According to this, Acer is planning to launch an affordable UMPC joining the likes of ASUS & Everex. Acer is planning to release 8-inch and 9-inch displays. It will most likely cost the same as the Eee PC and CloudBook to remain competitive. It will all depend on specs. This is getting fun!
Everex has unveiled an Eee PC competitor with its CloudBook. Scheduled to be available at Walmart.com only starting January 25, 2008 at an affordable $399. This is the same price as my Eee PC 4G, except that it has better specifications. The CloudBook also weighs 2lbs with a 9-inch screen and has 9 times more of gigabyte [...]
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Below is the specification of my E P C. Color Galaxy Black Included Accessories Carrying case Memory (RAM) 512 MB (DDR2 SO-DIMM) Solid-State Drive 4 GB (soldered) Built-in webcam VGA (640×480) @ 30 fps Battery 4 Cells: 5200 mAh, 3.5hrs* Storage Expansion External MMC(plus)/SD(HC) slot Display 6” (15.25cm) by 3.6” (9.15cm) or 7” (17.78cm) diagonal; [...]
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Eee PC comes with XandrOS distro of Linux, therefore the way I access my network files is different than when I’m using Windows. Fortunately, there is a system called the Network File System (NFS). First generation of WD Netcenter are NFS enabled, but my recent acquisition — the MyBook World Edition — is not NFS [...]
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I finally decided to purchase an Eee PC instead of getting a Wii. I realized that I won’t be playing a video game in my free time that much and really need a small notebook wherever I go. I know I’ve said countless times that don’t want a laptop to carry around, but this baby [...]