UMPC - Ultra Mobile PC, is it really necessary?
By zweeb82
@zweeb82 (5653)
Malaysia
July 17, 2008 5:56am CST
Ok, in our place here Acer is launching their new product - the NetBook, a UMPC ( Ultra Mobile PC ). UMPCs are basically small form factor PC that people refer to nowadays although it was originally....check out this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMPC )
So my question is: Is there really a necessity? Are any of you guys using them? What are your opinions? Pros & cons? All are welcomed!~ Thanks for your replies in advance~!
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@ferdzNK (3211)
• Philippines
17 Jul 08
I can't find its specs just yet, but read somewhere that asus eee did great for $200 to $300 a piece. For that same amount I could upgrade my desktop to quad much more powerful than that UMPC. So I think its not yet practical. I'm better off with those cellphone computer thing or PDA. That is more functional for me.
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@ferdzNK (3211)
• Philippines
20 Jul 08
Hey that's a mighty tiny one, 1.6Mhz Diamondville Intel Atom 512MB RAM better than what I am currently using, except for the drive 8G NAND flash (I've seen a 32G flash drive here) optional 40G traditional hard disk. For the size and price, which will eventually go down) it will surely make me think a hundred times
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@zweeb82 (5653)
• Malaysia
26 Jul 08
Haha
The 8GB is a SSD which is faster than SATA. I would say for the price of extra RM200 I would rather buy an external 160GB or so & keep the 8GB SSD
But like you said, it's still new & the price will definitely come down then you can go in for the grab, haha
The 8GB is a SSD which is faster than SATA. I would say for the price of extra RM200 I would rather buy an external 160GB or so & keep the 8GB SSDBut like you said, it's still new & the price will definitely come down then you can go in for the grab, haha1 person likes this
@honeul (22)
• Philippines
7 Sep 08
If you are the type of person who brings a laptop that weighs 2kg all the time, you might want to switch with a UMPC. New releases UMPC can almost match the capacity of your laptop and it's handy and very portable.
I'm planning to buy one, MSI Wind one. It's very cheap and handy.
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@zweeb82 (5653)
• Malaysia
8 Sep 08
Good one there. I do agree with youWind One - appears to be a 80GB SATA HDD, quite impressive. But again something to consider - HDD vs. SSD. Our place here is selling Acer Aspire One with 120GB HDD at RM1699 with WinXP OS. If for me, I'd still opt for the old SSD model instead of the HDD model although it's only 8GB as SSD has no moving parts compared to HDD
Wind One - appears to be a 80GB SATA HDD, quite impressive. But again something to consider - HDD vs. SSD. Our place here is selling Acer Aspire One with 120GB HDD at RM1699 with WinXP OS. If for me, I'd still opt for the old SSD model instead of the HDD model although it's only 8GB as SSD has no moving parts compared to HDD