[fwlug] HP's answer to the eee

[Andrew Latham]

It is using LED back light on the screen....



On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 12:15 PM, Vern Ceder
<vceder at canterburyschool.org> wrote:
> Not bad - it certainly looks like they're claiming much better battery
>  life than the other entries.
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>  Andrew Latham wrote:
>  > Maybe you should have a look at this...
>  > http://www.norhtec.com/products/gecko/index.html
>  >
>  > Gotta love NorhTec's Vesa mount PCs and now laptops.....
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Vern Ceder
>  > <vceder at canterburyschool.org> wrote:
>  >> Simón A. Ruiz wrote:
>  >>  > Vern Ceder wrote:
>  >>  >> True, but this one will be out by the end of the month and I don't know
>  >>  >> how much longer I can stand to watch you play with your eee without
>  >>  >> getting something myself... ;)
>  >>  >
>  >>  > But, Vern, the Dell one will have SUSE on it!
>  >>  >
>  >>  > ...or Vista...or XP...
>  >>
>  >>  Same for the HP... see the review at
>  >>  http://www.laptopmag.com/review/laptops/hp-2133-mini-note.aspx.
>  >>
>  >>  Or did you mean to say "the HP one"? If so, yeah I agree it's not
>  >>  wonderful, but we're all used to that...
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>  > The HP offering STARTS almost twice as high as the EeePC, so isn't it
>  >>  > kind of aiming at a different market? The HP model looks more like a
>  >>  > full laptop crammed into a small case than a cheap, light laptop.
>  >>
>  >>  Actually the HP starts at $500, vs $350-400 for a 4Gb eee, so that's
>  >>  less than a 50% premium (but you get more than 50% more pixels on the
>  >>  screen! ;))
>  >>
>  >>  But yeah, I think it's aiming just one notch higher one the
>  >>  weight/performance curve than the eee.
>  >>
>  >>  > As the battery life isn't much better on the HP ones, I'm not
>  >>  > particularly tempted at this time...
>  >>
>  >>  According to the reviews, the optional 6 cell battery gets you 4 hours -
>  >>  there isn't a larger battery option at all on the eee, so I would count
>  >>  that as improved battery life...
>  >>
>  >>  Vern
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>  --
>  >>  This time for sure!
>  >>     -Bullwinkle J. Moose
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>  >>  Vern Ceder, Director of Technology
>  >>  Canterbury School, 3210 Smith Road, Ft Wayne, IN 46804
>  >>  vceder at canterburyschool.org; 260-436-0746; FAX: 260-436-5137
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>  Vern Ceder, Director of Technology
>  Canterbury School, 3210 Smith Road, Ft Wayne, IN 46804
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