News Bits: Acer Overtakes Dell, OLPC Looks For New CEO, Intel Atom Benchmarks

ECS G10IL - the Asus Eee PC killer?

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A new Asus Eee PC competitor has emerged, the sub-$500 ECS G10IL. It features an HSDPA 7.2 datacard built in, along with a webcam, 3x USB 2.0, Ethernet, and a 56k modem. It is more than likely it has WiFi and Bluetooth built-in as well.

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Acer overtakes Dell as no. 2 notebook maker

HP has been number one in the notebook market for the sixth quarter in a row now according to DisplaySearch. Thanks to its acquisitions of Gateway and Packard Bell, Acer took over second place from Dell, pushing the firm to third place. Acer and HP are growing quickly due to the increasing transition of consumers from desktops to notebooks.

DisplaySearch also found that the most popular panel size for notebooks was 15.4-inch.

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Intel Atom processor gets benchmarked

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Computer Base, a German website, has done the first benchmarks of the new Intel Atom CPU, also called "Silverthorne". The 1.6GHz Atom CPU is a bit faster than a 1.13GHZ Pentium III (Tualatin) but slower than a 900MHz Celeron M (Dothan) in SuperPi. However, SuperPi is not multithreaded and does not allow the Silverthorne to reach its full potential, as it is HyperThreaded.

The Atom CPU is based on 45nm technology and has extremely low thermal ratings, from 0.6 to 2.5 watts. They will be available in frequencies up to 1.8GHz in the first half of this year.

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OLPC founder Negroponte looking for replacement
OLPC founter Nicholas Negroponte has announced he is stepping down as CEO of OLPC and is looking for a successor, although he will stay onboard as a chairman. He said in an interview with BusinessWeek that "management, administration, and details are my weaknesses" and that the foundation needs to be managed better. He hopes to find a replacement by April or May.

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LED backlighting penetration to reach 70% in 2011
LED backlighting penetration in notebooks will only reach 15% in 2008, but according to the chairmam of Everlight Electronics, it will reach 33% in 2009 and 71% in 2011.

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Leave it to Asus to try and out do its own product, lol. Should of just called it the UberEeePC!

 

...Does Asus own ECS?

And I have to say...Those Silverthorne numbers, if correct, are NOT what I expected. I thought these things were supposed to offer performance similar to a mid level Dothan? A LOT of applications aren't multicore capable, so the 2nd core performance will get lost? Not sure. I think we'll have to wait for a full benchmark suite to call this one.

 

lol, at first i was scared, thinking that Acer overtook Dell as a whole

 

Wow that ECS G10IL actually looks better than EeePc. I wonder what the screen size is....

 

The pic of the ECS G10IL is the 11 inch version. There will also be a smaller 9 inch version. And it may look better (to you) but it may perform worse (no performance specs released).

 

It looks quite nice and I am really wondering what the specs will be to keep the price so low since other 11" notebooks start close to $2000.

But it looks like this will not come to North America so I really shouldn't be interested, would be nice if it came here.

 

Hey it's the new APPLE! No, wait...It's just what the new Apple should have looked like. \satire

 

Nice ECS. (Does Asus own ECS? I think not?)

ECS mostly does the OEM market. Wondering if they are making thier own product or selling them to be rebadged into other Brands.

Same hinge design as my XPS....would be nice to see a Dell UMPC since thier Axim line is now dead.

I expected more from Silverthorne though, being a EEE user myself, I was looking forward to the Silverthorne in the upcoming 8.9" EEE, or perhaps the ECS G10 if its available by then. Its a little dissapointing but we will have to see how much better it could stretch the battery life. I find the performance of the EEE perfectly usable for what it was intended to do...and I'm on XP.

 

There is actually a HT enabled SuperPi. They should know that. I used it all the time in my Northwood and Prescott abusing days.

 

The word you're looking for is actually sarcasm.

Anyhow, I'll withhold any judgment until this sees the light of day. Could just be vaporware.

 

thx for news chaz!

 

Maybe. The wording might be more appropriate, but the technical definition of satire includes the use of sarcasm to 'expose' or point out something. I'm actually not sure. Hmmm, I might have to ask someone about that.

 

Disturbed me, too!

 

Sorry for bumping such and old thread but I didn't find any info on this lappy.
Anyone knows where can I purchase this ECS G10IL?