Gigabyte's M1028 netbook / tablet hits the FCC
By Donald Melanson 
posted Mar 10th 2009 8:42PM
posted Mar 10th 2009 8:42PM
It's not an official confirmation, but it looks like the chances of at least some of Gigabyte's new netbooks showing up 'round these parts just got a bit better, as the M1028 has now hit the FCC and been put through its necessary paces. Now sporting the "CafeBook" moniker, the netbook appears to be mostly identical to the T1028 Touch Note model that made its debut at CeBIT which, as you can glimpse above, takes things a bit farther than the norm by opting for a convertible tablet form. Somewhat curiously, however, the manual now indicates that the system packs an 8.9-inch touchscreen (as opposed to the 10-inch we heard before), but all the other specs remain the same, including Intel's new and slightly improved N280 Atom processor, up to 2GB of RAM, a max 250GB hard drive, your choice of a four-cell or six-cell batteries, and optional 3G and WiMAX, to name a few features. Hit up the link below for the complete breakdown, including a peek at the system's innards.
[Via Liliputing]
[Via Liliputing]
Apple could learn a thing or 3 from the specs of this gem.
I can't imagine how hard apple would be shit on if they released that.
(not a fanboy... just sayin)
Too bad it has an idiotic glossy screen.
Oh, Apple already "learned" to adopt that from shoddy second-tier vendors.
very fugly tbh.... another me too spec...Zzzzzzz
is that you jubei?
make it have a way to have a CF reader and 5hr battery life.
I would buy it in a second.
Unfortunately, passive digitizer and resistive touch, I assume?
On the Engadget website (I forgot which article) it says that this netbook is supposed to have the new GN40 Intel graphics processor however the gigabyte website says that it only has the older 945GM graphics processor, so which is it? If its the GN40 I'm definitely getting this netbook, otherwise I'll wait.
I'm pretty sure this is, in fact, a 10" screen, not an 8.9". From the measurements on p.9 of this PDF -- https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/oet/forms/blobs/retrieve.cgi?attachment_id=1077931&native_or_pdf=pdf -- you can guesstimate that it is roughly 10" diagonal.
Design of this model is quite ugly... probably functional though. Any idea what price will be?
Make an Ubuntu version, and make sure the resolution is bearable. I'd be sold. :)
Gigabyte's M1028 netbook really hits the FCC and if you need some database or records you could come to http://www.vcao.net for looking.
If its the GN40 I'm definitely getting this netbook, otherwise I'll wait. http://www.ipodconverter.com