Late last month, we found that Toshiba's
Satellite NB100 netbook was making a beeline to the UK, and while a press shot is well, fine and good, there's just nothing like a little hands-on action to get you salivating. The crew over at
TrustedReviews made it over to Zurich for Tosh's first ever Mobility Conference, and the star of the show wasn't one of
those new
Portégé machines or the
Tecra R10; rather, it was the 2.29-pound NB100. Of note, the unit shown was a pre-production rig that shouldn't change much before it's loosed on the public, and contrary to earlier reports, it will boast three USB sockets to bring it in line with most of its closest competitors. Unfortunately, early impressions were that the keyboard was lacking, and the glare-filled display wasn't exactly smiled upon. Check the read link for additional shots and a few more blurbs.
[Thanks, Patrice]
posted Oct 15th 2008 11:21AM
What are they running on the left one?
looks like ubuntu MID? i think..
It is the Ubuntu netbook remix but with a blue skin rather than the default fudge brown colour.
Wow, how long have those touchpads been in use?
so anyway....about those new macbooks...
You mean about those new bags of hurt?
Looks like a pretty large netbook.
Actually, looks pretty small to me. It's a 8.9" screen, and the bezel isn't as huge as it is on netbooks like the AA1 or HP, so they're at least smaller than the Aspire One.
FUGLY laptops, surely nobody will buy this fisher price, vtec toy FUGLY
Your mom should like it then.
I thought they looked quite nice...
leapfrog!
I'll pass on this one.
What's up with all of the netbook manufacturers screwing up the right shift key? Is there just no use for the right shift key in Asia (where all of these are designed and built)?
They're all contortionists who have no problems bending their fingers in such a way as to hit the right SHIFT key every time.
My first and worse laptop was a Toshiba. No more for me thanks, I'm driving.
I've been really hoping for a new netbook, but, as usual, this is just the same one with Tosh printed there.
Did the greasy trackpads come standard or are those extra?
pre-touched by the oily hands of your preferred Toshiba factory worker
Toshiba laptops are definitely my personal favorite, especially the Satellite series, they rock. The sad thing is, after I bought the black one they came up with the colored versions. Sigh :)