NorhTec prepping sub-$300 Linux-based laptop of its own

Posted Mar 15th 2008 3:11PM by Darren Murph
Filed under: Laptops

Sheesh -- as if the Eee PC, ONE, Cloudbook, G10IL and countless othersweren't enough, now we've got one more low-cost laptop to keep track
of. Aiming to arrive just a hair below that magical $300 price point,
NorhTec is reportedly gearing up to introduce its Gecko laptop to the
world, but the machine itself will be designed / built by Quanta. So
far, we're hearing that it'll tout a 1GHz Via C7M ULV processor, an
optional PATA hard drive, integrated graphics, a 7-inch display and the
Linpus Linux Lite operating system. According to NorhTech's president
Michael Barnes, "Linpus Lite is very similar to gOS," which we aren't exactly sureis something you'd really want to trumpet. Nevertheless, said bigwig
also implied that the formal announcement of this here lappie would be
happening soon -- let's just hope it actually stays under three bills.