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Engadget's back to school giveaway, part 3! {Engadget}

Sep 14th 2009 8:05AM Wow... that's a lot of stuff!

Engadget's recession antidote: win an OCZ Summit Series 60GB SSD! {Engadget}

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Next Gecko netbook to have bigger screen, AA power, $200 price? {Engadget}

May 7th 2009 8:29AM You might need to correct your article, the pdf specs says the screen is 1024 x 600.

This sounds like an interesting netbook, but seems to be several things missing from that $200 price.

Pro:
+ fanless, CPU doesn't need active cooling
+ has an x86 compatible CPU so it can run Windows

Cons:
- 1Ghz Xcore86 CPU, I don't know the benchmarks on this CPU, but it sounds even weaker than VIA 1GHz CPUs
- HD not included (option)
- Rechargeable batteries not included (option)
- WiFi not included (option)
- Looks like the CPU and RAM are on one module so you can't just upgrade the RAM itself

Buy the time you add in those options, it seems this netbook would be over $300. It appears to be a decent looking netbook, but I wonder what the real cost of a usable version would be.

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