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Gigabyte Netbook M912V becomes real.

As the netbook craze continues, Engadget is reporting news of Gigabyte's upcoming netbook tablet. PCLaunches.com tells us that the M912V will be available later this month and clock in at $699. The M912V will have a touch screen, and will not simply be a netbook with a convertible screen as previously anticipated.

The specs appear to follow the traditional netbook model, although it would be nice to see a little better battery life:

Intel ® Atom 1.6GHz
Genuine Microsoft Windows®XP, Genuine Microsoft Windows VISTA®Home Basic, Linux
Chipset: Intel ® 945GSE
Memory 1GB, HDD 160GB
LCD: 8.9”LCD panel/WXGA 1280x768, w/Touch screen, LED Backlight, as 180° rotation angle
HDD: 2.5", 9.5mm S-ATA HDD
Optical Drive (optional) - External ODD by USB connection
BlueTooth 2.0 built-in
1.3M pixel web camera
802.11b/g by mini-card
Li-ion 4500mAh, Battery life 3.5 hrs
Dimension: 235 x 180 x 28~42mm
Weight: 1.3kg (include 2.5"HDD)

Read and see more at the official Gigabyte press release page.

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7/5/2008 5:45 PM MST

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Saturday, July 05, 2008 11:11:58 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

Will this compete with the Fujitsu p1610?

SAM

Sunday, July 06, 2008 12:10:30 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

I think it has potential - the OS's concern me, though, as well as the atom processor.

Rob

Sunday, July 06, 2008 3:00:39 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

Without a active digitizer its just a entertainment toy.

schmolch

Sunday, July 06, 2008 3:36:27 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

Yeah, I think I'll be skipping this too.

Not a bad price but it won't work for serious tablet folks and I think the mass market will go for the HP with a larger screen and more "umph" in the specs for a little bit more.

Aaron J. Walker

Sunday, July 06, 2008 6:25:36 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

No active digitizer?
It just will not work, that is not a tablet.
Great size 8.9, (I have an Acer C110)

Erich

Sunday, July 06, 2008 6:37:31 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

Here is what I would like to see:
*** SLATE ***
LCD: 8.9”LCD panel/WXGA 1280x768, w/Touch screen, LED Backlight
Active digitizer.

Essentially a big iPod Touch with Active digitizer.

Erich

Sunday, July 06, 2008 7:59:03 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

Price is very good. Weight is... ok. Battery is... ok. But you're right, it's all about the digitizer. My expectation is that this is another "me too" device. It will likely be a soft touch digitizer, especially considering the fact that it will run Windows XP home or Windows Vista basic, neither of which have tablet functionality. I would classify it as a poor man's P1610 (relatively speaking, of course!).

Stephen Feger

Sunday, July 06, 2008 12:52:14 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

I think the specs and price of this netbook are okay, but the processor speed isn't good. For those planning on purchasing this netbook, I recommend using the Windows Vista OS as opposed to Windows XP because Vista has better tablet functionality.

Shan Gee

Sunday, July 06, 2008 4:07:54 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

to schmolch:

Well the P1610/20 doesn't have an active digitizer either, and it is definitely not an entertainment toy.

Hopefully this netbook will be widely available in the US and make Fujitsu rethink the pricing and/or specs of their P1610/20 and U810 units. Is the performance of the former really that much better over this netbook so as to justify a premium of more than double the price?

The Negret

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