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Linux-based sub-notebook for £195 anyone?
The Alpha 400, the Eee PC-like machine sports a 7in, 800 x 480 display but is based not on an x86 processor but a 400MHz, 32-bit XBurst chip. It’s got 128MB of memory and 1GB of Flash storage.
Alpha 400: Eee beater?
It has a 10/100Mb/s Ethernet port, an SDHC card reader and a pair of USB 2.0 ports - one of which can take the bundled optional Wi-Fi dongle. Depending on which version of the manufacturer’s spec you read, there may be a third USB port.
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The feature list also mentions optional CDMA and GPRS connectivity, and we suspect that, like Wi-Fi comes from add-on devices.
The machine weighs just 700g and measures 21.2 x 14.2 x 3.3cm. It’s available in a choice of colours: red, blue, green, salmon and black and it comes with office and comms software a-plenty.
