Lenovo's Atom-powered C100 is Cheap, Cheerful

[xBruce88wXx]

or at least have the ion as an upgrade option

 

[FSC]

I could get this for my grand parents. 230 single/330 dual core, GMA950, 1 GB of RAM can barely handle reading emails. Besides my grand parents uses computers so slowly they wont notice the system lag while opening a net page.

 

[nachowarrior]

it's the low end and o\/erad\/ertisement of underpowered laptops and ignorance of computer hardware that hold back real progress. if e\/eryone knew the preformance differences between performance they wouldn't buy this junk and it wouldn't be on the market except for special purpose computing. Anyway, point being, if more people bought mid range to higher and didn't settle for the shitty performance that most laptops put out computing in general would be better. Just like what "horsepower" and "MPG" does for cars, standard simple calculations that people can understand. Computer benchmarks are too difficult for the general public to understand, let alone how these benchmarks relate to o\/eral system performance. One good reason to stand behind AMD's platform certifications for spider/dragon etc, standards. Lets the general public know "hey this machine can play games and should be pretty fast" but still isn't standard across the board for the industry. Not to mention you ha\/e the flaming tools that say what their paid to say when you go in retail shops *cough, bestbuy, cough* those fags don't know a \/agina from a hole in the ground and will tell you a pentium dual core is faster than a phenom II just because the store gets kick backs and it gets the fags "bonuses" for sales. Fucktards. I think i'm going to start a \/ideo series exposing tool bags like that and get it run on nationwide news channels. I'm sick of shitty companies that can't build a computer for shit and wouldn't know what a fucking hard dri\/e was if you sho\/ed one up their ass.

and i appologize my \/ key doesn't work and i'm too lazy to fix it. 😛

 

[JohnnyLucky]

I don't know. I'm starting to see young college students with small portable, wireless pc's simply because they cannot afford anything else.

 

[thackstonns]

to everyone. These are okay for special use and basic use. I purchased a netbook threw all the kids stupid movies on it and now they use it on the road. (2 portable dvd players went to crap). Also they stream them through it to their 360 so no more discs 2 scratch up. And when we are on the road I can snag it and check my email. Now I bought it refurbed at 200 bucks. I wouldnt have paid a dime more for it though. I do think some of the prices of these things are rediculous though. I dont care whats in it, a netbook shouldnt be over 300 dollars.

 

[jabliese]

Living room friendly e-mail/ web browsing machine.

 

[thackstonns]

I really dont think that people realize that most people use these as special purpose pc's. My girlfriend loves to cook. Something like this would be great for recipies in the kitchen. She would love it, and I would love the food. The only problem is I would pack on a few pounds. That being said its too expensive.

 

[Guest]

HP sells them with C2Duo processors for 1200.
I'm not that much interested in this. If the monitor breaks all is gone.

 

[danhitchcock]

i don't know... i've been using a p4 1.6ghz for the last few days and I find it frustratingly slow just for web browsing and general use (man the internet is a lot rougher than it used to be!).

I think for something that is plugged into a wall they could have added a little more powerful processor, not to mention I bet some people would pay a little extra for a pentium dual core.

 

[Guest]

Lord Orion is right (and many of you should bow to him for being so stupid)!

This isn't that much of a deal. Walmart's $348 17-Inch Toshiba Laptop deal was a much, much better buy. It's still semi-available at $450 now which I would take any day over this All-In-One crap Atom package.

The cheaper laptops that are still available are a much better buy as well.

As for thackstonn's girlfriend cooking in the kitchen... get a netbook and a printer! You'll enjoy great battery life and there will still be money left over for additional food to feed the guests. I wouldn't mind some of her cooking either but it's unfortunate that we all have to wait and go without until Lord Orion gets his share first.

 

[math1337]

Hey Orion, I hate to ruin your argument, but you still need an OS. The all-in-one comes with XP, do you know anywhere to get XP (leagally)for $50.

Actually, crap hardware manufacturers pay Microsoft less than $50 per copy of windows xp, but it is not available to consumers.

The good alternative would be Linux, because the thing would not be able to run any applications besides a web browser anyways. Also, firefox comes standard on most Linux distros (IE is too much of a resource hog to be run on a "netbook")

 

[cruiseoveride]

Sub $300 please.

 

[Pyroflea]

Why can't people on the internet just respect new products instead of bashing them? Not every product, contrary to popular belief, is garbage. Nobody thinks any higher of you because you can act tough online.

 

[Andraxxus]

It is something I might be interested in mainly because of the looks and the small space it takes.

 

[Guest]

It doesn't seem to be a matter of acting tough, Pyroflea : )

Just because a product is new does not mean that it should be respected. And I'm sure you don't want to see your loved ones or community ripped off either! Given the misleading title of this article in that it labels this product as being "Cheap" seems to make the point-blank truth all the more appropriate -- it's not.

"Cheap" in terms of tech hardware has a completely different meaning as technology really has gotten cheaper. And manufacturers are doing every thing that they can to keep from passing this on to consumer.

