Point of View debuts ExpressCard-accommodating Mobii PC netbook

It's apparently been taking a wait and see approach until now, but Netherlands-based manufacturer Point of View has finally jumped into the netbook waters and, as you can see, it's blended right in. That sameness, as you might have guessed, extends right down to the specs as well, including a 10.2-inch display, a 1.6GHz Atom processor, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, Windows XP or LInpus Linux for an OS and, somewhat more uniquely, an ExpressCard slot, which will hopefully become an increasingly standard option in the year ahead. No word on a release 'round here, expectedly, but folks in Europe can apparently pick one up now for a reasonable €280, or just under $400.

[Via Fudzilla]

[Jonny @ Dec 30th 2008 2:36PM]

The Lenovo S10 has an ExpressCard.

[Thinkpadx60 @ Dec 30th 2008 3:53PM]

If Only Lenovo would have put in a Trac Point instead of that Stupid Pad, I Think Trac-Point would be a natural for Net Books..

[Mishima @ Dec 30th 2008 2:37PM]

Not a looker.

[zfurie @ Dec 30th 2008 2:41PM]

On first glance, I thought... Huh! A netbook with NVIDIA graphics hardware!?!

[Mishima @ Dec 30th 2008 2:43PM]

Me too, maybe like the Asus N10!

[xXJackXx @ Dec 30th 2008 4:54PM]

This is what I also thought and had to look at the logo again after reading the article.

[Phour ZwanZig @ Dec 30th 2008 10:16PM]

Yeah thats not quite the first thing that came to my mind..

I actually could see a Lawsuit unless Nvidia is in on that Logo.. Too Too close to Nvidias..

[Burke Hamblin @ Dec 30th 2008 2:54PM]

Caused a little Pismo reminscience in me...

[ethana2 @ Dec 30th 2008 2:57PM]

"Windows XP or LInpus Linux "
Say, uh, how about, you know.. a decent OS? Please? Seriously.

[ProfessorDex @ Dec 30th 2008 3:22PM]

Like what.....Vista? Try again.

[Oli D @ Dec 30th 2008 3:29PM]

Ubuntu Netbook Remix...

Sounds cooler than it is, but would still be better than Linpus (p.s. small i)

[ethana2 @ Dec 30th 2008 4:55PM]

ProfessorDex, have you had your coffee yet?

Oli D: I use components of Ubuntu netbook edition on my Inspiron 1420n:
http://i33.tinypic.com/24lsy38.jpg

[warxsnake @ Dec 30th 2008 3:31PM]

so is nvidia gonna sue for that logo?

[Phour ZwanZig @ Dec 30th 2008 10:17PM]

Id almost put money on it..

[James Dumoulin @ Dec 31st 2008 8:10AM]

Its a mixture of nvidia's logo and openSUSE....HOW CAN THEY EVEN SUE?.... >_>

[Alby @ Dec 30th 2008 4:46PM]

Fedora 10 is OK.

Stable and full working on Acer ONE 150L.

[ethana2 @ Dec 30th 2008 5:03PM]

If it came with Fedora 10, I'd probably leave it on, at least for a while. At least it's a decent OS, Linpus looks like some kind of Fisher-Price thing, and XP, well, I can't fathom using an OS without a package manager at this point, I consider it a hard requisite for just about every aspect of security and usability.