What’s a nettop? Well better ask CTL as it’s the company offering one. Their 2go PC nettop will cost anywhere from $149 to $299. Inside a nettop there’s an Intel DG945GCLF motherboard, Intel’s Atom 230 processor, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, a GMA 950 graphics accelerator and support for one HDD and one optical drive. There are six USB 2.0 ports, and an Ethernet jack.
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And the saga of low-cost laptops after the Eee PC continues. One of the newest ones is the Intel 2go PC, which is initially meant for the classroom. It runs on Intel Celeron M CPU with a 915GMS chipset. Intel 2go PC is a nine-incher with 800 x 480 pixels resolution with 512 MB RAM upgradeable to 1GB, and a 40GB storage. It also features 802.11b/g and SD card readers as well as numerous ports and jacks for your peripherals. It comes preinstalled with Windows XP, but you could change to Linux if you prefer. The Intel 2go PC is said to cost $400 and will be available within 2 months.

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