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Intel Classmate PC (9in.) review

System configurations

Intel Classmate PC (9in.) Windows XP Professional SP2; 900MHz Intel Celeron Ultra Low Voltage M353; 512MB DDR2 SDRAM 400MHz; 128MB Mobile Intel 915GMS Express; 30GB Seagate 3,600rpm
HTC Shift Windows Vista Business Edition; 800MHz Intel A110; 1024MB DDR2 SDRAM 400MHz; 256MB Mobile Intel 945GM/GU Express; 40GB Toshiba 4,200rpm
Fujitsu LifeBook P1620 Windows XP Professional SP2; 1.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Ultra Low Voltage U7600; 1024MB DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz; 128MB Mobile Intel 945GMS Express; 80GB Toshiba 4200rpm
Intel Classmate PC (7in.) Windows XP Professional SP2; 900MHz Intel Celeron Ultra Low Voltage M353; 256MB DDR2 SDRAM 400MHz; 128MB Mobile Intel 915GMS Express; 2GB Samsung SSD

Overview

Intel Classmate PC (9in.)

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Editors rating: 7.5

Verdict

Intel has tweaked the Classmate PC to appeal to first-world schoolchildren, and it now offers an experience on a par with mini-notebooks such as the ASUS Eee.

Price

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Featured Talkback

Put simply, what is the compelling reason to pay ~$200 extra for an Eee with Windows XP? A Windows Eee won't come with any useful applications and you'll have to buy anti-virus software to boot. The truth about low cost computing is that nobody really cares whether the machine is running Windows or Linux as long as its cheap, its easy to use and it works.