Asus has debuted an ultra thin netbook S121 running Windows 7 and the worlds largest 512GB solid state drive(SSD). The S121 netbook is equipped with a 1.33GHz Intel Atom microprocessor and uses their touch mode software on Windows 7.This is a huge step for Windows 7 considering that Windows Vista is not a good option for netbooks. The netbook is expected to be available in a month, but without Windows 7. Windows 7 will be available once it hits the market later this year.
A few weeks back Neowin discussed whether Windows 7 is the Linux-netbook killer and we got great response from our users. It wouldn't be big surprise if we see more netbook vendors release their product powered by Windows 7 as it nears RTM.
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The whole point of netbooks is that they are small and cheaper than notebooks, its getting to the point where they are getting bigger and bigger and more expensive to the point that they are just really slow notebooks.
The whole point of netbooks is that they are small and cheaper than notebooks, its getting to the point where they are getting bigger and bigger and more expensive to the point that they are just really slow notebooks.
But this is exactly the kind of release we need, and then pushes the price of things like this down. Ultimately, this is more aimed at the top end of the market and also good publicity.
Yes, as SSD's are used more and more in products, their price will fall in conjunction with products that use them. At least, that is what they say.
Still beats justifying for a MacBook Air...
That by itself isn't spectacular but what is, is that Asus has said that the OS will be Windows 7, in 3 to 5 months. It is that close to RTM and they haven't even released the Beta of it yet !
They don't need a $1600 netbook for that. I paid $299 (Canadian) for my Acer One, and Win7 (7000) works just fine on it (including Aero)
Want.
Is that a good thing? How about a normal sized 512GB solid state drive, at least.
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