Suzuki Neutron 701 MNI ultranetbook mounts a 7-inch touchscreen

Suzuki, huh? No, not that Suzuki. Singapore-based Suzuki Technology Private Limited calls itself a "value for money" brand, and has stuffed quite a bit of "value" into the Neutron 701 MNI. With basic netbook parts under the hood, and a rather exceptional complement of ports (ExpressCard and S/PDIF in a netbook? Yes, please!), the 701 really sets itself apart with its swivel tablet display. Sure, 7-inches isn't a lot of room to work with when you're touching Windows, but it's a nice "twist" at least. No word on price or availability.

[Via GadgetMix]

[TheSmartOne Posted Aug 16th 2009 11:19PM]

touch a 7-inch? WOW!

[Slutty McNugget Posted Aug 16th 2009 11:20PM]

You'd like that wouldn't you?

[frz1 Posted Aug 16th 2009 11:27PM]

lol

[newreformation Posted Aug 17th 2009 12:22AM]

"....mounts a 7-inch..."

O_O

[tehslax Posted Aug 16th 2009 11:21PM]

Another post that adds to the serious discussion here at engadget

[Gav Posted Aug 16th 2009 11:51PM]

Not another pic of the MacBook Micro...

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 16th 2009 11:52PM]

Good to see more variety in the netbook range, not sure why you'd run windows on that thing and not something like ubuntu netbook remix though.. =)

[greatcaffeine Posted Aug 16th 2009 11:52PM]

This looks okay... I'm really just glad that it's not another 11-12" laptop masquerading as a netbook.

[newreformation Posted Aug 17th 2009 12:00AM]

'cause that would suck how?

[greatcaffeine Posted Aug 17th 2009 12:02AM]

Netbooks are supposed to be small - that's kind of the point. Once you get up around 12 inches, it just seems more like an underpowered and overpriced laptop than it does an actual netbook.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 17th 2009 12:21AM]

For 300$ at my local best buy , I think some 11 inchers come off nice....

http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529668268.php

I'd love to see an updated version of this. The keyboard was PERFECT too....

[Benson Posted Aug 17th 2009 1:51AM]

12", while it may be small compared to the desktop-replacement trend, is really the biggest laptop I've any use for. When you think of laptops for mobile computing, and desktops (be they tower-and-monitor, or 10-pound "laptop") for desk-work, or as backends for serious work from the portables, 12-15" looks like a "normal" size to me.

The point of netbooks to many, including me, is that they permitted a transition from ogling expensive Japanese machines (most of which were never released stateside, adding to the problem), while toting a brickish 15" laptop, to owning one or even several highly-portable machines. The cost? A rather more marked performance hit vs. the highend T&Ls, but still plenty of horsepower for what I do.

A 12" machine for $500+? Great, but make it a fully-capable laptop, or better yet a convertible tablet ala HP's TX2500 and successor (can't remember the name), and I'll make it my serious-business laptop. Just _don't_ call it a netbook, and don't phase out the real netbooks -- 9" and smaller machines that I can both afford and sling under my jacket.


Oh, and this baby? Well, to be honest, even with my netbooks, I've still been ogling the Fujitsu U820 -- but I just might quit if I can get one of these. It looks mighty fine.

[KRISC123 Posted Aug 17th 2009 2:08AM]

@Mike

great find! im looking for laptops like that. just needs windows 7 on it and that would be pretty damn sweet.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 17th 2009 12:03AM]

I don't think this will sell very well in the US...

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 17th 2009 12:08AM]

suzuki??
they use a dell d600 series laptop for the home page.. What a LAME company

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 17th 2009 1:17AM]

Macbook Micro?

[LifeSizeActionFigure Posted Aug 17th 2009 1:24AM]

WANT!

[Triscuit Posted Aug 17th 2009 2:17AM]

If I could somehow jerry-rig this into being a kind of secondary display, it would be kind of cool.

[OddManOut Posted Aug 17th 2009 11:56AM]

Not really a lot of Jerry-rigging required if you're willing to pay ~$30

http://www.maxivista.com/multi_monitor.htm

Of course, I'm pretty sure there are one or two free alternatives out there. Just google "Use laptop as second disply"...

[Buzz Posted Aug 17th 2009 4:54AM]

wooow, 1024x600 on a 7 inch swivel touch screen ? Right there you have more innovation than i've seen in the netbook market all year ! I don't get why tablet netbooks have to have the Atom Z though... it's like we're going backwards in processing power right where/when we needed a bit more juice to deal with touch gestures / handwriting.

Also, the 2 SODIMM sockets that support up to 4gb ram are very welcome ! Too bad 32 bit OSes will not take full advantage of that. Where on Earth did they cramp in all those ports and slots ? SATA and PATA ? The is probably the ultimate modding machine ! I'd love to see some modders take this baby to the max !

It's machines like this that make the ultraportable world go round !

[Rock Stone Posted Aug 17th 2009 9:54AM]

From Suzuki website:
One changeable 12.7mm(H) Super-Multi ODD, PATA interface

If I'm not mistaken, this means Optical Disk Drive, as in DVD...
A 7inch with a dvd-r/rw?? I like it.

[Leo Richard Comerford Posted Aug 17th 2009 1:55PM]

How does this compare to the http://zoostorm.com/Education/Netbooks/Fizzbook/Zoostorm_Fizzbook_Spin_8_9.html/ Fizzbook Spin? I'd very much like to see a review of the latter.

[Leo Richard Comerford Posted Aug 17th 2009 8:30PM]

(The Spin is Intel's Classmate Tablet (or the CTL 2go) by another name, naturally.)

[johnkzin Posted Aug 17th 2009 3:40PM]

What (vendor supported) OS choices are available for it?