Source: Tom's Hardware – Keywords: via, mini-notebook, cpu
Categories: Business, Computex 2008
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A week or so ago, representatives of VIA Technologies, Inc. visited us to show off their OpenBook reference design. VIA designed the mini-notebook to demonstrate to manufacturers what is possible in an ultra-portable computer. You can’t buy the OpenBook directly from VIA, but you’ll see it or concepts in the OpenBook in products from other manufacturers soon. The OpenBook is 9.5" wide by 6.9" deep and 1.1" to 1.4" high. It weighs about 2.2 pounds. The display measures 8.9" and features a resolution of 1024x600. All images courtesy VIA Technologies, Inc.
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| humalong : hmm, yea it looks like the Asus EEE PC, which has been out for a long time. I suppose if you want to buy a version that doesnt work as well and has components that will likely fail after only 6 months, than go with VIA. though i admit, the VIA clone is a little better looking... |
Yeah, it looks like an EEE PC, but with a larger screen (than initial models), larger HD, larger keyboard, larger casing, larger assortment of connectivity options, higher clock speed, possibly longer battery life, addition of separated left and right mouse buttons, and altered port locations.
But besides all that, it looks like an EEE.
What I do not get with these tiny Mobile computers is they use less energy but then the twits put smaller batteries in too.
How about just slighty larger or thicker laptop with a full size battery. Then it can still be smaller and lighter than traditional laptops with an 8+ hour battery life.
This is what really keeps me away from these tiny laptops why would I want a small screen cramped keyboard and crappy battery life. One of the points to these is to be free of wires.
Heck just give us nuclear batteries than we can have 10-20 years of charge and never need to plug in. We'll just put terrorists on the honor system. 
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hmm, yea it looks like the Asus EEE PC, which has been out for a long time. I suppose if you want to buy a version that doesnt work as well and has components that will likely fail after only 6 months, than go with VIA. though i admit, the VIA clone is a little better looking...