I cant figure out what theyre trying to do with these – theyre pushing Vista versions now.

Performance is pretty snappy with all the things I’ve been trying out so far. Office/web/multimedia all run without a hitch. Typing on the keyboard is lightning quick, the 1280 display is brilliant, while the driveguard technology, duracoat finish and magnesium-alloy case round off the experience.

I’m using the xp model with 2gb ram, 1.6 cpu, 6-cell battery and 160gb hard drive. Battery life is around 4.5 hours max, meaning in real life you’d be able to watch a 2-hour movie while still leaving 1 hour to do your work. Carry a 2nd small 6-cell and your set for a day easy.

Underclocking the C7-M to 800MHz using powercfg.exe processor-throttle switch will extend battery time by 30min to 1 hour. I have noticed though that most apps will come to a crawl, especially multimedia – VOB files still play back at 800MHz, but 720p HD will only run at 1.6GHz cpu speed. 1.0GHz seems to be the sweetspot, and using the adaptive setting the cpu will automatically throttle between 1.0 – 1.6GHz depending on processor load.

If the Nano does offer better performance without needing more power it would be a no-brainer upgrade, but overall I’m pretty satisfied with the C7-M. For what this device was designed to do, using such a nice keyboard, it works very well. It’s run everything I’ve thrown at it so far, and does what I want nicely. I honestly cannot complain.

it’s bad enough AMD doesnt compete in this market, the best they can do is blab marketing spin from their own insecurities & just say “netbooks suck”. we at least need Via in here to be some form of competition.

But wow, yeah, can you imagine if they did go Atom? It’d be the sharpest looking Hackintosh out there.

And that keyboard… mmmm..

If they can make it easy to install OS-X on the thing (Atom CPU), it would make a nice MacBook Mini…