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Or you could just buy a PC from Dell or retailer for less than $300. You can find them on sale nearly every week.]]>Jul 7th 2007 2:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/
The idea is that if people mostly only used computers for browsing the 'net, make Skype calls, or even watching some DVDs, then this is sufficient power to do all that. You don't need quad-core CPUs to download and watch porn.]]>Jul 7th 2007 3:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/
so pretty impressive power usage.

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At a 200/300$ price point you could just buy an used/refurb 2yo centrino laptop with a battery, a real hard disk, an optical drive, a powerful cpu, a 15" LCD included, and the power consuption would be probably lower, or almost the same, as this appliance + display.

(or at 500-600$ you could take a step forward and take a brand new laptop).

So i'm sorry, this Zonbu is simply pointless, in my humble opinion.]]>Jul 7th 2007 4:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/
Sure, recycling is great, but there's only so much "second-hand" laptop stock available. New computers are being made all the time, so I think if companies are starting to be more focused on making machines that are "sufficient" for the needs rather than overkills, then it's all for the better.

re: LCD, a new 19" LCD would look a hell lot better than 2 yo 15" LCD on a cheap laptop that's probably starting to get pretty dim.
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As for the LCD, you can hookup a 24" LCD display to it (not sure how much v-ram this zonbu has) and turn off the integrated panel, probably keeping a power consumption of about 20W, which is not 11w, but still near.
But at least you can actually watch a dvd, and do a lot of other stuff that you can't do with that diskless zonbu (like working on your summer vacation video).

As for the software "sufficient" for your needs, as far as i understand, you can install the same software running on this zonbu on any pc. If it runs on a slow via, why can't it run on a more advanced cpu.

But again, i realize we probably have different point of view.]]>Jul 7th 2007 5:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/Will the person you buy this used laptop from guarantee it for 3 years and backup your data every day and push upgrades on all it's software automatically and for free as they become available?
Ultimately you get what you pay for.]]>Jul 21st 2007 9:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/Jul 9th 2007 7:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/Sep 5th 2007 6:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/]]>Sep 5th 2007 6:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/Sep 5th 2007 6:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/Sep 5th 2007 6:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/Sep 5th 2007 6:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/Sep 5th 2007 6:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/Sep 5th 2007 7:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/]]>Sep 5th 2007 7:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/
Dave]]>Sep 5th 2007 7:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/Sep 5th 2007 7:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/Sep 5th 2007 9:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/Sep 5th 2007 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/Sep 5th 2007 8:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/Sep 5th 2007 9:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/Sep 5th 2007 8:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/But it doesn't matter!
SONNANO KANKEINEI!!]]>Sep 5th 2007 8:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/Sep 14th 2007 11:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/Sep 5th 2007 8:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/]]>Sep 5th 2007 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/
just wanted to post! hope everyone is doing well!!

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GO ENGADGET FREE STUFF WOO WOO!]]>Sep 5th 2007 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/Sep 5th 2007 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/Sep 5th 2007 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/Sep 5th 2007 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/Sep 5th 2007 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/
Just can't wait to see what else is coming down the pipe.]]>Sep 5th 2007 12:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/Sep 5th 2007 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/Sep 5th 2007 8:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/Sep 5th 2007 10:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/Sep 6th 2007 1:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/zonbus-subscription-based-pc-reviewed/Sep 6th 2007 1:10AM