http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/ Engadget Comments for DreamBook Light IL1 runs on VIA, won't run ASUS out of business http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/Feb 8th 2008 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/Feb 8th 2008 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/02/lg-debuts-ebook-concept-laptop-with-oled-screen-liquid-fuel/

that was on engadget, but it looks like its still far away because the bezels just keep getting bigger.

and bigger...




and bigger.]]>Feb 8th 2008 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/
Here is the website for the Dreambook, if you click on the "build your own" you will get a list of the options & prices, it is only $25AU for wi-fi, it also comes standard with a 40GB HD. Check the link out below.

http://www.pioneercomputers.com.au/products/info.asp?c1=3&c2=12&id=2458]]>Feb 9th 2008 2:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/
Also: no WiFi for an ultra-portable = FAIL]]>Feb 8th 2008 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/Feb 8th 2008 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/Feb 8th 2008 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/
Apparently North America is just getting a CloudBook sometime this year?

The bezels are there because the keyboard has to be usable size.

It's a give and take, from most of my work, it's still $70 for a good 7" LCD panel.

I give em credit for putting something on the shelves, at the very least.

And if you actually went to the site referenced:

"Wireless: 802.11b/g; USB I/F, on module board"]]>Feb 8th 2008 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/
Specialized sizes of LCD run into 100k unit order requirements, and those are just bare panels.]]>Feb 8th 2008 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/Feb 8th 2008 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/If it were as simple as paying $15-20 for more screen space, I think everyone would. The problem, as was already mentioned, is you'd have to buy a ton of them, and then there's the fact that an extra area of screen space is really quite a bit more. Especially when you're talking about a 7 inch screen, you're probably looking at at least 20% more screen area. I know how to do the math to figure it out exactly, but I don't really feel the need to do the exact numbers to prove the point here. If you're looking at area, which you should be, it'd be more than $15-20 more per screen. I'm writing this on my eee, and it isn't that bad. Just get the black one so the bezel blends in and doesn't look like a toy like on the white ones. It would also be very tough to make the whole package smaller in either case, because they are pretty small as they are. If you made the eee any smaller the keyboard would be un-usable. So that would leave you with the bigger screen, which would be too expensive to make the eee appealing anymore, at least for me. I do see what you're saying, and sure, a bigger screen would be nice, but it would probably not be too affordable.]]>Feb 8th 2008 9:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/Feb 8th 2008 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/Feb 8th 2008 7:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/Feb 8th 2008 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/Feb 8th 2008 6:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/Feb 8th 2008 6:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/Feb 8th 2008 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/Feb 8th 2008 7:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/Feb 8th 2008 7:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/Feb 8th 2008 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/Feb 9th 2008 1:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/Feb 9th 2008 3:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/
"Asus EeePC's killer (Asus won't work with Vista)."
"Much better than Asus Eee PC"

They're not at all over-confident, are they? (And before you start flaming, please note that was sarcasm, I'm an Eee fanboy...)]]>Feb 9th 2008 4:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/Feb 9th 2008 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/Feb 9th 2008 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/dreambook-light-il1-runs-on-via-wont-run-asus-out-of-business/Feb 10th 2008 8:33AM