You know, we see a lot of ultraportable laptops these days, it's not like it's virgin territory for us, but we'd say the last time we were this blown away by a form factor was the
VAIO X, or maybe the
Adamo XPS in all its weird-hinge glory. LG's X300 is simply thin. Cramming 11.6-inches of screen and premium netbook parts (2GHz Atom Z550, HDMI out, up to 2GB of RAM and 128GB SSD, even some 3G and Bluetooth for good measure) into a 0.68-inch thick form factor is impressive, but we're even more struck by how insanely light this thing is -- it feels more like holding an e-book reader in hand than a laptop. The plastic build feels very solid, and the textured pattern on the back falls into the realm of "premium," not "gaudy." The keyboard isn't the best action-wise, but there's zero flex because there's nowhere to go. Our biggest concern is the trackpad: it's nice and big, but there's a "virtual" click mechanism where you tap to click the button portion and get a haptic response -- it might be the evolution of the "click pad" concept, or it might be a pain in the ass. Even the screen was bright and quality, though too glossy for our taste. We're told the laptop is headed to the US, but we're not sure when -- hopefully soon, since it's
starting to ship internationally this month. Check out a video walkthrough after the break.
posted March 24th 2010 12:18PM
hdmi out?? what kind of graphics does it have? ion?
I've been looking at the Asus 1201n but I'm interested in this now too...
Anyone know the screen res or what the GPU is?
I'd love to see the two head-to-head :D
@AFD: from the looks of it, it's the same res screen as the 1201n.
For graphics, though it doesn't say, we can probably assume it's probably Intel graphics (one of the newer ones handle HD video, but still are behind on ION for other graphics intensive stuff).
For example, though a game like Left 4 Dead 2 is playable (at lower than screen res) on the 1201n, this probably wouldn't handle it... plus max battery life is 3.5 hrs...
@Francis L4D Thanks for the insight. I'd much prefer an Ion GPU tbh. I'm guessing it won't compete with the 1201n on price either :(
@AFD
I actually have a 1201n and the other big difference is the processor. Although this laptop has a faster cpu it only has 1 core and 2 threads. The 330 in the 1201n has 2 cores, 4 threads, and double the cache. And even after all that the processor is still the bottleneck to the ION graphics.
Add Ion 2 & I'm in.
the most important question paul: did you grab a freebie keychain?
Too bad the gigantic border ruins the nice looking laptop.
Amazing slim... hope it won't be amazing hot too
Agreed. Nicest looking Netbook to date, might have to drop one piece of hardware for this (Vaio P, Macbook Air, Q1U).
Only killer is the price..but then again, who am i to talk :S
You can get far better specs and battery life off a 1201 or T115 for much cheaper.