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Booktop--the new breed of notebook computer
May 20, 2009 23:05In the past two years, we witnessed how the Netbook took off. The first Netbook can be traced back to 2007 with the "One Laptop Per Child" (OLPC) project, the Palm Foleo and the Asus Eee PC. These are small, lightweight notebooks with Internet access, and it took the market by storm. The Wind, the Mini-note, the Aspire One, the CloudBook and the Vaio P were just a few of them.
Fast-forward to February 2009. Gigabyte announced an all-new breed to the notebook family, the Booktop. The Booktop or Gigabyte M1022 was first announced at CeBIT in Hannover, Germany, in February, and it is itself a Netbook and desktop computer if connected to a special docking station.
On-the-go, you have a Netbook equipped with a a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor, 10.1-inch display, 1,024 x 600-pixel display, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, an ExpressCard slot, and wireless connectivity options including 802.11a/b/g, Bluetooth, WiMAX, and 3.5G WWAN. The Booktop comes with a six-cell, 7,800mAh battery which claims 6 to 8 hours of battery life, and the whole thing weighs just under 3lbs (1.4kg).
When you get home or to the office, simply plug the Booktop into the docking station, and voila, you have a desktop. Plug in a keyboard, mouse and monitor and you are ready to go.
The Gigabyte Booktop just arrived in Hong Kong and the price tag is HK$3,999 (US$513). To give you a better idea of how this baby works, I embedded the video below from CeBIT where Brendon Lo from Gigabyte gives us a brief introduction to the Booktop. Enjoy.
Source: EeePCBenelux
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Except for the vertical dock, the Booktop appears to be just like any netbook. I can see the convenience factor though. The HP 2140 also comes with a docking station, but it's definitely not as sexy. Thanks for sharing.
May 21, 2009 08:20
I wouldn't mind one of those. If Notebook has a VGA/DVI port, it would make a slight overpriced notebook with docking station.
May 21, 2009 18:49
Nice, don't have to choose between buying a laptop or desktop. You can have both.
May 21, 2009 18:50
About Victor Cheung
A true tech junkie at heart, Victor Cheung has been obsessed with all tech gadgets since his college days. His favorite gizmos span from tablet PCs to UMPC, to PMPs, gaming consoles, mobile phones and anything with WiFi 802.11b/g/n and Bluetooth 2.0 on it. A newcomer to the blog scene, he started his own quasi-tech blog, The Hong Kong Phooey in October 2006.
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