Gigabyte’s 10″ Convertible Touchscreen Netbook Available for $679
While there may be more touchscreen netbooks coming in 2010, there are only two options for convertible, tablet-style netbooks, the 8.9″ Eee PC T91, and the bigger, hopefully better, Gigabyte TouchNote T1028X that is now available from Amazon.com. Looks like it’s just a juiced-up version of the TouchNote T1028M which has a lower resolution screen.
The 10″ Gigabyte TouchNote should be better than the T91 because of the bigger screen, a larger 92% full-sized keyboard, the 1.66GHz Intel Atom N280 (instead of the sluggish 1.33GHz Intel Atom Z520 CPU in the T91). It also has 160GB HD and an ExpressCard slot in comparison to the T91’s measly 16GB solid state disk.
Liliputing has pointed out that it may be the “one of the cheapest 10 inch convertible touchscreen” in the market out, it’s still kinda pricey. The Gigabyte TouchNote T1028X that is now available from directly from PC Micro for $698.00. You can get it from Amazon.com which has it priced $20 cheaper at $679.00 (although it still ships from PC Micro).
Here are the technical specs from PC Micro:
CPU: Intel® Atom™ Processor N280 1.66GHz(M1022X) Operation System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Chipset: Mobile Intel® 945GSE Express Chipset+ ICH7M System Memory (optional): 1GB SO-DIMM*1 (Max 2 GB) Video Chip: Mobile Intel® 945GSE Express Chipset+ ICH7M LCD: 10.1″ Touch TFT-LCD WXGA, 1366×768 with LED backlit HDD (optional): 2.5″ 9.5mm SATA HDD 5400rpm, 160 GB I/O Port: USB(2.0)*3, Mic-in, Earphone-out, D-Sub, RJ45, 4-in-1 card reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS Pro), Express Card, DC-in Audio: Speaker 1.5 watt*2, internal mic-in Bluetooth: Built-in V2.1+EDR Webcam: 1.3M pixels webcam LAN: Ethernet 10/100BASE-T Wireless LAN: 802.11b/g/n, 802.16 WiMAX(optional) 3.5G Module: HSDPA support (M1022G) Battery: Li-ion 6 cells, ~4500mAh Battery Dimension: 265(W) x 214(D) x 41.4(H)mm Weight: 1.48kg (with 6-cell battery)
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