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]

[HIYA @ Apr 6th 2008 10:34PM]

Nintendo's gonna file suit for that design... (I seriously thought that was a picture of DS Lites)

[mingistech @ Apr 7th 2008 12:02AM]

Just because you're dumb does not mean they will file suit. ;)

[scott @ Apr 7th 2008 12:29AM]

zing

[gad get @ Apr 7th 2008 5:24AM]

Suits have been filed for dumber reasons though.

[OneLove @ Apr 7th 2008 11:19AM]

You need to accept jisus into your life!

[daschupa @ Apr 7th 2008 11:47AM]

I seriously thought it was a wallet.

[decapitor @ Apr 6th 2008 10:37PM]

the whole reason to up the screen size to 9 inches is to get the resolution up from 800x480. fail.

[Galley @ Apr 6th 2008 10:38PM]

I thought they were toys at first. I mean, like 1.5" across.

[gad get @ Apr 7th 2008 5:24AM]

No kidding. They look like Barbie accessories.

[applefan @ Apr 7th 2008 8:06AM]

That was the most interesting video I've ever watched.

[peshue @ Apr 6th 2008 10:40PM]

I'll wait for the Jebus laptop.

[Keaton @ Apr 7th 2008 2:16AM]

or Jesus laptop...

[w @ Apr 7th 2008 8:44AM]

will it walk on water?

[kevin_ho @ Apr 9th 2008 11:55PM]

Can it turn water into wine for me?

[Ninjakamster @ Apr 6th 2008 10:41PM]

Loongson CPU? Okay, what on Earth is that?

[Stevo @ Apr 6th 2008 10:46PM]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loongson

[JAmerican @ Apr 6th 2008 11:04PM]

Linux Box CPU!

No thanks. I don't hate Linux, I just like Windows better.

Plus 800x480 on a 7" screen is justifiable but not on a 9" screen

[phrozunsun @ Apr 7th 2008 12:27AM]

i wonder what the lead content is like....

[ethana2 @ Apr 7th 2008 1:04AM]

The more fragmented the ISA market, the better. It highlights the importance of writing portable code or sticking to web apps..

[gad get @ Apr 7th 2008 5:24AM]

Lead? Why, cuz it's Chinese AND looks like a cheap toy?

[revk @ Apr 7th 2008 5:42AM]

From the wikipedia article we learn that the Longsoon CPU is also known as Godson ...

[Mario @ Apr 7th 2008 9:08AM]

Ahh, Godson = Jisus

I originally thought "what's with all the faux-Christian imagery", but then I remembered that the West thinks nothing of using Greek/Roman/Norse god-names for stuff. I guess the Chinese see the Abrahamic religions as similar mythologies from which to mine names.

I can't imagine the "Jisus" selling well in Europe, though.

[monkfishbandana @ Apr 7th 2008 11:49AM]

@ Mario

"I can't imagine the "Jisus" selling well in Europe, though."

Say it to yourself. It's clearly aimed at the Australian market.

[Johan S @ Apr 6th 2008 10:44PM]

Dammit, I'm going to have to change my display icon from QVGA sucks to WXGA sucks.

WXGA (800x 480) is OK for cell phones .. NOT for laptops. It's pointless to have laptop with WXGA unless you are only using it for email (NOT web browsing or document creation). Unfortunately not many people are aware .. so these laptops are a ripoff to whoever wastes their money on it.

[dan @ Apr 7th 2008 1:34AM]

http://www.whois.net/whois_new.cgi?d=vanderled.com&tld=com

[Ryan @ Apr 6th 2008 10:50PM]

Pretty sure this is EXACTLY the same thing as the upcoming 9" Eee PC, just rebranded.

[ethana2 @ Apr 7th 2008 1:05AM]

MIPS

[smurf @ Apr 6th 2008 10:50PM]

http://www.linux.com/feature/119890

It's an article on the CPU mentioned above.

[tekdroid @ Apr 6th 2008 10:52PM]

I'll take the green and brown colours for their ability to not blind me in the sun (white), nor cook my computer (black). I dislike flash-based computers in their current forms, so would prefer a HD, tho.

I wonder how that 4h:30min batt life was measured. Loongson CPU. Interesting.

[Mr. Gremlin @ Apr 6th 2008 10:57PM]

ooo... perrty.

I'm gonna have to take the plunge on one of these sub-laptops pretty soon. Wish list: nice design (nice aesthetics, approx 2 lbs), atom processor, XP, 8+" screen, $400.

[Fruition @ Apr 6th 2008 10:56PM]

You said it, man. Nobody fucks with the Jisus.

[Jordan @ Apr 7th 2008 12:42AM]

I can't wait for the Boodha or the Ghundi

[KEROLiUKAS @ Apr 6th 2008 11:04PM]

This thing can't run windows, so i'd rather go with Eeee.

[Yevon @ Apr 6th 2008 11:18PM]

A little happy with the E's are we?

[KEROLiUKAS @ Apr 6th 2008 11:18PM]

Yea, sorry, i saw it but there's no edit button cuz Engadget's comment system is years behind.

[ethana2 @ Apr 7th 2008 1:07AM]

sad 'cause it's true.....

[Armoured @ Apr 6th 2008 11:16PM]

Seems the EeeeeeePC has some competition. Plus these come in lovely colours :)

[Das @ Apr 6th 2008 11:27PM]

For those of you who aren't familiar with Loongson processors, they're chinese made and really low horsepower, do not be fooled by the 1Ghz clock speed. In addition, they're not x86 chips so you won't really be running anything on it that doesn't come with it.

[Elena @ May 11th 2008 6:55AM]

If they come with ubuntu and they have prepared an universe repository, "what they come with" is quite a good number of apps for most needs.

Failing that, there are still a debian port and an unofficial gentoo one, so it can probably run a good percentage of foss apps out there.

[Lim Gyang @ Apr 6th 2008 11:42PM]

Loongson? from China?

[phanbouy @ Apr 7th 2008 2:24AM]

kiss yo momma with that mouth? ;p

[Ubuntu 7.10 WindowsXP @ Apr 6th 2008 11:39PM]

Too off brand for my taste. It is like buying Fruit O's when Fruit Loops are on sale....why not get the quality?

[uhh @ Apr 6th 2008 11:47PM]

Looks thick enough to stop a barrage of bullets...

[chris @ Apr 6th 2008 11:54PM]

500 bucks for that? No thanks. You can a semi decent dell/equivalent for that.

[Shawn K @ Apr 6th 2008 11:56PM]

I looked up Loongson and their progress is amazing, but since they don't use x86 architechture, it seems alot of compilers (werent when the articles I read were written) don't utilize the full potential.

I'd really like to see benches under linux with different apps and dif. optimizations, I wanna know more about these things.

[Cindy @ Apr 6th 2008 11:59PM]

so basically an EeePC reboxed and relabeled a "miracle" uh?

[Joe @ Apr 7th 2008 12:06AM]

I think you mean Van De Lay Industries. I thought they were in latex...

[decapitor @ Apr 7th 2008 12:31AM]

they even have art on the cover

[Maze @ Apr 7th 2008 12:09AM]

Whichever products that make end-users happier.

[Valgas @ Apr 7th 2008 12:14AM]

Loongson CPU = there's lead in that paint.