While standards for netBook are now dozens, it becomes increasingly difficult for manufacturers to differentiate from competition. After proposing the first NETBOOK with a swivel touchscreen, this Gigabyte at Computex of a new series of machines Ultraportables low prices, "Myou.
Although at first adopt a very classic, these new netBook are distinguished by a different interior design which is most often. So the battery is it integrated into the chassis, protected by a screw trap, not the rear. Objective: To reduce the size and weight of the machine.
The gamble seems to win because the display according Myou S1024 Gigabyte weighing 900 grams despite its slab 10 inches and the battery six cells, with an average thickness of about 2 cm.
On the technical side, the setup is rather ordinary, however, since there is a Atom N270, 1GB of RAM and Intel chipset 945GSE. The hard disk, formatted 1.8 inch lifted its capacity of 80 GB and a speed of 4200 revolutions per minute. ! A detail which may endanger the already low performance of such computer!
A variant with a DSS is not to exclude, as a manufacturer's representative, even if for the moment nothing can be confirmed. Compatible WiFi and Bluetooth, the S1024 finally has a SIM card slot which will connect to 3G cellular networks.
Already on sale in some Asian markets, the machine whose dimensions attract much more than the technical characteristics, could be landed in France in the coming months, but nothing is played. The price would be approximately $ 500 U.S..
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