Gigabyte gets official with 8.9-inch M912V swivel screen netbook
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Engadget, the site you linked to saying the price is $700 and its coming this month.
BTW I thought that Windows XP Home for netbooks could not have a touchscreen?
They can now. MS just changed the rules.
Those crazy Microsofties! Breaking The Rulez!
windows xp tablet pc edition.
Price?
Oops sorry for this one, I didn't see the $699 price tag on pc launch.
Innovation? nope, it's just a cheaper version of Fujitsu P1620.
the eeepc wasn't innovation either but it sold like freash bake hot cakes
freash, i dont know if that would sell very well
I was thinking the same thing, especially when I read this:
"think Tablet PC, but miniature."
The Fujitsu P series has been around for, what 4 years now?? But the $699 price is nice compared to the $1799 for the P1620.
I'd think that the much cheaper price is an innovation... at least I can afford this. =D
$700 thats more than an eee
EEE don't come with a swivel screen and touchscreen. It also doesn't come with an express card slot.
Don't forget the crappy Eee screen too. I know because I have one.
Choose the correct answer:
A. $700 > $399
B. $700 < $399
C. $700 = $399
D. Fuzo is an idiot
Correct answer is: D. Fuzo is an idiot
Actually, both B and D are correct.
Shit, I take it back. I meant A and D.
Hahaha....Vista on this???
Vista would run quite nicely on an Atom. Even the humble EEEPC can run Vista no sweat. I would keep an eye on the services and probably vlite it, but for anyone who knows what they're doing, there isn't any reason to use XP for things like this.
Vista and tablet user for 3 years... I wouldn't use anything else. By the way, my tablet with 1.1 ghz originally came with XP and it runs Vista nicely. But I'm sure you don't like hearing anything that promotes Vista.
"...for anyone who knows what they're doing, there isn't any reason to use XP for things like this."
Exactly...I still put Win2K on my mini notes and tablets...
What exactly are the reasons FOR using Vista on devices like these ? And that's not a flame bait or even pointless Vista bashing...I just don't see what you get back for the increased resource overhead.
My Athlon XP system ran Vista pretty competently too (once I bumped the RAM to 1GB), but it didn't make the system all that much more usable than when it had 2K/XP on it. So I ask in all seriousness, what's the gain ? I mean at the very least XP takes a heck of a lot less space to install...
@Oddmanout
There are a lot of reasons why I will never use xp on a desktop anymore, but for a sub-tablet, it doesn't really matter much. There are improvements in my opinion, but granted they are slight. For the most part:
1) Overall improved code security, and I'm not referring to UAC
2) Far Better UI imho (beyond merely Aero). After using Vista for over a year now I can hardly stand XP. It's like looking at OS9 for me now.
3) Updated control panel options and services, particularly for touchscreens and tablets
4) Not really relevant here, but native AHCI support is something else I appreciate, especially now that laptops are beginning to come with an ESATA port.
And if you use vlite, it won't even take that much more space.
In this case I would probably use XP if I was buying an OEM license, since after-all, it would be about $80 cheaper. But since I already own vista, I'd just vlite it and throw it on there and get all the benefits I mentioned for no extra cost or performance loss. Win-win for me.
For those times when I need a super slim os, I consider XP bloated, and just haul out some form of Linux to suit whatever my current needs are.
Using XP with my tablet was good, but having Vista was even better. Character recognition is way better. My writing sometimes gets sloppy, but Vista still knows what the hell I'm trying to write. It constantly learning how I write. Tablet function in handling folders is better with check mark for each folder. My tablet can be converted to slate, so I just have a pen for input (no shift or control key access) but I can still choose multiple selected items. And Vista does many other things such as logging in, writing access code, Web function, etc. I had an itouch, while it is a great gadget, a lot of its function, my tablet already had. And there are many more function my tablet has that does better than an itouch...I wouldn't surprise if Apple adds it to itouch.
Character recognition and overall tablet functionality is way better in Vista than XP.
attually that worth $700 with that screen res, and hard drive
Agreed. That processor isn't going to crunch any major numbers, but this little machine definitely has enough juice to pique my curiosity.
Dunno if it's worth buying though.
