http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/vias-openbook-gets-fittingly-ripped-open/ Engadget Comments for VIA's OpenBook gets fittingly ripped open 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/2008/06/19/vias-openbook-gets-fittingly-ripped-open/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/vias-openbook-gets-fittingly-ripped-open/1-how much RAM(what type to?)
2-how much memory(flash/SSD/HDD)
3-core speed
4-graphic memory (dedicated/shared)
5-price
6-OS
7-ports and connectors
8-size
all of which this Tim guy did not talk about:-(]]>Jun 19th 2008 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/vias-openbook-gets-fittingly-ripped-open/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/vias-openbook-gets-fittingly-ripped-open/Jun 19th 2008 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/vias-openbook-gets-fittingly-ripped-open/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/vias-openbook-gets-fittingly-ripped-open/http://www.viaopenbook.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1&Itemid=2]]>Jun 19th 2008 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/vias-openbook-gets-fittingly-ripped-open/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/vias-openbook-gets-fittingly-ripped-open/Jun 19th 2008 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/vias-openbook-gets-fittingly-ripped-open/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/vias-openbook-gets-fittingly-ripped-open/Jun 19th 2008 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/vias-openbook-gets-fittingly-ripped-open/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/vias-openbook-gets-fittingly-ripped-open/
RAM: DDR2 (most likely 400MHz) and up to 2GB (so it can be assumed only 1 SODIMM slot, like most other netbooks).

Storage: VIA used an 80GB HDD, but as this is only a reference design that is up to the OEM to decide between HDDs and SSDs.

Processor: 1.6GHz VIA C7-M in the reference, but the VIA Nano is meant to be a drop in replacement for the C7, so that can change. No Intel Atom or AMD Bobcat (obviously).

Graphics: VIA VX800 with Chrome 9 HC3 intergrated graphics, and up to 256MB shared memory. None of the netbooks have dedicated graphics.

Price: depends on the OEM, remember this is a reference design, not a shipping product.

OS: depends again on the OEM

Ports: Like most other netbooks it has USB2.0, card reader, audio and VGA. Why can't they at least swap the VGA for DVI??

Size: About the same as the Eee 900/901.]]>Jun 19th 2008 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/vias-openbook-gets-fittingly-ripped-open/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/vias-openbook-gets-fittingly-ripped-open/
Of course, arguably the main bottleneck now is specs for nvidia gpu's, but every thing helps...]]>Jun 23rd 2008 10:31AM