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Don’t look now, but here’s a new Netbook for your consumer consideration. No, wait, before you click out, this one isn’t made by ASUSTeK. Actually, the Hannsnote Netbook at least offers an element of curiosity as it’s not made by any of the major computer manufacturers.
ASUS beware! Image: Hannspree.
So, with the likes of ASUS, Acer and Dell all out of the picture, what exactly does Hannspree’s Hannsnote ultra portable system bring to the table that will help distinguish it from the myriad other Netbooks currently vying for position?
Hannspree certainly has high hopes for its ‘Netbook’ devices, boasting it will “penetrate the mini notebook market with a range of designer” platforms. Big words indeed, although that confidence would perhaps carry more weight if the company at least knew the name of the hardware market in question.
But we digress.
So, the somewhat aesthetically bland Hannsnote is the first such slice of “designer” hardware with which Hannspree is going to topple the Eee PC and Aspire One. Yet beyond its somewhat clunky exterior and uninspired colour choices of piano black or ice white, there’s little on show that the likes of ASUS or Acer should be worried about.
Specifically, beneath the hood, the Hannsnote Netbook carries a thoroughly unsurprising 1.6GHz Atom processor, a full 1GB of RAM, and 160GBs of hard drive storage – just like almost all of today’s Netbook entrants.
That initial predictability also transfers over to the computer’s features and functions, which include a 10-inch LCD display (1024 x 600) multiple USB connections, a memory card reader, and Ethernet, Draft-N Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity.
Now that you’re all suitably wowed by the “designer” Hannsnote’s specifications, be sure to highlight the month of June on your ‘must buy’ tech calendar and set aside around 289 GBP for when the big day comes.
And yes, in case you’re wondering, we’re sick of Netbooks.
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