“Samsung also plans to release the Q1b, a version of the UMPC that uses a 60GB hard drive, 1GB of RAM, and more significantly Via’s C7-M processor“
This has just been posted up in some Q1 news at Cnet UK
This was a rumor a while back and we have it in our watch-list.
Samsung Q1 with VIA processor.
This one is strictly a rumor (that no-one has formally denied yet!) I really cant imagine Intel (or Microsoft) letting Samsung simply drop a VIA onto the same UMPC motherboard and letting them compete head to head. No-one, even Samsung, is going to benefit from that. Its possible Samsung could remove some of the interfaces (VGA, Ethernet) and make a stripped down 20GB version I guess. We’ll have to wait and see.
Probability 25%
Our guess on specs: Late summer release. $750. Via processor. Reduced Q1 specs.
I’m doing some further investigating…back soon.
Picked up through eagle-eyed Ultranauts.com.
Steve / Chippy.
March 24th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
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