Netbooks are simple, inexpensive, compact mobile devices that can be used for surfing the Internet, emailing, working on basic office applications, listening to music and even making Skype video phone calls.
In short,these are just the right thing for globe-trotting business folks.For primarily word processing and surfing the net stuff these machines would more than suffice.Why then take the trouble of lugging around the conventional bulky ones and give the shoulders a hard time.
Intel's offering
Last week, Intel announced the world’s smallest, least power-hungry processor, packing 47 million of the world’s tiniest transistors ever squeezed into a slab of silicon, so small that 15 of them would fit into a 50-paise coin.
They called it the Atom. While ticking away at a very decent 1.8 billion times a second, it typically consumes around a watt or two of power compared to the 35 watts Intel’s own dual core PC processors demand today.
No one knows quite what shape these new Internet devices will take — but we can see a few technologies going into them: movable storage elements like hard disks will be replaced with rugged solid state storage based on Flash, the same technology that makes all those thumb drives.They are optimized for Internet access and core computing functions either from directly from applications installed on the netbook itself or indirectly, via cloud computing.
It's no wonder that these Netbooks are selling like hot cakes. At the recently concluded Computex exhibition in Taiwan, the Netbooks were all the rage and they hogged the biggest headlines.
The cost of the Netbooks currently range from Rs.15,000 to Rs.23,000 and will come down further. One of the main reasons for such low prices is because of low cost chips from Intel, Via, AMD and Nvidia. The growth of these Netbooks are staggering and in a price conscious market like India, the sales will be massive.
From an Indian perspective,I see immense potentials for Netbooks in our nation. With most rungs of the society lacking of opportunities and information, the necessity for low cost technology is immense. It is not just a niche market need but more of a social revolution in the making. The burgeoning cell phone market is proof enough.
Acer Aspire One
- CPU type :: Intel Atom (Diamondville)
- CPU speed :: 1600 Mhz
- Graphics :: Intel GMA 950
- OS :: Linux Linpus Lite
- Display Size :: 8.9" 1024 X 600
- RAM :: 512 MB
- Battery capacity :: 26 (W/hr)
- Weight :: 950g
- Size (w/h/d mm) :: 248/170/29 mm
- Multi-format card reader
- USB2.0 (x3)
- Ethernet 10/100
- 802.11b/g
- Color Choices ::Coral Pink,Golden Brown,Sapphire Blue and Seashell White
Intel Mobile Processor ULV 900MHzIntel 915GMS
DDR2 256MB
7” 800x480 LED B/L
Built in Speakers and Microphone
10/100M Ethernet + WLAN 802.11 b/g with Antenna
4 hours battery time approx.
Win XPE / Linux
ASUS Eee PC
According to ASUS, the name Eee derives from "the three Es," an abbreviation of its advertising slogan for the device: "Easy to learn, Easy to work, Easy to play".
On 29th January 2008, it was announced that 4G Eee PC would become available in India. It was released on February 2nd,2008 in the city of Mumbai and is being shipped with the customized Xandros OS and not the Windows XP Starter Edition. ASUS has planned to launch ASUS Eee PC with Windows XP later this year for Indian markets.
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