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1Malaysia Netbook With Broadband Price Capped At RM1,000

So next time you want to purchase 1 Malaysia netbook, you gotta be sure the price is below RM1000 including the broadband subscription fee for 6 months period. The ‘assurance’ is provided by the minister themselves, and I assume the that’s include installment payment method.

But alas, even before that, some of the price of 1 Malaysia netbook with 384 kbps broadband is only at RM912 with 24 months installment.  Unless the said package is come with the 512 kbps broadband package or better, or this covers all netbook model under the 1Malaysia netbook initiative,  I foresee nothing new here.

Access Speeds Streamyx + Komputer 1Malaysia netbook (For the 1st 24 months and beyond) (RM) Streamyx + HP Netbook (RM)
1st 24 months From the 25th month onwards
384Kbps 38 59 38
512Kbps 53 74 53
1Mbps 68 89 68
2Mbps 83 104 83
4Mbps

source: thestar

Admin 25 November 2010 telecommunication , , , , , No Comments

Dell Inspiron Mini 10 Price Drop To RM999

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If you’re currently looking for netbook, perhaps Inspiron Mini 10 is the notebook that suit with your budget. With price RM999, it is definitely wallet-friendly netbook in the market, if you don’t mind the pretty basic specs and not-so bad design. It is worth reminding you that the original price is RM1299 before, and in fact I’m one of the ‘unlucky’ buyer that bought it with that price long ago. RM300 price drop is quite substantial discount, right? Hit the source link to grab this offer, such a good offer may not lasted.

source Dell

Admin 25 October 2010 gadget & hardware , , , , , No Comments

Dual-Core Intel Atom Powered Netbook Available From Today

Dual -core Atom? That’s right and the netbook running with that processor start shipping today. There are plenty of notebook available from Acer, Asus, Fujitsu and etc. Tthe new dual-core Intel® Atom™ processor N550 is said to have greater performance with same battery life as the single core Intel® Atom™ processor N450. More on that available on the press release below.

Press release

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 23, 2010 – Intel Corporation announced today that a dozen of new netbooks based on its new mobile dual-core Intel® Atom™ processors are available in stores today. The netbooks – available now and through the end of the year from manufacturers including Acer, ASUS, Fujitsu, Lenovo, LG, Samsung, MSI, and Toshiba – enable new levels of support for applications like games, as well as Adobe Flash* technology for access to a number of Web pages including online hotel booking systems and multimedia sites such as YouTube* and Hulu*.

“Acer strives to continually improve on our customers’ total mobile experience, whether it is increased responsiveness or extended Internet interactivity through longer battery life,” said David Lee, associate vice president of Acer’s Mobile Computing Business Unit. “We are pleased to select dual-core Intel Atom processors for Acer netbooks, helping to empower netbook users achieve even more – both at work and at leisure.”

With the dual-core Intel® Atom™ processor N550, consumers can enjoy Internet access on the go with a more responsive experience in the same compact form factor, DDR3 memory support and similar great battery life as the single-core Intel® Atom™ processor N450.

“In their short history, the netbook category has experienced impressive growth,” said Erik Reid, director of marketing for mobile platforms at Intel. “Having shipped about 70 million Intel Atom chips for netbooks since our launch of the category in 2008, there is obviously a great market for these devices around the world.”

New netbooks based on dual-core Intel Atom chips arrive in stores today and are available at a variety of consumer-friendly price points. For more information, visit www.intel.com/products/processor/atom.

source intel

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3 Netbook With Internet Broadband Packages For Students

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Broadband and netbook are must have gears for students nowadays. Choosing the right netbook with broadband package is critical if you have limited budget as usually the packages subscribed tie you to that network for 1 to 2 years. On top of that, the durability of the netbook and consistence performance of the broadband service, are what you’re expecting after spending hundreds buck of hard earned income to get the services.

Sadly, there is not much choice of broadband with netbook package available publicly in the market. Certain higher intuition do provide easy payment scheme to purchase netbook but that’s limited to their student only. Available in the market at this point of time, there are only 3 netbook with internet broadband packages, 1 free broadband service as well as some education program with discounted price for students from certain computer vendors.

1. Streamyx Cool Uni Pack

A broadband with netbook package dedicated ONLY to students, this is an initiative by government with collaboration with Streamyx to ease the ownership or netbook and broadband to students. The package comes with free broadband connection for 2 years with very affordable monthly commitment.

