http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/ Engadget Comments for Intel's convertible Classmate PC barely makes it to FCC class 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/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/Nov 22nd 2008 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/Nov 22nd 2008 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/http://www.vtechkids.com/product.cfm?productID=629]]>Nov 22nd 2008 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/Nov 22nd 2008 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/Nov 22nd 2008 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/Nov 22nd 2008 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/Nov 22nd 2008 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/
you exemplify the reason why mac users are labelled "more discerning"

friggin' Leapfrog children's educational toys look better than this steaming pile of dung.]]>Nov 22nd 2008 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/Nov 22nd 2008 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/Nov 22nd 2008 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/
they should price reasonably and get into the 10-20 hour batery life range (no kidding the pandora that is using the cutting edge 3530 SoC from TI is running 8+ hours at full blast with everything turned on and the CPU at 100%)

so... since a 600mhz cortex can run for 10 or so hours no problem and it is the size of an NDS one could assume that a netbook with a even larger batter could keep on trucking for around 20 or so hours

so yes Intel's x86 cpu is chock full of archaic reverse compatibility ... and it really weighs it down.. ARM totally lacks the baggage and will soon have an official Ubuntu port (already has an unofficial one)]]>Nov 22nd 2008 8:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/
And for the haters: It's amazing how this "classroom" design is completely owned by Apple hardware from TEN YEARS AGO. Check out the eMate300 and the original iBook and you will know what I mean.]]>Nov 22nd 2008 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/]]>Nov 22nd 2008 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/Nov 22nd 2008 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/
"They took our jooobs!"


...back to the pile!]]>Nov 22nd 2008 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/
That's so ugly I burst out laughing when I saw it... the kind of laugh when something is so surprising and unpleasant that you laugh even though you're not supposed to.

I went back and looked again and laughed even harder. It's hilarious. I fully expect that photo to appear on silly-photo and time-waster sites across the web.]]>Nov 22nd 2008 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/Nov 22nd 2008 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/Nov 22nd 2008 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/
I care much more about functionality than looks.]]>Nov 22nd 2008 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/22/intels-convertible-classmate-pc-barely-makes-it-to-fcc-class/]]>Nov 22nd 2008 7:15PM