GB intros budget-priced, Atom-based X1200 thin-and-light
By Donald Melanson 
posted July 7th 2009 6:11PM
posted July 7th 2009 6:11PM
This one doesn't look to be heading into the hands of consumers just yet, but China's GB is now apparently shopping its new X1200 thin-and-light around on the OEM market in the hope that some company will pick it up and do their rebadging thing with it -- and from the looks of it, they likely won't have much trouble finding some takers. Like some other hard to peg down laptops, this one packs the still somewhat rare combo of a 12-inch screen and an Atom processor, along with some otherwise standard specs including 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, a built-in webcam, and a pair of USB ports. No word on a potential price just yet, but it'll no doubt be a fair bit more than the 2,200 yuan (or $322) that GB itself is currently asking for it -- in large quantities, presumably.
[Via SlashGear]
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come on, engadget. There's no need to post about every little generic netbook, is there?
MSRP will either be too high or OEM will have a tiny margin.
I'm waiting for more Tegra netbook posts :)
STOP MAKING 12-INCH NETBOOKS PLEASE
I feel better now
Why?
Has the manufacturing of 12 inch "netbooks" personally caused you harm? Are you really that upset over this? Seems to me the logical choice would be not to buy one, instead of yelling at the manufacturers
Because they're big enough for much better components to be used. (I know they'd be more expensive but oh well)
12-inches also just doesn't seem portable enough for a netbook
Oh and don't be silly of course they haven't caused me harm, there's no need to go crazy over my view. It's nice to know you care though.
+1 Simon
I also prefer netbooks 10" or smaller.
that's what she said
Aaw, no chiclet. :(
You forgot to mention that it's a MacBook Air clone. Same body, touchpad and hinge design - it even has the little sliding panel thingy that conceals the ports.
And before anyone labels me an Apple fanboy, let me reiterate: this IS a MacBook Air clone. Look at the pictures in the link, many aspects of this netbook's design have been directly copied from the Air. There's no way any company could sell these in the US without getting sued.
Well that explains why it looks quite nice then
I wouldnt mind one of these. If i could, i would order some and either sell them or give them as gifts. The screen size would be better for me anyways.
what's with the BIG edge? they put that on 7" for sure, 8.9 I can understand, 10" is not that great and even with 12"?
Dont you guys think that the moniker of "thin and light" should be limited to non-atom laptops aka not netbooks? they are supposed to represent a larger, higher-end segment than traditional netbooks.
Does it only have one mouse button??
For $322 - $375 I'd pick one up, install Ubuntu and be good to go.
I just can't put my finger on where they got the styling cues.
I know they have the Great Wall and use it as a brand, so if it sounds similar, maybe GB stands for Great Balls?
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