I saw this yesterday and dismissed it immediately. Then today, it popped up again in a search for UMPCs and I took a closer look and saw that it’s basically a UMPC in a notebook chassis.
This is far bigger than any of the netbooks you’ll find out there but, because of the chassis size, they’ve taken a similar approach to Clevo and stuffed in as much battery as they could resulting in a 6-hour battery life. Knowing that the Q1 Ultra, as device that uses the same architecture, can run for 7 hours on its 56wh battery, I see no reason why the Rock Pegasus 210 can’t run for 6. Rock have squeezed the UMPC architecture into a tough magnesium chassis, added a 12.1″ screen, fingerprint reader, kept the weight under 1.2kg and made it available with a very useful 3G option.
- Intel® A110 Processor 800MHz, 512KB Cache, 400MHz
- 12” WXGA X-Glass Screen (1280 x 800)
- Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950
- 1GB DDR2 667MHz RAM
- 80GB 4200rpm ATA Hard Drive
- Optional Dual Layer USB powered DVD re-writer
- 3.6Mbps 3G/GPRS Integrated modem*
- Integrated Wireless LAN 802.11 a/g/n and Bluetooth
- Windows XP Professional or Vista Business Edition
- TPM data security and Fingerprint access
- Magnesium Alloy chassis and Hard Disk Shock Protection
- Expansion: 3 x USB 2.0 / 4-in-1 Card Reader / 1 x PCMCIA Card Slot
- Output: 1 x VGA Output / Headphone / Microphon
- Communication: 10/100/1000 LAN / 56k Modem / 3G/HSDPA/GPRS(optional)
- Security:Kensington Lock support
The only problem I see is the price. With the 3G option included you’re looking at, wait for it, £1056.33 inclusive of tax. That’s $2100! I wonder what they could have done with a 1.6Ghz Atom platform. 10 hours battery life in a low-power, lightweight laptop anyone? Not for $2000 I’m guessing!
Rock, via BIOS and Cheaplaptop.org.uk
