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Sub £100 laptop - 'Elonex ONE+'

bentbent Registered User regular
edited April 2008 in Moe's Stupid Technology Tavern
Couldn't find any threads about this but there's a new competitor for the Eee - set to ship in June they can be pre-ordered from their website now.

Four hour battery life, seven inch screen, etc etc.

What do you guys think?

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    DaedalusDaedalus Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    bent wrote: »
    Couldn't find any threads about this but there's a new competitor for the Eee - set to ship in June they can be pre-ordered from their website now.

    Four hour battery life, seven inch screen, etc etc.

    What do you guys think?

    I don't like how the monitor panel is significantly thicker and heavier than the keyboard panel. That looks like a serious design flaw.

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    Mr. SitcomMr. Sitcom Registered User new member
    edited April 2008
    Daedalus wrote: »
    I don't like how the monitor panel is significantly thicker and heavier than the keyboard panel. That looks like a serious design flaw.


    I agree. Its an incredibly unattractive computer and I don't see any advantages it has over the Eee other than price.

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    DaedalusDaedalus Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    The website also doesn't look particularly professional and having a three-year-old as the only human being pictured on the site using the laptop was probably not the best of ideas. Somebody didn't think this launch through.

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    contrabandcontraband Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    guys didn't look at the gallery, huh

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    tablet!!!

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    bentbent Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    I don't really mind the top panel being thicker, I mean hell for that price and a longer battery life than the Eee at the moment I'm considering pre-ordering one. Also yes, tablet!

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    stimtokolosstimtokolos Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    In the specs at the bottom, does "TFT" mean the screen is a tablet?
    I'm horrible with this. I guess I'll just check but this looks pretty cool.

    I don't think it does.

    But still, I'll trust the rest of the stuff written to say that there is a tablet.

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    contrabandcontraband Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    tft just means it's this kind of an lcd panel--tft is very common

    it doesn't denote anything about it's functionality as a tablet.

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    DaedalusDaedalus Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Wait, it's a touch screen? This changes everything.

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    CmdPromptCmdPrompt Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    I'm not sure its actually a touch screen.
    Under input on this page, it only lists the keyboard and "2x mouse emulators, one on the back for Tablet use." I'm guessing this means the only tablet functionality it has is the ability to fold back the keyboard and look like a tablet, and its controlled by the mouse emulator on the back and not via the screen.

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    DaedalusDaedalus Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    In that case I return to my original stance.

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    amateurhouramateurhour One day I'll be professionalhour The woods somewhere in TennesseeRegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Yeah, it's not a tablet PC. I googled elonex one reveiws and read three or four of them and no one mentioned tablet functionality. It's just a detachable keyboard setup.

    It's also only a 300 mhz processor, which means it's slower than the XO OLPC machine.

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    corcorigancorcorigan Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    If this had a touch screen it would win the world over in minutes...

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    CmdPromptCmdPrompt Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    And cost significantly more.

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    corcorigancorcorigan Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    CmdPrompt wrote: »
    And cost significantly more.

    Well yes, and if it cost more then it would lose its appeal. Lose-lose.

    Could scrap the keyboard.

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    Uncle LongUncle Long Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    This looks horrible, doesn't hold a candle to the eee's performance, and I will not be buying one. Though this sort of thing is pretty interesting.

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