Our saviour and protector Lord Orion merely asked that we:

"Please stop buying this crap. You can build something twice as powerful on your own."

lol To his credit, he did say please! And he even tried to give an example to make the point.

I agree with such a statement whether it was said respectfully or not. Don't let this article fool you into overvaluing this inflated garbage! It's even crazier that prices in poorer, developing countries are often outrageously higher than here in the States simply because the manufacturers are able to get away with it -- there's nothing to be respected at all with such realities. The products they pass off as 'new' there are often two years old and not worth half what it is sold for!

 

[caribman]

LORD-ORION:This low end machines suck... they are meant to give the manfacturer high margins for the production cost, and to ensure these machines will be unuseable with the software coming out in the next few years, thus requiring another machine.

One word Haiku-OS. This is the culmination of an eight year effort by a small team of volunteer programmers to recreate the BeOS experience in an open source project. The first alpha release was posted on Sept 14th and the release notes stress that this is alpha software not feature complete or bug free. This is the sort of OS that can breath new life into older computers and put Atom class machines in the same league as gaming rigs FOR EVERYDAY WEB BROWSING AND OFFICE TASKS.

 

[math1337]

Even if this piece of crap is "good enough" why not get a better product if it is the same price. It is like buying a plain watch when a Rolex costs the same amount. They both tell time well enough.

 

[Uberragen21]

[citation][nom]LORD_ORION[/nom]I'll pretend you are honestly asking this... so I went to newegg. Not only can I make something useable (with a DVD drive too) it also comes in $50 cheaper giving you options.eg of the day: $348.92-LG DVD Burner Black SATA Model GH22NS50 - OEM -Broadway Com Corp 937PK-BLACK Steel Computer Case Okia ATX 420W Power Supply - Retail -Western Digital Caviar Blue WD3200AAJS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" -Hanns·G boston Simulated Woodgrain 19" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor w/ swivel a adjustment Built in Speakers - -MSI K9N6PGM2-V2 AM3/AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail -Rosewill RK-101 Black PS/2 Standard Enhanced Keyboard - Retail -Rosewill RM-C2P Black 3 Buttons 1 x Wheel PS/2 Optical Mouse - Retail -AllComponents 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel kit Desktop Memory Model -AMD Athlon II X2 240 Regor 2.8GHz Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core Processor Model ADX240OCGQBOX - Retail This low end machines suck... they are meant to give the manfacturer high margins for the production cost, and to ensure these machines will be unuseable with the software coming out in the next few years, thus requiring another machine.Every one of these crap machines sold ensures that your next computer will not be as powerful as it could be. Anyone defending this crap while using a real machine to do work themselves is an idiot.[/citation]

I double checked your product selection and prices, and you were spot on. I'll give you that much. HOWEVER, just because the products you listed seem to be compatible, doesn't necessarily mean they are. I've built more computers than I care to remember, and one thing I learned early on was that you really need to research 2 main components to make sure they're compatible. The memory and the motherboard. If either has a conflict with the other, you're gonna be looking for a replacement of one or both. As a second note, I wouldn't touch half the products you listed, as they're horrible. Third, you neglected 2 major things; one, the OS as maniac5999 stated, which will run you anywhere from an additional $50-$100 (barring any illegal copies you may possess). The shipping cost and tax of everything purchased from Newegg will add another $50(estimated) onto the build. And finally, if you purchase something defective (which often happens), you must pay out of your own pocket, to have it shipped back to be replaced. All in all, your build will likely cost $500-600 once the system is completely built. It's a good deal for the price, if you're not a power user.

 

[math1337]

Computer technology has become a lot more standardized than it was in the past. Incompatible hardware is much less of a problem than it was.
Right, I'm going to buy some DDR DIMM's and stick two into each DDR2 slot. And there is a certain free open source operating system that has to do with penguins that can handle web browsing and email just as well as windows, so no lost productivity.

 

[Uberragen21]

[citation][nom]math1337[/nom]Computer technology has become a lot more standardized than it was in the past. Incompatible hardware is much less of a problem than it was.Right, I'm going to buy some DDR DIMM's and stick two into each DDR2 slot. And there is a certain free open source operating system that has to do with penguins that can handle web browsing and email just as well as windows, so no lost productivity.[/citation]

It's painfully obvious you haven't built too many or any systems math1337. If you do your homework and check the compatibility of memory vs. motherboards, you'll quickly find on both companies websites that certain memory has proven to be trouble free, and others are highly not recommended as they produced many errors. I'm not talking about a noob thing such as sticking DDR into a DRR2 system, that's just stupid (if anyone is dumb enough to do that, then they have no business opening up a computer). I'm talking about the memory just not functioning properly and causing memory faults and such. And yes, memory compatibility is less of a problem than it used to be; however, it still plagues the computer world.

 

[TFBundy]

Yea Gods, GMA950 - will that POS never die?

 

[captaincharisma]

[citation][nom]yinomaru[/nom]Don't buy lenovo garbage, boycott Chinese products! don't support the chinese gov.[/citation]

i'd take a lenovo PC over a HP or Dell any day