Photos: Apricot returns with netbook
By Nicole Kobie,
Apricot showed off its first new product in a decade in London last night, with a new netbook called the PicoBook Pro.
For photos of the PicoBook Pro, click here, or on 'Gallery' above.
The PicoBook Pro is a 8.9in netbook with a 1024x600 display. It features a 60GB hard drive, 1GB of RAM, integrated 802.11 a, b and g Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and a 1.3 megapixel web cam. It runs on a VIA C7-M 1.2GHz x86 compatible processor. The firm said the PicoBook has a battery life of four hours.
A Suse Linux version will retail for £279 including VAT, while a Windows XP version will cost £329 including VAT.
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Welcome Back Apricot
I had an Apricot XEN PC Clone back in the day and it was a wonderful machine, if slightly idiosyncratic.
Welcome back Apricot, hopefully you\\\'ll restore some style to an industry which (with one or two exceptions) is sadly lacking in style leaders.
By Ip_bobmasseyd0fc on Friday Oct 17