Red Fox and AMD teamed up to develop their own Eee PC competitor and launched the WizBook this week with a much disappointing 400MHz AMD Geode processor. Hate to say the obvious but this is most certainly going to be a bust.
See price and specs below:
Processor: AMD LX800 500MHz (10-inch model) and AMD LX700 400MHz (8-inch model)
Operating System: Linux
Screen Size: 8 and 10.2 inch (1024×600, 16:9)
Storage: 20GB and 60GB HDD
Memory: 256MB and 512MB RAM
802.11b/g WiFi
PCMCIA slot
SD/MMC/MS card reader
2 USB port
2200mAh and 2200mAh (3.5 & 4.5 battery hours, respectively)
Under 1.2kg
Price for the two models are Php16,000 and Php20,000 respectively. Tip to RedFox and other future UMPC players — if you want to offer a better product, offer “better” specs.
I saw it at megamall yesterday when I was strolling, and I found out that it was made in Taiwan.
i think it suits market who is looking for an economical yet functional laptop.
Hi there,
Anyone know where this is made in?
Thks :)
i forgot to ask for opinions if P18,500 for this gadget is cheap, just fair, unfair, or expensive.
i am considering the 10″ one for school work, web browsing, and some typing. hope you or anybody could help me with my questions. is this adequate for viewing pdf files and powerpoint presentation? is this responsive (enough RAM)? for my specific purpose? how many seconds is the startup time with the default OS? what would be the boot time if i use windows xp on it? is this sturdy? does this confer less eye strain compared to staring on a 14″ CRT monitor for hours? thanks!
linux is quite slow though. try to install win xp pro..
too costly for cheap specs. people nowadays, are looking for great deal of laptops. you don’t spend 20k just for the “cute” looks. but most importantly, what’s “inside” it. yeah, for the manufacturers offer something better, and worth the money or else don’t make one. not pretty competitive though.
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Hey Deb,
I really want the HP Mini-note 2133 however they still have VIA C7M on it. How’s it going for you? I’ll wait for their refresh with the VIA Nano processor and see how it goes. I honestly think HP has the best designed ULPC… Minus the location of the mouse buttons.
I wonder how it performs if it runs Damn Small Linux or Puppy Linux.
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/
http://www.puppylinux.org/
A bit slow and specs low. Seen the Wizbooks (8 and 10 in screens)last night when i was shopping for an ultraportable, Lucien is correct, they look less like toys than the eeepc in the market.
I ended up with HP 2133 though…
I tried the 10″ version and aside from the slow operating system boot up, it felt quite snappy. It has Neo Shine 3.0 installed on it which has Neo Shine Office, GAIM, Mozilla Fire Fox, etc. The 10″ version is being sold for only PhP 18,500 at Compex Megamall which is pretty good considering they upped the battery to 4800mAh and it has web-friendly resolution. It also looks less like a toy than the EEE PC does… Very cool looking actually.
If they market it properly, it could sell. Problem is that Linux lacks marketing support, even though some versions are very straightforward and virus free, making them ideal for low-budget users: writers, students, school teachers, etc. If it also comes with Open Office pre-loaded it’s very sulit.
benchmarks? I know RAM makes a difference
Basically the AMD Geode LX processor was target for low-power embedded
markets. With a decent performance and in many cases this will be more
than sufficient for web based or client base applications. The main
selling point is for the Geode LX is the reliability and much lower
power then Eee PC.
Even if performance is the same, the battery life will be longer. The
FACT is that Geode LX is made for low-power application. Intel is just
using their current Celeron M processor (plus 2 chipsets) and fitting
this into a UMPC thus not exactly optimize for UMPC market. Geode LX is
the 3rd generation Geode family of low-power processor.
I think my IPhone is much faster.
Ouch! Last time I heard of a 500Mb processor was way back 2002 I think… Even ordinary Flash based games today requires at least an 800MB processor.
Hey, I still got my Windows 98 SE installer disc and MS Office 2000. With a thousand scratches of course… Great!
Nice, I have a comparison between the two WizBook’s at my personal blog.
I’ve always had the feeling redbox was ‘cheap’