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ECS announces G10IL Eee-alike
Author: Gareth HalfacreePublished: 21st March 2008
The G10IL will feature built-in HSDPA broadband and the choice of Windows XP or Linux on an SSD or standard drive.
The G10IL (which for some reason, I want to pronounce that “Gi-Oil”) is everything we've come to expect from a marketplace taking their lead from Asus's popular sub-notebook. It's white, it's small, and if you hate the Eee you're probably not going to like this too much either.
Like the Eee, the G10IL comes with a trio of USB 2.0 ports, a 10/100 Ethernet jack alongside the increasingly ornamental 56K modem, and 802.11b/g wireless connectivity. Interestingly, it also features Bluetooth wireless built-in – something originally planned for the Eee but ditched shortly before it reached the market. ECS will also be offering a choice between 8.9” and 10.2” displays, so if your main anti-Eee sentiments revolve around the tiny 7” display this could be a real contender.
One addition that may well make the G10IL stand out from the crowd is in inclusion of in-built mobile broadband capabilities in the form of a HSDPA connection offering up to 7.2Mbit/sec even when away from a WiFi hotspot. Like others of its kind, it's also capable of running on a more common GPRS network – albeit at reduced speeds. Having this functionality built-in means that you're covered no matter how you want to connect to the wibbly web: WiFi, Bluetooth, wired Ethernet, or HSDPA.
The remainder of the specification is nothing we haven't seen in the rest of the Eee-alikes: a single DIMM slot supporting up to 2GB of DDR2 RAM, a built-in webcam which will inevitably be used once and then forgotten about, and a choice of a solid-state disk or a traditional mechanical drive. Buyers will also be given the choice of Windows XP or a Linux variant on the OS front.
ECS is keeping shtum on pricing details although they have stated that more information will be arriving some time in April, presumably ahead of a summer launch.
Do you think that this could be the sub-notebook to have, or does it all depend on the price hitting that magical sub-£300 point? Share your thoughts over in the forums.
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edit: any word on what cpu it has?
I have been considering getting something along these lines, possibly the HP version, because i think that the 7" screen of the Eee would be just too small for me, which is why i was uncertain even about the 8.9, but a 10.2 might be just about perfect. It just remains to descover the price of the little beasty.
According to Ubergizmo, its powered by an Intel Atom processor.
Pd: Sorry about my english..
im sold!
as long as it's under £400 and gets released before July (when i will be travelling a lot, so i planning to buy an ultra portable laptop then)