What’s in package : Netbook, WiFi modem, 384kbps Streamyx Broadband for 2 years

Price : RM38 for 2 years

Link : Cool Unipack page

2. Celcom Broadband + Netbook.

This is publicly available netbook/notebook with internet broadband service that open to anyone. As this is profit oriented scheme, the price tag is not as affordable as Unipack package. The are 2 ways how you can get this packages, pay RM88 permonth for 2 years to get the broadband and netbook without needing to pay huge sum upfront. Or secondly, pay RM888 to get the netbook and additional RM58/98 for broadband package for 1 year

What’s in the package : Netbook, Celcom broaband

Price :  RM88 permonth for 2 years or RM888 for netbook and RM58/98 for celcom broadband

Link : Celcom Broadband

3. W1MAX-1NSiDE 4G Laptop

Almost similar as netbook with Celcom broadband package with slightly different technology. The broadband itself is using Wimax technology. And the netbook is Wimax ready, with Wimax chip already embedded into the netbook/notebook so no modem or whatsoever is required. The drawback is Wimax coverage itself which still pretty much limited at this point of time. But if you lived in the area where coverage is available, this is pretty good deal as they do provide free Wimax service between 3 months to 6 months.

What’s inside the package – Netbook or notebook itself

Price – Price is vary, with price starting from RM1349 to 2599

Link : Wimax Inside

4. YTL Education Partner Program (EPP)

This not so widely known program is providing free broadband access to students in UTM Skudai, a collaboration between UTM and YTL Comm. The broadband which run on so called 4G technology (sorry I’m not aware whether it is LTE or Wimax) aim to expand the service through out Malaysian campus by end of 2010. The free is limited to 300MB worth of data permonth, considerably few but still okey for just web browsing and reading email usage. After all, it’s free, right? If you’re interested and students, you can subscribe or reading more of this from the link below

Link : YTL EPP

5. Apple Education Pricing

For those with higher budget, Apple does provide discounted price for their Apple Macbook for students. The discount ranged from RM400 to RM700 and you can’t get the deal from Apple online store only. Check out this page for more info.

6. Other broadband service

Broadband is more affordable than ever nowadays. From wired to wireless, there are variety of packages that suit your needs as well as your budget. Head to ISP such as Streamyx, Jaring and TM for wired broadband or Celcom, Digi, Maxis, U-Mobile for wireless broadband.

7. Acer Education pricing

Honestly, I’m not sure if this program still available right now, but it definitely available in the past. Acer never advertised this program , but if you walk-in to any notebook store selling Acer netbook, there is a chance it might still there.

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TM’s Broadband Netbook Package From RM38 Permonth

broadband netbook rm30 TMs Broadband Netbook Package From RM38 Permonth

I’m not sure how I miss this promotion. It started a week ago according to a friend of mine who make me aware of this.

Hold your horse before you’re getting too excited as this offer is only eligible to families with total household income less than RM5000 (city) and RM3000 (rural). Beside TM which provide 200,000 unit of  free netbook for this program, there are 4 other companies to follow the suit.

There are 2 type of netbooks available with each tied to 24 months contract, and lucky us this table summarize the whole payment and subscription fee structure.

Access Speeds Streamyx + Komputer 1Malaysia netbook (For the 1st 24 months and beyond) (RM) Streamyx + HP Netbook (RM)
1st 24 months From the 25th month onwards
384Kbps 38 59 38
512Kbps 53 74 53
1Mbps 68 89 68
2Mbps 83 104 83
4Mbps 88 109 88

source: Malaysia Wireless

You should really go through the FAQ and Term & Condition pages to understand everything before you commit to this program, but here are some essential information you should know.

  • Free WiFi Modem
  • Free Netbook Delivery
  • No Activation Fee (save RM75)
  • No Installation Fee (save RM88)
  • 50% Discount for first month subscription
  • Additional charge for new customer without TM fixed lie
    • Service Deposit – RM75
    • Duty Stamp RM10
    • Internal Wiring RM30 – RM50(first 5 meter) and RM/5 for additional
  • No additional charge for existing TM fixed line
  • Contract Period 24 months
  • RM600 administration fee for early termination
  • Netbook provided by HP (most likely HP Mini 210) or NadiAyu (shown below)

komputer1malaysia 2 TMs Broadband Netbook Package From RM38 Permonth

My Take.

The broadband with netbook package is indeed very good. It is  common that the excuse behind not subscribing to broadband service is because they can’t afford to buy computer (but they can afford LCD TV 32″). Now the broadband comes with netbook and I don’t see any reason why one still without internet connection at home.

I also have some concern with 1Malaysia netbook build quality, but hopefully the company behind it strive the best to serve the customer.  Even notebook from reputable company tend to broke down after the warranty end. To most people who subscribe to this package, this might be their first computer and it could be mishandled in any ways.

384 kbps speed is just enough to surf the net, but it could be little to slow to view videos or pages with high multimedia element.

Admin 6 June 2010 telecommunication , , , , , 43 Comments
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