Same old same old. When are companies really coming out with some new innovation instead of improving the specs.
That goes for anyone out there in the notebook market not just Gigabyte. I want some true innovations not a 1% faster processor or all those functions that just dont wow me anymore.
What do you define as innovation though?
Do you want a larger screen at the same res? HP tx2500z is for you
How about a multi-touch display? wouldn't fit into the price scheme
2.8 Quad core intel proc? wouldn't fit into the price scheme
8600GT? Might fit into price scheme, would not fit in chasis
No matter how you cut it, quality/innovation costs, either in space, or price.
I'm waiting for Terabyte to get official with their netbook. They seem like they'd be more ahead of the pack then a company named Gigabyte.
Gigabyte has been around for a while selling motherboards and videocards among other things.
Looks great cost is to high unless thats a touch screen
Does anyone read articles around here?
No, we just scroll down to the comments section.
Nowhere in the article does it say that it has a touchscreen...
Against the other favorite 1.6Ghz Atom netbooks right now, the MSI Wind and EeePC 1000H,
Gigabyte M921V Advantages:
Convertible Tablet
ExpressCard Slot
Larger hard drive capacities
Disadvantages:
Higher price
Smaller screen (debatable)
Also, with the smaller size I'm worried that the keyboard is as bad as the eeePC 701 keyboard. The keyboard will be the deciding factor for me.
The screen has a nice resolution though. More than makes up for the lack of screen area.
I think this will be replacing my EEE.
looks good to me, give me a good uk price and i'll be there
XGA screen height? Sold.
1280x768 is not XGA, it's WXGA (15:9).
Where have I seen the image on the laptop's display before? I assume that's gettyimages clipart.
WOW ENGADGET! NO ONE WANTS OR CARES ABOUT ALL OF THESE 8 INCH NOTEBOOKS THAT CANT EVEN RUN SOLITARE LET ALONE CRYSIS. HONESTLY, WHO CAN BE PRODUCTIVE WITH A TINY LITTLE MONITOR THAT IS STILL BEHIND VISTA AND COMES WITH AN OS NOT EVEN SOLD BY MICROSOFT TO THE REST OF THE MARKET. YES I AM TYPING IN CAPS AND IT SHOULD ONLY BOTHER YOU IF YOUR THE OCD TYPE THAT IS PARANOID THAT THE COMPUTER IS YELLING AT YOU.
I use one of these 8 inch notebooks, and they seem to serve their purpose quite well. I am also looking for a better replacement to mine, so to me these articles are helpful. If you don't want to, don't read them.
I am interested. I would like a smaller, cheaper tablet PC. I currently have an EEE(One of the first ones) and it is good, but not perfect. The size of the screen is not the problem, it is the resolution that counts.
I don't want any form of windows software anywhere near my computers, Linux is just so much better, and speedier to boot on these little machines. It can be easily tweaked to fit on the small screen.
"NO ONE CARES"
I see an awful lot of comments here, looks like many people care, just not you.
If CHASE = DOESN'T CARE
then
CHASE = NO ONE
Clearly you are a nobody
You're an idiot.. Because a system doesn't play the latest and greatest* games doesn't make it a BAD computer. If I want to play a game, I'll play it on my PS3. I know people with desktop replacement laptops, and believe me, I don't want to be lugging around a 20lb notebook^ accompanied by a 200watt powersupply the size of a massive textbook.
So, before you speak, think of what others prefer.. Just because you don't leave your house and embed yourself into games all day, doesn't mean the rest of the world is like that.
k thx bai!
* = debatable. Highest graphics doesn't mean best gameplay. You Crysis lovers guys forget this.
^ = Can you even call this size a notebook anymore?
So far out of all the netbooks, this is most intriguing to me. Too bad they couldn't manage to stuff an active digitizer in there though, for $700. A smaller hard drive would be fine for me too, in something like this. If you are planning on using it as a Tablet though, Vista is definitely a very smart idea (Vista's Handwriting recognition is amazing).
When will they start offering GPS on those mini PCs ?
Some of them already have it, but even if they don't, how hard is it really to mod into it. Just find where the USB ports are connected to and solder it in.