines come close:

The Dell X200 = 2.8 pounds (800 MHz processor, 12.1)

Fujitsu Laptops (Various w/Transmeta) - P1000 is 2.2 pounds, $1299 starting

The Toshiba Portege - 2.6 pounds PIII750, bit expensive, $2199

-Sean

1kg...is sold in the US for under $1500

[ndege]

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.