What mini-laptop?

[gshaw]

Not one for work but just wondering yours thoughts on sub-laptops.

 

We've all seen the eeePC, nice if somewhat underpowered and too small a screen for my liking (although there seems to be a 10" one in the plans?)

 

Looking for something to run XP Pro on (wipe Vista!) say 1GB-2GB RAM, dual core preferable. Seen a Samsung Q70 that looks pretty good, don't wanna go much further than £850 reallu.

 

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/806/eepccompareox1.th.jpg

 

Seen this pic, anyone know what the black laptop is?

 

Or wait for this?

 

http://regmedia.co.uk/2008/02/19/hp_2133_1.jpg

 

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/02/19/hp_compaq_2133_spied/

 

The other option was to get a Nokia E90 and not bother with a laptop but it's verrry pricey and still won't show some webpages properly as it reports itself as a phone in the headers

Edited February 22, 2008 by gshaw

[fafster]

That HP looks smart. The Asus U2E looks good, too, but I think will be out of your price range.

[tech_guy]

The black one is also an Asus but which model I don't know. You can just make out the Asus badge under the screen.

Edited February 22, 2008 by tech_guy

[mrforgetful]

What about the Ergo Microlites?

[Erudit]

Hi There

 

Have you had a look at the Everum UMPC offering with a 7" screen. they look interesting: http://www.raondigital.com/fnt_english/

Edited February 24, 2008 by Ric_
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[gshaw]

tech_guy: you've got better eyesight than I do! Think it may be that U2E mentioned above?

 

mrforgetful: hmm MicroLite looks good but Google doesn't seem to bring up many results for suppliers, are they still being sold or is it a model only available 2nd hand now?

 

Erudit: looks nice, similar to the Q1 Ultra but really after something with a proper keyboard, unless it comes with a portfolio case similar to the Q1 (yet omitted on the Ultra pack along with the USB keyboard )

[localzuk]

How about one of the Vye range?

 

http://www.dabs.com/productlist.aspx?&NavigationKey=11105&NavigationKey=50598&CategorySelectedId=11105&PageMode=1

[plexer]

Microlite sold by ergo:

 

http://www.ergo.co.uk/products/laptops/microlite521/index.html

 

I have one as my work machine and it's an odler model now about 2 1/2 years old but still going great guns.

 

I love it.

 

Ben

[mrforgetful]

Beat me too it. We got 5 this week, seem nice and never had much problems with any of our other Ergos.

 

Only slight drawback is the screen's are very shiney.

[plexer]

Every one is doing high gloss screens now and I do not know why they reflect light badly, my microlite has a matte screen.

 

Ben

[fafster]

How much are the microlites? I can't see prices anywhere. And what's battery life like?

[gshaw]

The Vye range look quite good, anyone used em before?

[gshaw]

How much are the microlites? I can't see prices anywhere. And what's battery life like?

 

Do the "get online quote" button on the right hand side ;-)

 

The one I did came to 693 exc. VAT, bit too big for what I want, proably leaning more towards the UMPC range

[torledo]

The black one is also an Asus but which model I don't know. You can just make out the Asus badge under the screen.

 

looks more like an acer to me.

 

woops!! better take that back, didn't realise the acer logo was a lower case a.

Edited February 22, 2008 by torledo

[PeterW]

They are all ASUS notebooks by the looks of it.