Comments for: Say hi to VIA's OpenBook reference laptop

C7-M running Vista? Why does VIA insist on using their half-decent products (like Isaiah or the VT8251 SouthBridge) years after their design? Someone should throw a basic business text at the VIA marketing people with the chapter on "time to market" dog-eared.

#11, How can you know if Isaiah is a half decent product when it'... : Rza79 (#36) «

#36, The only way that comment makes sense is if he thinks "C7... : UberGerbil (#37) «

#4. Posted at 05:49 AM on May 27th 2008, Edited at 05:51 AM on May 27th 2008

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FireGryphon

I like that the design is an open standard. It's a nice little portable computer, so vendors could specialize it in a particular task. Ooh, the possibilities...

Now, how much will it cost?

#4, Offering an open design for something like this is a really ... : UberGerbil (#27) «

#4, judging from the specs, it should be similar to this: http://... : muyuubyou (#34) «

#10. Posted at 06:24 AM on May 27th 2008

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flip-mode

Hi there. You're cute and sexy. But you need a dual core processor.

#10, Yeah, one of those with a dual-core Atom would be SWEET. : derFunkenstein (#14) «

#14, Maybe one of the Dual Core Isaiahs would be a better fit? : Corrado (#16) «

#16, That'd be fine by me. Not every device has to have the... : flip-mode (#19) «

#10, Good looks, good brains, thin figure. Pick any two. : ludi (#20) «

#20, My gf is #1 and 2. Not that she's fat, she's just not thi... : Corrado (#22) «

#22, Then you've got one of the good ones. In life there ar... : ludi (#29) «

#20, The subset you want depends on your intended application.... : UberGerbil (#24) «

#20, I thought the third choice was "not crazy"? : BobbinThreadbare (#26) «

#26, No, that's a separate binary (either/or) option with "... : UberGerbil (#28) «

#28, sadly true. I love my wife but miss candles and ice... : paulWTAMU (#32) «

#10, That's exactly what a Best Buy rep told me. : ssidbroadcast (#23) «

#9. Posted at 06:22 AM on May 27th 2008

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albundy

all of these tiny laptops would look better in tablet form, preferably with an oled touch screen.

#9, When you find an OLED touch screen, let us know. And then ge... : UberGerbil (#25) «

#25, Given his handle, maybe he meant an "oiled" touch screen. : ludi (#30) «

#21. Posted at 11:27 AM on May 27th 2008

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davidedney123

What the hell is the point in this? Small, underpowered and crap battery life. If you want that, just buy a 2 year old subnote off eBay, and at least you'll know it's half way properly built.

Dave

#8. Posted at 06:21 AM on May 27th 2008

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Corrado

Wow this looks really good.

#6. Posted at 06:00 AM on May 27th 2008

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fpsduck

Hi, OpenBook.

#1. Posted at 05:06 AM on May 27th 2008

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Jigar

I think this is the best piece of hardware i have seen so far... from Via that is ;)