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I have been using a netbook on a regular basis since Asus released their first Eee PC, the 7-inch having 701 back in late 2007. I have jumped around and used more than my fair share on netbooks since and they have all had one thing in common — the lack of a DVD optical drive. And for the most part I have not missed that at all.
But that is just me and I have heard more than my share of complaints about the fact that netbooks do not come with internal optical drives. Well, most don’t.
Except we are now seeing reports of the Gateway EC14 which comes with a built-in DVD optical drive. Of course, this is in what I describe as “almost but not quite a netbook category.” In other words, the EC14 is sporting an 11.6-inch display, which is slightly bigger than the 10-inch standard for netbooks.
Other features of the EC14 include that it will be running Windows 7 Home Premium and have a 1.3GHz Intel SU4100 processor, 4GB of RAM and a 320GB hard drive. That and, the 1,366 x 768 pixel HD resolution 11.6-inch display.
But either way, its still a small laptop that comes with a DVD optical drive. As far as when and how much. Well, the Gateway EC14 is expected to be available shortly and retail for somewhere around $630.
Read [Notebook Italia]
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