Laptop Club

The new Classmate PC is technically a netbook, it will not compete in that space. 
For one thing, it's considerably more expensive than netbooks like the Wind, the Acer Aspire One, and the Lenovo Ideapad S10. CTL's 2GoPC sells for $549, which is a considerable premium to pay for a student netbook with tablet capabilities. The reference unit weighs 3.2 pounds with the 6-cell battery (up to 5 hours, claims CTL); a 4-cell option brings the weight to 2.9 pounds, although CTL is not planning to sell one. 

A nifty handle is part of a sleeve that is securely attached to the unit, so students can easily pick it up and go. The 8.9-inch touchscreen is not digitized, but it does come with a stylus, which can be used, along with your fingers, to navigate the screen. The latter method works, although I had to press firmly with my fingertips and drag them. The stylus is comfortable enough so that a student can use it for the course of a day. The unit has a built-in accelerometer as well, so that rotating the unit itself will automatically adjust the orientation.

The new Classmate PC's features are like the original: modest, at best. The new model comes with two USB ports, VGA-Out, and an Ethernet port. The built-in Wi-Fi chip supports 802.11abg and 802.11n wireless. The Classmate's storage has improved since its predecessor, though it will still be offering 2-GB to 16-GB SSD drives, for price-sensitive markets, and rotating drive of between 40 GB and 120 GB, for optimal capacity.

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