This is so far the cheapest Cedar Trail netbook we’ve ever seen being sold locally — a Linux-based Gateway LT4000 (a brand owned by Acer).
With a retail price of only Php12,990, the Gateway LT4000 is even more affordable than the Lenovo IdeaPad S110 we reported earlier.
Gateway LT4000 specs:
10.1″ LED display @ 1024×600 pixels
Intel Atom Cedar Trail N2600 1.6GHz dual-core
Mobile Intel NM10 Express Chipset
Intel GMA 3600 w/ 64MB VRAM
2GB DDR3 RAM
320GB SATA HDD
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth 2.1
LAN port 10/100Mbps
Card reader
6-cell 48Whr 4400mAh Li-ion battery
Linux
Gateway claims up to 8 hours of battery life on a single full charge. We’re not sure what Linux flavor they claim this is pre-installed with but I reckon it’s more likely Ubuntu (if not DOS which most other non-MS netbooks are loaded with).
tnx ramil for the nice info
probably linpus linux will be installed by default.
Too bad “10.1″ LED display @ 1024×600 pixels”
Its not Windows 8 ready unfortunately that’s why its cheap. I suggest to get netbooks with resolutions higher than that. You can install windows 8 but the apps will not work.
We are in the critical juncture wherein tablets are slowly gaining over netbooks and cheap notebooks. Though I agree that a tablet is good device, at its current Philippine prices, it is more cost-effective to buy latter than tablets. I’ll buy a tablet if the price is around PhP 10,000 (less is better).
People like me are buying. As @Noir said, tablets for the most part don’t have physical keyboards. People who need something lighter than a full-sized notebook, yet still want the functionality of typing a novel/review/essay, working on a project/presentation or doing other things at a coffee shop still want these.
In my case, I run software that just don’t have Android equivalents so I need Windows or Linux on the go. And I need to be able to plug into projectors without needing a VGA adapter. (Which does worry me about this new generation of netbooks…do they still have VGA outs or is it HDMI now?)
Tablets dont have physical keyboards…
seems a slightly better offer from Gateway, 13k vs. 14.5k from Lenovo, with a very slight 1.86 dual core over this 1.6 dual core marginal advantage in processing that will not manifest in real-world use.
ultimately, who’s buying?
given the onslaught of cheap tablets flooding the market?
why is this cedar trail N2600 while the previous lenovo u reviewed is a N2800?