In Pictures: Meet The World's Fastest Netbook

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By Valéry Herold, Bestofmedia Team
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Update: Fast Gets Faster

Just before we published this story, we received word that this little monster got a bit faster thanks to an SSD upgrade.

Out went the RunCore Pro IV 128GB SSD and in went one of the first PhotoFast G-Monster V4 256GB drives, increasing storage performance versus the previous configuration.

Valéry Herold
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  • liquidsnake718
    what gpu does this thing use? Onboard or ion?
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  • archange
    The design of the Sony motherboard seems to be out of compliance with standards.

    OMG - what a shock :O

    Leaving sarcasm aside, this is a tremendous achievement. Hats off dear Sirs. I always knew that the mainstream manufacturers have gotten complacent...

    Just one small question: what's the battery life?
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  • gti88
    Yes, I didn't see any mentioning of the battery capacity.
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  • technuttso
    This is an outstanding creation made by amateurs, even if this amateurs have a high tech training and competence. Thumbs up! This it may be one next step for mobile computing. The hardware industry do now only what the market study allows, times of commercial experiments and niche products are a bit gone. On the mini- micro computers market today the netbook Intel-atom powered is the king. For many reasons, and one of them is the trend. Mobile computing today have a very powerful "trendy" side. The netbook consumer have the necessity to surf on internet in a very portable way, with all the consequences that this concept applies . No raw power is required if u open IE or Firefox only, with 2-3 tabs at maximum.For now it may be enough for some, but for the future is not good enough. These guys just made a push for the future.Thumbs up! Again.
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  • I'm sill using my Psion 5 (no kidding) but I'd consider switching to one of those machines ;).
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  • Not a netbook UMPC remember, netbook is a designation which means = crappy platform (low performance but long battery so you can work inefficiently and be frustrated for longer)
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  • arkadi
    The idea of building something like that is welcome. That was a pricey project, with more than few risks involved. I guess that battery resolutes was not included in the article on porpoise, well it not a shocker, with a power house like that i don't think it will hold 4 long. But i don't think that battery was the main concern for the builder of this cool toy.
    BTW....Is it 4 sale? :)
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  • skora
    Top notch guys. That is a Mark Maguire smart phone there!!!!

    I think they should get gold badges in the homebuilt forum section. Any chance of raffling this off like the SBM rigs?

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  • memeroot
    Nice - I have a 390 (I think the faster chip and ssd) and it is a bit slow - this would have been perfect. btw still love the form factor
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  • cybrcatter
    Gave this a little SU recognition.
    Excellent read, and what an impressive feat.
    (You guys might want to proof read it again, though ;))
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