Hello Kitty C1 netbook packs a lotta 'tude into a small package

There's been a serious dearth of Hello Kitty-branded products these days, but the dry-spell is thankfully at an end, with the arrival of the Hello Kitty C1. The crazy cat's apparently first-ever netbook is (as you can see in the photo) quite a looker, and it's packing a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU with 1GB DDR2 SDRAM, a 945 GSE Express chipset and a 120GB hard drive. The 10.1-inch netbook's also got two USB ports, a 1.3 megapixel webcam and WiFi. It's going to cost you 890 smackers to make this yours, but the sassiness alone kind of makes it worth it, doesn't it?

[Via CNET]

[Skyride @ Nov 22nd 2008 8:45AM]

Oh no! I better set this link on my routers block list so my sister dosen't see it (she wants a notebook but im trying to convince her to get a proper laptop as its for use as her full time PC, even though she currently has a 2GB RAM, C2D PC she can play TF2 and such on).

[Mmaster23 @ Nov 22nd 2008 9:23AM]

Your sister plays tf2? No way!

[Metkis @ Nov 22nd 2008 7:25PM]

@Mmaster23:

...And would browse Engadget?

*takes out closed white envelope*
Says, "Koolaid."
*opens the letter*

...and the letter says, "The beverage iEye could slip a roofster and manage score tonight."

Zing!

[PIMP @ Nov 22nd 2008 8:46AM]

Oh..M..massive G

Who buys this sh*t?

[TubeTop100.com @ Nov 22nd 2008 8:48AM]

ItZ So0w CUtEeeEE (*^_^*) (*^_^*) (*^_^*)

[techinkdev @ Nov 22nd 2008 8:50AM]

:/

[Robert Pierce @ Nov 22nd 2008 8:47PM]

You forgot to add a bunch of tildes~~~

[CJ @ Nov 22nd 2008 9:14AM]

Well, I could certainly be WORSE... mmmmph- nope, I can't keep a straight face. Although it's pretty cute regardless.

And let's face it, this is what Netbooks should be: Twee, emblazoned with well-known characters, and apparently aimed at the 8-to-12 year old girls demographic.

[KRIS_C_123 @ Nov 22nd 2008 11:26AM]

or emo guys, you cant forget about those

[Abuzar Baloach @ Nov 22nd 2008 2:02PM]

Ehh, they could make blodified versions for emo guys.

[Valicore @ Nov 22nd 2008 2:15PM]

All they need to do for the Emos is put "My life is sorrow" on the front and include black eyeliner.

[Twitchy @ Nov 23rd 2008 12:31AM]

I'm waiting for the Anpanman version.

[AmIWrong @ Nov 23rd 2008 3:43AM]

but i thought apple already made notebooks for young girls and emo guys...

[G @ Nov 22nd 2008 9:43AM]

What the hell is "Hello Kitty" supposed to be anyway? Was it ever an actual cartoon or something like that or is it just a product of some salesman's imagination who thought inventing Hello Kitty would help him sell his **** to girls?

[Mike @ Nov 22nd 2008 9:56AM]

Cartoons, video games, and products. Its been around since the mid 70's making money in japan and in the US.

[Tohe @ Nov 22nd 2008 10:09AM]

don't forget she lives in London with her parents and twin sister who loves to bake cookies.

[noyp @ Nov 22nd 2008 10:52AM]

How do you know that? You're one of them!

[KRIS_C_123 @ Nov 22nd 2008 11:25AM]

im going to make up my on company called "hi there cat"

[egotman @ Nov 22nd 2008 9:45AM]

Whoah! Thats a whole lot of pussy...cat in one package

[LonnieDvD @ Nov 22nd 2008 9:54AM]

Oh man, my friend's daughter would go crazy over this.

[Homer @ Nov 22nd 2008 10:10AM]

I rather buy a cat and lower price netbook altogether instead of this "cute" little thing.

[KRIS_C_123 @ Nov 22nd 2008 11:23AM]

ha funny

[Chin-Poh @ Nov 22nd 2008 10:44AM]

No more netbooks.......no more netbooks........no more netbooks........no more netbooks........no more netbooks..............

[Mobius_1 @ Nov 22nd 2008 10:58AM]

Yawn, another netbo... zzz... zzz...

[Steven @ Nov 22nd 2008 11:41AM]

Super kawaii! Desu desu!

Ugh... kill me now.

[Eee @ Nov 22nd 2008 11:49AM]

excellent that's one present sorted on my Xmas shopping list

[Brent Ashley @ Nov 22nd 2008 1:50PM]

It's an old idea just now starting to become commercially available.

I modded a pink Eee for my daughter back in January (http://www.ashleyit.com/blogs/brentashley/eee-kitty.jpg) and blogged about it here:

http://www.ashleyit.com/blogs/brentashley/2008/01/09/my-home-workspace/

[Valicore @ Nov 22nd 2008 2:18PM]

Normally I'd down rank you for spam, but that is actually a pretty good Hello Kitty mod, and this is a Hello Kitty netbook article, so you get a thumbs up.

[sam @ Nov 22nd 2008 6:05PM]

Good job.

I think this one is nicer, though: I like the subtle colouring with just the bow to make it obvious... pretty tasteful.

Luckily, it has an HD (ugh) and Windows XP so I am protected from temptation :) I've been kind of thinking about a netbook... hoping the ARM ones actually will come out next year with better battery life etc... and Hello Kitty branding. :)

[Shawn @ Nov 22nd 2008 8:08PM]

A girlfriend once worked
At that Hello Kitty store
Too much fucking cat

[elle @ Nov 22nd 2008 9:58PM]

Netbooks with the same specs are selling for $500. That makes the Hello Kitty markup $390.

HOW YOU LIKE THEM, APPLE?

[spam_free @ Nov 23rd 2008 9:46PM]

The only thing this proves is: pussy cat > Apple tax

[ace587 @ Nov 22nd 2008 10:37PM]

this hello kitty stuff has gone too far