Netbooks under 10K: Freescale-powered Pegatron
Posted by Scout on January 11, 2009
Pegatron may sound like an Autobot in Transformers, but it’s really not. It’s a company that spun-off from ASUS, and they’re getting ready to join the netbook craze. The focus is on low price and functionality, but they’re no slouch in the design department, either. Just look at this prototype (courtesy of Engadget):
This 17mm-thin netbook will run via Freescale’s 1GHz ARM i.MX515 processor and will feature an 8.9 screen, 8 hours of battery life, and an 8GB SDD - all for $199. The processor isn’t Windows-friendly, so it’s likely to come bundled with an optimized version of Ubuntu (Linux). I personally like Ubuntu, so I’ll be keeping an eye on this one. I hope a local distributor picks it up. It certainly looks more appealing than most of the other sub-10K netbooks in the market today.
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