Emtec's gdium EM-PC laptop does not look like the Eee
By Joshua Topolsky 
posted May 21st 2008 10:56AM
posted May 21st 2008 10:56AM
- It does not resemble the ASUS Eee PC at all.
- It does contain an 8.9-inch 1024 x 600 display, flash-based storage (though no word on capacity), a Linux-based OS, and a webcam.
- The company is touting its "GKey," which is a removable dongle that manages the security and authentication for the laptop.
- It will be available in July in Australia for AUD $449, or about US $420.
- It looks nothing like the Eee.
[Thanks, KC]
Does this look like the Eee to anyone?
Now that you mention it ...
It must be a trick of the light
It looks a lot like the Macbook Air (1 USB PORT AND WHITE) :D
@Ayman: You made my day, good person.
Do we need yet ANOTHER Eee post????
Wait, Emtec?
"The gdium EM-PC range also provides users access to gayaplex, an educational portal devised by educationists for school age children."
Well, who the hell else would devise an educational portal EXCEPT an educationist?
"Gayaplex" ????
Does anybody else thing "gayaplex" was a terrible choice for a name? I can see the misconstrusion now...
First time I glanced over it I thought I must have misread it.
Heck, I'm still wondering what an "educationist" is? Do they mean "educator"? Or is it "education advocate"?
I'll have to visit the gayaplex and ask around.
So it DOES look like the Eee?
Not particularly. Most subnotebooks look similar. Contrary to popular belief, the Eee wasn't the first, just the first affordable one.
This is what ASUS needs to come out with, a 9-inch version of the eee, for just a little bit more than the 7 inch, no other spec bumps. Bluetooth, maybe, but no $650 monster.
They only had room for 1 product picture and they chose the side?
for real. It wouldn't be so bad if the article didn't make smart comments about its appearance too.
So this is definatley not not an EEE then?
(clever people will understand the joke in this.)
Ionno. It is white.
you forgot one thing!!
EM-PC --- >420 dollars
EEE PC --->650 dollars
Equal someone???????
msi wind for me!
Awesome, yet another subnotebook!
Looks like they'll use the USB memory as the hard drive. Some sick ploy to sell USB drives? It intrigues me, not $400 intrigue... maybe $200 intrigue.
can you imagine the things you can get for the price of an iphone these days?
sheesh!
Still no word on the G10IL huh? Oh and no word on storage or RAM = No Sale.
Damn, I would have actually considered this one, if it had looked more like the Eee. Oh well.
Strange that it doesn't look like the touchpad has a button on it?
Imagine the father's face....what's that you're on son...
"Gayaplex"
*feint*
Is there any way we can low rank the Author? I mean, baring no processor and storage listed, that thing looks pretty enticing, and it's got a pretty good price point. But the title just invites the comments to begin with...
And what exactly is this Eee of which you speak?
The GDIUM will come in the first place with a 10" screen (not an 8,9", which will come later). The G-Key, a bootable flash based USB key of 8GB (standard), will host the Linux Mandriva OS and the user's data. The computer is based on a MIPS processor from ST Microelectronics. 3 USB ports, 1.1 Kg, 4 hours autonomy. Availible for back to school, i.e. late August. Price is less than 400 Euros.
That's $800 USD.
NEXT!
Of course this piece of crap looks like an Eee. You would be stupid not to notice.
More subnotebooks = more competition.
This one actually looks like it's properly aimed at children, though. Using the USB key storage/authentication model so kids don't have to try remember passwords, WITHOUT having no passwords and making the security functions of Linux null and void.
I can forsee problems with document incompatibility though -- well, unless the new Office 2007 service pack with ODF support comes out before July.
That Gkey sounds something like a TPM chip.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Platform_Module
Wonder if they will provide drivers for the Gkey on other OSs (XP).
As a note - the only eeePC available at retail in Australia is the 4G Surf for $499 AUD, so this new mini-laptop is cheaper than the existing 7 inch eee
Actually they have a website : http://www.gdium.com/
The product seems different, thinner than on this picture. Looks OK to me.
And a 10" screen and 4 hours autonomy are quite appealing
have u checked online? it's designed by a chinese product designer, kind of famouse~so unexpected. And its accesories! but the article is in chinese:
http://www.lineoid.com/viewnews-7933.html
someone pls translate~
agy, to get http://www.lineoid.com/viewnews-7933.html translated into other languages, you could try google "Langugage tools".
Here is the Mandriva website for Gdium-
http://club.mandriva.com/xwiki/bin/view/Main/GDiumInfo
It seems that it has a MIPS processor from ST Microelectronics which is nothing but a Chinese 'Loongson processor'. It is interesting to note that somebody else make processors other than Intel, AMD and VIA.
For me the processor matters little, as long as I can surf from 'Googleplex' to 'Gayaplex'. The only problem with Gdium is ... from processor to keyboard.. "It does not resemble the ASUS Eee PC at all".