World's Cheapest Netbook Under $100

[caskachan]

but does it run crysis?

 

[Guest]

One word, "Garbage".

 

[werfu]

but does it run crysis?

No

 

[TwoDigital]

That screen mock-up looks like regular XP... When I hear WinCE, I think of the display on my phone - which doesn't have a taskbar at the bottom like that. For $100 though, it may be workable if you're on a REALLY tight budget.

 

[igot1forya]

[citation][nom]TwoDigital[/nom]That screen mock-up looks like regular XP... When I hear WinCE, I think of the display on my phone - which doesn't have a taskbar at the bottom like that. For $100 though, it may be workable if you're on a REALLY tight budget.[/citation]
WinCE is not the same and Windows Mobile, similar kernel but built with differing platforms in mind. WinCE is perfectly suited in a Thin Client. Think of a quick booting, crippled PC... Think Windows 95, where you can't load any more apps then what it has. Yep, all your doing is surfing the net... even then, the WinCE 5 version of IE is not exactly feature rich. I'm sure someone will come out with a Linux port and make this thing useful.

 

[Pei-chen]

For what it is worth, it beats India's $12/20 "PC" and the $200 OLPC. I have always maintained off the shelf components is the only way to drive cost down.

 

[gwolfman]

We're betting this think even has a 56K modem.

I'd go with 28.8k

 

[bounty]

Wonder what battery life is like... Really even if it is slow, I think it's cool. Especially for poor places. People underestimate the power of computing. Think about your first computer and everything you could do with it. Sure beats the hell out of my first 25Mhz 386, and I loved that thing.

 

[bk420]

It's ugly, but if it works that's great for 3rd world countries like china. I wonder if it comes with tech support.

 

[Shadow703793]

Can it play Crysis?

 

[Impulse Fire911]

DUDE IM SOOO PLAYING CRYSIS ON THAT!!!! 0.05 FPS FTW

 

[Guest]

Cool, worth thinking about, a properly tuned PDA of either Palm OS or Windows Mobile old can beat the crap out of anything that is not mobile phone. I know I have those running pocket media players.

 

[onsiteone]

I'm not sure what the specs on those Kindles are, but for $100, I'd get this Chinese net-thingy to read online stories instead of a Kindle.

 

[mr_tuel]

[citation][nom]caskachan[/nom]but does it run crysis?[/citation]
it barely runs the original Doom.

 

[nacho2k3]

Even at low-end, if someone isn't willing to spend enough to purchase hardware that supports current internet standards (Windows CE? Really?) the person either needs a specialized device (we've seen WebTV and that email device thing from EarthLink come and quickly go without changing the world), it's not worth making it at all.

Short of corporate use, Windows CE (in it's current form) has no place on a computer... even if the device looks like one. Windows Mobile (would be odd to develop keyboard support, but playing devil's advocate here) would be more sensible and still accept development efforts for current and future software... as well as third-party software for when MS fails (Pocket Internet Explorer? Naw, I'll keep my Skyfire.)