We can debate the merits of a convertible Tablet PC that doesn’t run a true Tablet operating system, but with prices like these, why bother? We’re talking about the Gigabyte M912 with pricing courtesy of UMPC Fever, and it’s actually sounding affordable with rumored prices starting at $556. That model, the near-palindrome named M912M, drops the resolution to 1024 x 600 and loses integrated Bluetooth.
The M912X offers Windows XP (not Tablet Edition) and a higher 1280 x 768 resolution in the same 8.9-inch display, along with a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom, 1 GB of RAM and the Bluetooth not found in the M912M. The XP version is expected in at $620 while the same unit with Vista Home Basic, dubbed M912V, adds another $36 to top out at $656. Amazing when you think about an 8.9-inch touchscreen convertible for around $650 coming from Gigabyte. An eerily similar form factor with different guts can be found in the Fujitsu P1620 for at least three times the price. Different horses under the hood of course and Fujitsu has their world-renowned palm-rejection technology, but wow, what a difference a year makes.
(via Engadget)
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