Saturday, September 7, 2013

What ARM notebooks are available today

If you want to buy ARM Based notebooks (not a tablet),
there are following possibilities I am aware of:



The one I call "Chinese crap" :)
  • Single Core CPU,
  • 256 or 512 MB RAM
  • 2 to 4 GB NAND / SSD
  • 7' display 1024x600
  • 1 to 2h battery
  • Android

Those are extremely cheap 50-80 USD piece, but I do not see any practical use of them.

Also 2 hours battery live? C'mon get serious :)



Toshiba AC100
  • Single Core Nvidia Tegra 2 CPU,
  • 512 MB RAM
  • 8 - 32 GB SSD
  • 10' display 1024x600
  • 8h battery
  • Android 2.1
This device is discontinued, but there are ability to buy one of these brand new.

On EBay.co.uk you can grab one for about 70 GBP.

There are Linux running for AC100



ASUS Transformers - several models
  • ARM CPU up to 4 cores
  • 1 GB RAM
  • 8 - 32 GB SSD
  • 10' - 11' with resolution up to 1920×1200
  • Android
These are very nice, but expensive and is unclear how you can put Linux on them.



GoClever Hybrid
  • 2 cores ARM CPU
  • 1 GB RAM
  • 16 GB SSD
  • 10' 
  •  15h battery
  • Android 4.1
These are priced around 300 EUR including the keyboard.

There are Linux running for GoClever,
but most of the documentation is on Polish language



Lenovo Yoga 11
  • 4 cores Nvidia Tegra T3.0 CPU
  • 2 GB RAM
  • up to 64 GB SSD
  • 11' 1366 x 768
  •  10h battery
  • Microsoft Windows 8 RT
These are ridiculously priced around 1300 USD.

The model was just discontinued.

I never checked if there is a Linux for these, nor I know if boot-loader is locked.



Samsung ARM Chromebook
  • 2 cores Samsung Exynos 5 CPU
  • 2 GB RAM
  • 16 GB on board SSD
  • 11' 1366 x 768
  •  8h battery
  • ChromeOS
As I said in previous those are priced brand new as 250 USD, and can be bought in UK for 190 GBP (300 USD).

Just bought mine on EBay.co.uk for ~150 GBP :-)

1 comment:

  1. Post on ARM hardware:
    http://nullr0ute.com/2012/03/arm-hardware-now-and-the-not-so-distant-future/

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