[akita16384]

With the current trend ... netbooks will evolve into subnotebooks with Atom processors, and nothing much to distinguish them apart.

What happened to the 7" 700g netbook with long batt life (>=7hrs)?

The problem with the first gen eeepc was the resolution, and not the screen size.
The problem was also not the screen size, but the stupid THICK bezel around it.
The problem was also not the keyboard size, but the allocation of space and layout of keys.

Netbook makers are making larger and larger netbooks to solve these problems, devolving netbooks into subnotebooks.

Please give us the netbooks with 777, hi-res 7" screen (1280x800), 700g and 7hr batt. Oh and not $700, but $400.

[iamroland]

1280x800 resolution on a 7" LCD ? I can't quite agree with that.

I say 8.9" should be the minimum. The default resolution (1024x600 for most models) is fairly good already.

The smaller the screen & the higher the resolution simply means more strain on the users' eyes.

[lennardseah]

11.6 inch is fine. we should be working on battery life and processing power/gpu now

[akita16384]

Originally Posted by iamroland

1280x800 resolution on a 7" LCD ? I can't quite agree with that.

I say 8.9" should be the minimum. The default resolution (1024x600 for most models) is fairly good already.

The smaller the screen & the higher the resolution simply means more strain on the users' eyes.

I think if they can reduce the bezel to 5mm, an 8.9" lcd is still ok. 1280 x 800 may have been a bit too much! :p

Originally Posted by lennardseah

11.6 inch is fine. we should be working on battery life and processing power/gpu now

But 11"+ is a tad too much, too heavy for me.
I guess if they had continue to develop the 7" ~ 9" with better designs (5mm bezels), lighter weight, better batt life, I would not complain. The way they are going, they are just busy squeezing everything into their device.

Asus need to remember why the first eeepc701 took the world by storm: It is not because it had tons of features that won consumers' hearts but low price, simplicity and light weight.

They can either join the others and continue adding features or they can choose specific combination of features to create a netbook ppl *must* have.

[babybearbear]

wonder if Mac tablet can kill the netbook?

I dun mean marketshare. I mean when the Mac tablet is out, all vendors dump netbook and start producing tablets?

[Lss]

me too.i think a 11 to 13 inch laptop capable of decoding and outputting h264 1080p video while in linux would be nice.

if only ion could be paired with a something more powerful than atom.

[CrazyGermanKid]

Actually haven't the netbook makers been making new models with longer battery lives? There are already a few models with 9 cell batts on the market. I agree that the bezels should be much thinner though!

[Jamster]

when is ion 2 coming out? paired with a faster dual core culv proc?

make it 10" for me and should be under 1 kg.

price? i go for 600 SGD for this..

[iamroland]

Originally Posted by Jamster

when is ion 2 coming out? paired with a faster dual core culv proc?

make it 10" for me and should be under 1 kg.

price? i go for 600 SGD for this..

This one's never gonna happen, the pricing of $600 would cannibalise profits such that upper management would be foaming at the mouth.

[akita16384]

Originally Posted by CrazyGermanKid

Actually haven't the netbook makers been making new models with longer battery lives? There are already a few models with 9 cell batts on the market. I agree that the bezels should be much thinner though!

I have one of the 9cell MSI netbooks ... but I find that it has drifted a bit too much from what I wanted in a netbook: size & mobility. Price is a bonus.

If it continues the current trend, I doubt they will stop at 11.6" ... they will do 12" (which some already did I think). At which point, the only thing going for the netbook is the price, 'cos it is no different from the subnotebooks. Which is not necessarily a bad thing by itself, except when you really want a very light 700g netbook with long batt life (7hrs) and not a subnotebook at 1.4kg with 5+ real usage batt life.

[iamroland]

Different users different requirements. At least netbooks have forced manufacturers to price their ultraportable notebooks at a more realistic range. Hell, my Sony Vaio ultra-portables all cost like $4000 & above back then.

[akita16384]

Originally Posted by iamroland

Different users different requirements. At least netbooks have forced manufacturers to price their ultraportable notebooks at a more realistic range. Hell, my Sony Vaio ultra-portables all cost like $4000 & above back then.

I have to say Roland, that you are absolutely right! The upside of the netbooks is that it caused a shakeup of the ultraportable category.

I just wish they would bring more focus back onto making netbooks and not ultra-portables.

[^tamago^]

a 777 netbook won't hit mass-market price.

but at least it's doable. the nearest you have now is Vaio P (with Win7 installed!) S5, Uillv S5 or Vaio UX.

[akita16384]

Originally Posted by ^tamago^

a 777 netbook won't hit mass-market price.

but at least it's doable. the nearest you have now is Vaio P (with Win7 installed!) S5, Uillv S5 or Vaio UX.

It's definitely doable ... the price is stuck at the niche market pricing because only Sony is doing it ... that's why.

[poh6702]

I believe all of you are young people, please consider for those above 40 years and beyond, we people need notebook (netbook) that is light weight(no more strenght to carry heavy staffs around) and at least 12.1" screen size so as not to strain our eye.