[Ilugc] (OT) Cheaper Laptop equivalent- What is it's name?
- From: siva.ilugc@xxxxxxxxx (Sivasankar Chander)
- Date: Sat Jul 16 09:25:46 2005
On 7/15/05, Anto Paul <antopaul@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Mobilis.
http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/11/stories/2005051103002200.htm
FWIW, one of the companies that builds Simputers (Vinay Deshpande's
Encore Computers) is also behind the Mobilis design, and I wouldn't
be surprised if it shared a common platform with the Simputer - AFAIK,
Mobilis is not x86-based, and does not have a hard disk. It's more like
a mobile thin-client or POS-terminal, aimed at industry verticals like
logistics, freight/package handling, etc. It's not a general-purpose,
PC-architecture laptop.
If you want a general-purpose x86 laptop, there isn't a better deal than
the Acer Travelmate 2355 for Rs.27500 today - it's a very nice almost
fully-loaded 1.4 GHz Dothan Celeron M. If it's in a socket, there's no
reason it can't be upgraded to a Pentium M at 2 GHz or higher (the
Celeron M and the Pentium M are pin-compatible).
-Siva
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