We're not quite sure we understand the process behind making a Very Personal Computer, but clearly, Fidelity Electronics has it nailed down solid. In what's apt to be the silliest, albeit most awesome
netbook model name in the history of netbook model names, said company has just introduced its very own VPC. This incredibly intimate piece of machinery uses all 1.5 pounds of shell, every single megahertz and every last WiFi wave in order to completely invade your privacy, and we're even told that the 800 x 480 resolution display can wink and cast glances as it attempts to woo you. The VPC sports a 7-inch panel, 2GB of internal storage, a 3-hour battery, "100MHz internet browser" (stop laughing, we're being serious here), an Ethernet jack, SD card slot and a cherry gumdrop for a CPU. We're expecting this one to hit stores next month for $199.99, but don't be shocked if it just shows up in your bed, bathroom or favorite breakfast cereal.
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posted February 28th 2009 1:09PM
LOL what does 100Mhz Internet Browser even mean?
It means that all your "internet activities" are belong to us!
It means it runs Netscape Navigator 4 and cuts the processor speed back to 100mhz so that you can browse the internet for up to 30 mins before its very personal battery dies.
This is pointless. Just get a Dell Mini 9 for $199.
+1
Would make some sense for $49 though.
This looks amazingly similar to the 486SX33 Compaq mini-laptop I had 15 years ago... amazing how technology has(n't) progressed.
http://www.oddmix.com/comp/px/chd_cpq_aero433c.jpg
Except I bet it cost a lot more than $199 15 years ago, and was still much less powerful than this netbook.
But can it run OSX?
I don't think OSX is compatible with cherry gumdrops yet
OS X is only compatible with Apples, not cherry gumdrops. Sorry =\
What about apple gumdrops?
Surely those hackintosh masters could make SOMETHING of that?!
This is probably better than that first gen horrid Sylvania netbook that had a postage-stamp sized mousepad. But still, it's not as good as the other netbooks on the mainline(asus, dell, acer, etc)
Very personal? Does that mean it'll get all up in my grill?
Seriously, is this is the best they can do. An old thinkpad from 5 years ago could kill this thing. A netbook is supposed to be practical but not useless. Battery life will suck, processor is shit. This thing should be sold at CVS or Rite Aid...maybe this was the Coby hoax netbook?
Exactly what I was thinking. It'll be hanging from a hook in one of those fleshwound-inducing blister packs, going on sale every other week at half price.
I'd buy one for my daughter. She's 2.
Can it run Flash 9!?
For $199 youre paying about $2 a megahert..........
I need to short sell this stock
So this has less computing power than my ipod
less storage than my HTC
and less sex appeal than my socks
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idk bout you but that usb port sounds mighty temptin /sarcasm
The very personal part comes in when you're required to use pubic hair DNA in order to log on.
Wait, is this really going to be 100MHz? Wow, that IS pointless. With a processor speed like that, it belongs on the bottom of a box of breakfast cereal!
Yeah really, even my t-mobile dash has more processing power.
Maybe put the price down to 19.99
old. it's been made on sale in china for half a year, AND sold in three colours, including red.
same price, 600MHz CPU. google "red flag" for more details
very lawl.
It looks like something straight from the '80s, that's why I like it.
Nice laptop, but who would use it with so small amount of memory? I would rather pay more, but buy Aspire One.
im scared....
This is an exact copy of the first EEE PC released around Nov 2007. It even looks the same. $200 was it's recent e-bay price, so there!