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Chinese Netbook Deploys Via C7-M Processor

Posted 09/03/08 at 09:24:22 PM  by Pulkit Chandna

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At times it is easy to forget that Intel Atom is not the only power-efficient processor aimed at the netbook segment. Incase you had forgotten, Via is also vying for the same market segment. Only a couple of weeks after Via received a big order for Nano processors from HP, it has announced that leading Chinese PC OEM Tsinghua Tongfang is going to deploy the VIA C7-M processor in its S1 mini-notebook.

The S1 features a 1.6 GHz VIA C7-M processor, 1GB memory and an 80GB hard disk drive. With its weight of 1.2kg, the S1 is certainly a little bulky for its stripe. It has a rather convenient 10.2” screen and runs Windows Vista Home Basic – quite audacious to even attempt Vista on a netbook. Its Chinese price translates to $583. With Intel struggling to meet the staggering demand for Atom, the door is ajar for Via.

 Image Credit: ViaGallery

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TAGS: hardware, VIA, Intel Atom, nano, c7-m, tongfang s1 imini mini-note
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avatarYawn...can someone tell VIA that the world has moved on?

Submitted by bcweir on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 7:33pm

This is the age of 64-bit computing, and despite VIA's well known and respected pedigree for power-conservation, it seems as if VIA refuses to admit that computing technology has changed from the 32-bit 2003 origins this chip springs from. Instead it relies on an obsolete chip design that Intel moved on from YEARS ago.

Not to mention the fact that this Netbook is running the most ignored version of Vista out there -- Vista Basic!  No Aero Glass, No Media Center, No Backup, No remote Desktop, No DVD burning, No HD capability for movie maker.

Skip this paperweight.  Your money is better spent on other netbooks that have EMBRACED, not SHUNNED, modern computing.

 

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avatarYawn ...can someone tell bcweir there 6.6 billion people

Submitted by jalford383 on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 10:50pm

 Man 583.00 multiplied by 6.6 billion is what mister wier? Not part of your life if you choose to ignore this market. China is locked down, unless you play by their rules, you do not play!32, 64, hell,your are lucky.

If you were in China you would not be allowed to make that statement!

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