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Battle of the Mini Laptops

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Last night, Phaw went to Park Sqaure Makati to check out 4 different mini laptops that have hit the Philippine market both officially and unofficially. Here are the 4 mini-laptops he checked out:

  • Asus EEE PC
  • Neo Explore X1
  • Astone UMPC
  • Deep Blue H1

Here is a 4-way spec comparison of the 4:

Product Asus EEE PC Neo Explore X1 Astone UMPC Deep Blue H1
Price P19800 P16999 P19500 P16900
RAM 512 MB 512 MB 1 GB 1 GB
CPU Celeron 900 Mhz Celeron 900 Mhz 1.2GHz Via 1.0 GHz
Storage 4 GB 512 MB 30 GB 40 GB
Battery 4-cell 5200mAh 3-4 hrs 4-cell 2200mAh 4.5 hours
OS Xandros Windows XP Starter   Linpus
Wifi Yes Yes Yes Yes
Card Reader Yes Yes Yes Yes
Display 7″ (800×480) 7″ (800×480) 7″ (800×400) 7″ (800×480)
LAN Yes Yes Yes Yes
USB 3 2 2 2
Webcam 0.3 MP No 0.3 MP 0.3 MP
Weight 0.89 kg 1.4 kg 0.97 kg 1.2 kg

 

Looking at the specs above, Deep Blue H1 is the clear winner. However, Phaw was able to try it and was mightily dissatisfied. Why? Because everything went slow, from opening a spreadsheet to browsing the internet to playing a game! Phaw asked the salesman why it was slow and he mentioned it might be because of the OS being Linpus. Phaw is not so sure about that but as of now, he won’t recommend it to anyone. It even looked fragile and was not at all attractive to the eye.

Right now, if Phaw were to buy a mini-laptop, he would buy the Asus EEE PC because of its durability and professional looks.

 

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  • http://www.yugatech.com/blog/ yuga

    Phaw,

    Been testing an H1 Blue review unit for a month now and the CPU is a bit slow. Was running SuperPi on it and took more than half an hour to complete the 2M test.

  • admin

    Hi Yuga,

    Nice of you to drop by. I agree. Though I haven’t done what you did, I believe that any mini-laptops as of now(in the Phil market) would still be relatively slow.

    Have you tested the others?