If you're an ultraportable lover on a budget, you might find what you're looking for in the
Gateway NX100, which was just reviewed by Laptop Magazine after being announced earlier today. The 3.2-pound notebook features a 12.1-inch widescreen display at a nice 1280 x 800 pixel resolution, but the reviewer found the viewing angle lacking. Powering the laptop is a 1.2GHz Core Solo processor, which should be plenty for most applications, though it didn't fare the greatest in benchmarks. At less than an inch thick, there's no room for an internal disc drive, but you can add a DVD/CD-RW external drive for a couple hundred bucks. The notebook does feature a full-sized keyboard, though the review notes the keys aren't quite as tactile as those of the Lenovo X60. The included three-cell battery can barely muster three hours of life, so you might want to spring for an upgrade to a six-cell or nine-cell pack, which double and triple battery life if you can handle the extra bulk. Luckily these upgrades aren't too incredibly painful since the NX100 itself goes for a reasonable $1624.
posted March 30th 2006 5:24PM
Am I missing something here? That seems like a terrible value compared to something like an Inspiron 700/710M.
No disc drive included? So Gateway is assuming that everyone can install software over their network or something? I think the external cd/dvd drive should be included in the package personally, otherwise this unit will not appeal to anyone but businesses (at least not straight out-of-the-box)
I interpreted "no internal disc drive" as no internal disc drive. ie: No hard drive or floppy or CD/DVD.
That would make a pretty useless computer, unless its got a non-disc drive, like a flash drive.
that would be cool.
No room inside? Powerbooks are an inch thick and have room. I can understand maybe cutting it for weight, but not for space.
All in all, the Thinkpad X60 looks like the one to beat.
disC generally means cd or dvd, disK usually is for HDD and *shudder* floppy...
According to a post over at MacRumors, the NX100 actually uses the as-of-yet unannounced Ultra Low Voltage (ULV) Core Solo.
http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2006/03/20060330173411.shtml
how is this different from the hp nc4010 that I already own, btw I paid a lot less for it too?
what about dell Latitude X1. Starting at 2.5 lbs with 3 cell 27WHr battery; 0.98" (h) x 11.26"(w) x 7.7"(d) Isn't this thing lighter and cheaper but it might be slower so i wonder what happen if you add anohter gig of ram.
Eesh, barely 3 hrs?. I've got a sweet Fujitsu P7120. Smaller all around (good if you can live with a 10.5" screen), but using the high-capacity battery and the modular bay battery (both of which just add a little weight - they do not change the size of the laptop, which is friggin' great) I crank 10-12 hours of use out of that puppy. Granted, it's more expensive, but it's built like a rock. =D
Dell 700m, same size screen, around the same weight, internal DVD burner, faster processor, 5hrs on the 9cell battery.....mine was $1300 including tax and shipping.
My Gateway 7500GX (or is it Z?) only gets like 1.5 hours of battery life - sometimes 2. It's a nice system. 2.8 GHz Hyperthreading P4, 1 gig RAM, and a 15.5" Widescreen LCD. I dunno what battery though. Seems like this is no upgrade option for people like me.
Yeah, I think they mean no internal optical drive, because that system is essentially useless except for in a 'corporate' scenario, with a network boot if it has no hard drive. And (mind you, this is my ignorance speaking) if you can slap a HDD in an iPod, I can definitely get one in a computer.
-Chris
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I am surprised that no one mentioned that the first post above is a scam. DON'T BELIEVE POST #1. I fell for a deal like this and lost a hundred dollars. Will Engadget delete this post? I hope so....
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Is anything known about NX100 release date for Europe?
What blows my mind is that you can get a similarly equipped Inspiron 700/710M for
I do like those 12-13 inch widescreens, but why can't they make a nice one for $600-800? I'll buy the Dell 710m or Sony VGN-S460 if they ever get so low. How long do we have to wait?
The 700M weighs a pound more! The more apt comparison is the X1, which is getting pretty old now and uses and older/slower processor.
Get off the Apple crack as well. The powerbook 12" weighs 1.5 pounds more. If you can't do math, that's nearly fifty percent more than the gateway.
Personally I find the optical drive useless 99.9% of the time anyway--just rip any DVDs you need to watch to your hard drive.
Affordable? I think not. My understanding of affordable is this, 350 sony vaio laptop
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8789757369&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1