Nimble V5 - The OQO Killer?

prostoalex writes "OQO was supposed to be a big advance in the personal computing field, but, alas, made it quick to vaporware list. Now another company will try its luck with a mini-mini-PC. The Register, PC World and MSNBC are all running paragraph-long blurbs about pocket-size Nimble V5 from Nimble Microsystems. The specs are - VIA 733 MHz, 128 DDR266, 30 GB HDD, USB 2.0, PCMCIA, no display, $699, supposed to ship this fall. Full specification available from company's Web site."

Comments

Wow, its small!

[Uart]

What is the intended market of these babies? I mean, it can't be midgets, we all know from the commercial that Verne Troyer (minime) uses a 17" powerbook.... ...oh, and imagine a Beowulf cluster of these things!

Broken English

[davidstrauss]

"Decorate your house with elegant PC"

The slightly broken English on their main page kind of takes away from the elegant image they seek.

Re:Broken English

[Enonu]

This reminds of a lot of Chinese restaurant menus. I swear they do it on purpose. Just they other day I saw the following:

"Eat our magically delicious food to make tummy happy."
"Succulent tasty bites with choice ingredient and orange."

It makes me want to open up a restaurant with descriptions like:

"Disgusting old meat that make you barf long time."
"Like dog shit on hot road it make you gag."

Hint: if you want to sell a product, hire somebody to check your grammar and spelling.

I always wanted to..

[nano2nd]

.."Workout the task without noisy PC" and whats more, it comes with "New life style".

Where do I sign up??

Re:I always wanted to..

[Lord_Dweomer]

"and whats more, it comes with "New life style".

Hey.....i'm sure MANY people on slashdot would be willing to buy a new computer that gave them "New life style".

Re:Why?

[slittle]

Nothing's free dude. VIA processors have the computational power of a crooked slide rule - you'd need at least a dozen of them to equal your current capacity.