Welcome to the mainstream: subnotebook from Sylvania

Posted by Rob Beschizza, July 30, 2008 10:28 AM | permalink

Sylvania's g netbook MESO is an Intel Atom-brained 9" subnote with an 80GB hard drive, weighing in at 2.2 pounds and running XP or Ubuntu Netbook Remix. Sylvania's a Wal-Mart staple, but there's no plans for it to hit the megabox. The whiff of mainstream success can't be far off for the new category.

It'll come in white, yellow and pink, and hopefully cost under $500.

Update: Fixed some mistakes and dumb assumptions of mine. Thanks, Beth!

Sylvania to enter expanding netbook market [Out of the Box]

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#1 posted by royaltrux

, July 30, 2008 10:37 AM

80 gig drive - that's great for some people but not for battery life.

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#2 posted by se7a7n7 , July 30, 2008 10:54 AM

Hmmm, I wonder if you could buy the XP version and do the refusal of Microsoft license thing to get $50 back. Then install Ubuntu yourself, making the laptop cost $250?

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#3 posted by shutz , July 30, 2008 11:25 AM

"It'll come in white, yellow and pink," but the picture shows a black unit? Or is that a very dark shade of white?

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#4 posted by Rajio , July 30, 2008 11:44 AM

Why does it seem like every subnotebook comes in pink? i dont think even 14 year old girls want a pink one.

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#5 posted by ross_rubin , July 30, 2008 11:51 AM

Sylvania has neither confirmed the price of the netbook nor that Wal-Mart will be selling it. I've updated the post to clarify this:
http://snurl.com/37t9s

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#6 posted by PRLady , July 30, 2008 11:59 AM

Thanks Ross. It's NOT AT WAL-MART and it's NOT $299. By the way, I'm getting a pink one (but I'm not 14!)

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#7 posted by PRLady , July 30, 2008 11:59 AM

Thanks Ross. It's NOT AT WAL-MART and it's NOT $299. By the way, I'm getting a pink one (but I'm not 14!)

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#8 posted by Joel Johnson

, July 30, 2008 12:20 PM

Any netbook I buy will be in Pink. I am That Guy.

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#9 posted by jitrobug , July 30, 2008 1:10 PM

ubuntu at walmart would make my brain hurt..

like that time Conan O'Brien did the last hours in hitler's bunker, as enacted by puppies and kittens.

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#10 posted by Halloween Jack , July 30, 2008 2:06 PM

I can come in white and yellow (well, really more of a grayish-yellow) for a lot less than $500, and if that's the budget that you're allowing, I'd happily work on pink.

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#11 posted by teamrice , July 30, 2008 3:31 PM

comment #10 - thats really gross -
and also, is ugly cheaper to produce? why do cheap things always look so cheap?

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#12 posted by hep cat , July 30, 2008 8:59 PM

329.99 here.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3747065&CatId=927

It looks like the smallest cheapest laptop you can get with a 30 gig HDD which is enough for me to want one

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#13 posted by strider_mt2k

, July 31, 2008 5:11 AM

Hep Cat, That isn't the same product.