Following on the from the previous Q1b news, the info has also been posted on UK-based Personal Computer World
Samsung is also bringing out a Q1b model in October which uses Via’s C7-M processor, and slightly improved disk space and Ram: 60-byte hard disk and 1GB of Ram. It will cost £899.
This puts it above the existing Q1 in terms of price. Are they touting the VIA C7-M as the best processor for a high-end system? If they’ve combined the best of Samsung tech with a good design and software around the C7-M we might see some impressive battery life figures.
Release date is October in the UK. In fact, most of the Q1b stories seem to be coming from the UK at the moment. I think someone there got an interview with Dinesh Chand the product manager at Samsung.
Samsung Q1b data sheet.
Steve / Chippy.
August 22nd, 2006 at 5:49 am
Hi Steve
I found the Samsung has already put the Q1b manual on their website.
http://tinyurl.com/m3g37
It’s interesting cause I thought Samsung would not make this public so quickly.
August 22nd, 2006 at 2:05 pm
Hi!
Thanks for the tip. This confirms it for me.
I’ve made a new journal entry about it.
Thanks again.
Steve.
August 23rd, 2006 at 1:29 am
Pretty neat stuff. I was hoping that Samsung’s next UMPC would have an AMD based CPU though… :-/
Would like to see how it stacks up performance wise with the Q1 though..
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