Mouse Computer's new netbook sports DVD-Rom, little else of note

We saw Mouse Computer switch gears with their gaming notebook the other day, and the company is back already with the LB-F1500W. Their first netbook with an optical DVD drive, this little terror "boasts" a 10.2-inch display, 1.6GHz Atom processor, 1GB memory, 160GB hard disk storage, and Windows XP Home. These are pretty run-of-the-mill specs, and for ¥64,800 (roughly $725) not really all that awesome. Available in two colors -- gothic-industrial black and a white as pure as the new fallen snow -- the thing should hit the streets on or around the last week of January.

[Via Portable Monkey]

[conspec @ Jan 13th 2009 11:51AM]

(roughly $725)


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[Tarnation @ Jan 13th 2009 12:07PM]

I have seen full on laptops for cheaper than this. At least double the RAM a real processor as opposed to an Atom DVD Supermulti and 6 cell batteries. They are also not tied to XP Home I have seen them with XP Pro - Vista Premium or Business. This is a fail.

[Chin-Poh @ Jan 13th 2009 11:53AM]

I dunno, it looks a LOT like a rebadged Averatec 1020/1050 series back from 2005.

ttp://www.umpcportal.com/journal/images/Averatec1050discountedGermany_10354/averatec1050420w2.jpg

[Chin-Poh @ Jan 13th 2009 11:57AM]

Whoops sorry.

http://www.umpcportal.com/journal/images/Averatec1050discountedGermany_10354/averatec1050420w2.jpg

[DannyBoyUK @ Jan 13th 2009 11:58AM]

No kidding. Like really, apart from the webcam's border and the tiny bit at the back, they look EXACTLY the same.

[Alexandre Emond @ Jan 13th 2009 11:54AM]

Buyers must be in real need of a DVD to buy this.

[Kanye @ Jan 13th 2009 12:08PM]

price is too much the sony vaio p is much better!

[Jash Sayani @ Jan 13th 2009 12:10PM]

725 bucks for this!! Its an average config. that all netbooks on earth have!!! And are HALF THE PRICE.
This has a DVD drive. So WHAT !!!

[Verythrax @ Jan 13th 2009 12:23PM]

Considering that the Vaio P IS the same of the others, and don't have a dvd drive, it's not that absurd.

Of course, there's the design aspect, but I already got so annoyed by the "Apple thing" that I just don't but things by design anymore - unless it offers the same functionality and price, what almost never happen anymore.

And before the flames, I know Vaio is Sony's, it's just a comparison.

[Jash Sayani @ Jan 13th 2009 1:46PM]

Well, yeah, you are right about the VAIO P. I don't like Sony much, they charge a very steep price for their "VAIO" logo on the computers....

But, if you look at the making cost with the margin, then this one would be very cheap. Just add the cost of a DVD drive to the Acer aspire one cost and add a bit more because the casing is bigger due to the drive....

[Zoesch @ Jan 13th 2009 7:34PM]

No they charge more because they do pay for their designers and their R&D people.

It's awesome how people feel so proud of helping the race to the bottom of the barrel these days yet bitch that they can't get a pay rise or that there's no oportunities for them in the workforce.

[Jon Acheson @ Jan 13th 2009 12:12PM]

Shouldn't it be called a small laptop instead of a netbook?

That said, this would have been interesting to me back when I was looking for a laptop.

[Verythrax @ Jan 13th 2009 12:20PM]

Gothic-industrial black? I like it, wait a minute that I'm just finishing to fill these patent forms.

[Jack Larkin @ Jan 13th 2009 12:40PM]

Yeah. . . this is IDENTICAL to my old Averatec. The plastic got brittle and the hinges snapped off in less than 10 months. Nice size and form-factor, but TERRIBLE computer.

[baipai @ Jan 13th 2009 3:14PM]

$725? Come on now, with that kind of money I can get a full brown notebook. Ya know.

[joeybeast @ Jan 13th 2009 4:24PM]

Any netbook more than 400 bucks is missing the point.

[Portablemonkey @ Jan 13th 2009 6:08PM]

$725 is just above average price for a 10 inch netbook in Japan btw.