Kogan claims cheapest 10in netbook

Stephen Withers
Tuesday, 17 March 2009 12:58

Your IT - Home IT

The extra hardware lifts the weight from "about 1.2kg" to "about "1.5kg". Not bad, but that makes it heavier than the 13in MacBook Air.

Yes, I know they address two different markets and depths of pocket - you could buy five Agora Netbooks for the price of one MacBook Air and still have enough left over for an iPod touch.

But if you're looking for a computer to shlep around there's a lot to be said for keeping the weight down to 1kg.

Try this experiment: a regular-sized can of food weighs between 400 and 450g. Stack two cans, and hold them in one hand. Then add a third. Which would you prefer to carry?

If you're thinking about the Agora PRO, adding a fourth can will give a closer match.

So we're still faced with the tradeoff between reasonable keyboard and screen sizes as provided by a 10in netbook such as the Agora, and the light weight of a smaller model.

(It's hard to tell from photos, but I'd estimate that the Agora's keyboard is somewhere around 90 percent of full size.)

What about the software? See page 3.