Comments on: The Gigabyte M912 gets pricing, release date (sort of)

By: xemone

xemone — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:00:30 +0000

Hey guys check this out
http://www.gottabemobile.com/CommentView,guid,425E65D1-4A06-4E31-A6C2-B706C951A134.aspx#0d686d6d-a561-4b17-968b-5383517ee613 Matthew Dillon over at GottaBeMobile.com emailed a Gigabyte representative about the M912 and they replied that it won’t be released in the US or Canada Market, only in Asia and Europe. What do you guys think of this? I for one am disappointed.

By: UMPC Newsbytes. | UMPCPortal - The Ultra Mobile Computing reference site

UMPC Newsbytes. | UMPCPortal - The Ultra Mobile Computing reference site — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:29:01 +0000

[...] and specs on the touchscreen netbook, the Gigabyte M912. A demo device should be with us soon. Some pricing was leaked from Gigabyte (in dollars but its normal for a reseller to buy in dollars. Or at least it used to [...]

By: zoogle

zoogle — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:12:29 +0000

I wonder how it stacks up against a refurb Fujitsu P1610…

By: scoobie

scoobie — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:21:38 +0000

This is much bigger than the u810

By: Dandy411

Dandy411 — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:05:17 +0000

Dandy wants . I was going to buy the fujitsu u810 until I saw this at computex.

By: Anonymous Reader

Anonymous Reader — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:50:23 +0000

FYI - Gottabemobile linked to both laptopmag.com article and Tomshardware.com, refuting Tom’s Hardware SSD power use testing with SSD better than HD.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-hdd-battery,1955.html

http://blog.laptopmag.com/web-surfing-test-shows-ssds-better-for-battery-life

So, who do we trust (or does it just depend on the type of use that we do if SSD is better or worse than HD (powerwise)?

By: hikoki

hikoki — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:18:57 +0000

3.5 hours´battery-life is the weak point. Otherwise, a nice gadget.

By: Vit

Vit — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:58:15 +0000

Yes, it is tha question! Can RAM be expanded to 2Gb?

By: ArchiMark

ArchiMark — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:37:22 +0000

I want one!

Especially if they sell for $699 USD……

By: Geoffrey

Geoffrey — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:52:11 +0000

I will grab one of these in a heartbeat IF the RAM can be upgraded to at least 2GB.

By: Harry

Harry — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:57:27 +0000

Im quite looking forwards to reviews of this as ive been putting off buying other netbooks because of it…

$699 seems an ok price, as long as its below £400 ill definately consider it. But ill be waiting to see how the reviwers think it handles vista first.

i dont think the atom delays should really stop them from releasing it as its not like being unable to meet customer demand stopped the original eee from launching or for instance the ninteno wii.

By: kyuss

kyuss — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:21:17 +0000

well…i don’t know, but maybe it has something to do with intel’s problem to supply the demand for the atom?

anyway…good job, gigabyte…some nice machines recently…

By: NobbyNobbs

NobbyNobbs — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:04:26 +0000

Gigabyte and release dates… a really sad story!
Ok, it`s not only Gigabyte. But why aren`t they able to give more accurate release dates? Is it really this difficult?