Van Der Led's Jisus laptop is the answer to your prayers

The Jisus laptop? We're asking ourselves the same questions you are. We've never heard of Van Der Led, and we've certainly never heard of the Jisus -- but boy are we intrigued. Apparently, the multi-colored (and multi-graphic'd) little guys will feature an 800 x 480, 8.9-inch LCD display, a 1GHz Loongson CPU (???), 512MB of RAM, 4GB of flash storage, 802.11b/g, stereo speakers, and a whole slew of familiar ports. The Eee-wannabe will apparently come with Ubuntu pre-installed (though frankly it's unclear), and will be retailing for €299 when it hits the streets (the European streets, that is) on April 25th. Check the video after the break to see odd, ominously silent images of the device, accompanied by fascinating data.

[Thanks, Gydo]

[daniel80 Posted Apr 7th 2008 12:25AM]

At first I thought those things were wallets.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 7th 2008 12:38AM]

Umm May 25th? not April :D someone got a bit too distracted by the cute penguin behind the release date!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 7th 2008 2:15PM]

Umm... yeah. Somebody should've WTFV before WTFA.

[LordBunson Posted Apr 7th 2008 12:44AM]

Five bucks says you won't.

[LordBunson Posted Apr 7th 2008 12:44AM]

*EDIT* You won't get either that is.

[aubreyq Posted Apr 7th 2008 12:58AM]

Jisus Saves! NOT!!

I thought it was a coincidence, but they actually used "be the first to own a miracle".

God and Jesus are standing by to sue...

[linuxamp Posted Apr 7th 2008 12:59AM]

No x86, no 1024, not dirt cheap, no 3G no thanks.

[psyclotron Posted Apr 7th 2008 2:25AM]

no 3g? there a lotta lappies with 3G these days, esp. ultra-cheap ones? i think that's like saying

"yeah, not gonna buy the hyundai. poor reliability, poor styling, and it doesn't have a V12".

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 7th 2008 5:58AM]

"Loongson CPU (???)"

it's a Chinese-developed cpu and its chinese is "龙芯"
which means "the heart of the dragon" or dragon heart

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 10th 2008 6:49AM]

Another cheap sub that I want buy... I think I'll keep with sony even that there prices are about 5x more...

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 7th 2008 6:38AM]

Well, Dutch ( producers of 'Jesus' :) ) surely do know well to smell where the money is. UMPC will be new major tech - 'hipe' following years, when HP 2133, ECS G10IL, MSI Wind...reach the market.

They now that Eee, now almost 8 months after introduction, is hardly to be found in stores in Europe, so they are launching their own version of it. Just not very competitive model: again 800X480, 4G, 512MB RAM...only...It was great for Eee 701 4GB when it appeared back in August 2007...but I think producers and more importantly people who wonna get one of them now wants something more in the sense of: proffy-appealing look, better screen resolution, much bigger memory, battery life of 5 hrs. minimum...and all of that in the range up to eur 500 ( price in Europe).

So, new ''Jesus'' : ...to little, to late...

Sorry, Dutch...maybe with another try in future...BUT NOT SO DUTCHY, PLEASE :)

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 7th 2008 6:45AM]

Ya, just wait till the iSlam comes out and witness the unholiest of brand wars develop :p

Sack that marketing department!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 7th 2008 9:38AM]

I agree these look like toys. Something an 5-8 yr old would be drawn to. Maybe that is the market they are going for?
jisus!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 7th 2008 12:03PM]

Well if it's made in China and is colorful, it uses lead paint and components. So yes, it's for the children.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 7th 2008 10:05AM]

- No Windows installable.
- Crappy resolution
- Only 4Gb of storage with *no* additional SD card slot

Verdict: Miserable failure.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 7th 2008 12:12PM]

Does it turn my Window into Wine?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 7th 2008 1:05PM]

You sir win the game.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 7th 2008 2:15PM]

anchor pass

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 7th 2008 8:32PM]

funny, go to http://vanderled.com and I get a virus warning
sure this is for real?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 15th 2008 6:41AM]

I am not sure whether this website or even this company is really true, or exists physically. First of all it seems highly impossible for a company producing LED light to gain a whole technology to develop UMPC or mobile, considering that the hardware structure used is also quite unusual.

This company just come out of oblivion. All the information is based on one website, without any voice from the media. This looks quite strange if the product they offer are really true.

And the website is crappy too. In their products page:
http://vanderled.com/uk.php?p=products
none of the link really work. No information whatever. Well, they have a online store, there you can find some basic info. Quite strange the price for all the LED light are zero! I don't think they are really doing business and I doubt if I can really receive anything if I paid.

Consider this: the ordering on the online store is only possible with PayPal. The 'About us' page contains no information where this company really is. And the 'Contact' page contains even no telephone or fax number, no email address whatever. All you can do is fill in some forms and let the company, if there is one, contact you. I don't think I dare to order something from such a website.

I don't know Dutch but someone suggest that this company is not registered.

Look into the comments on the online store sort out one interesting point:
http://vanderled.com/onlinestore/product_reviews_info.php/products_id/81/reviews_id/4
Seems that the company is in Rotterdam but HOW CAN HE KNOW THIS? There is not a word about where this company really is on the website.

In a word, it highly possible that the website, the company and its products are just fabrication.