This is far bigger than any of the netbooks you'll find out there but, because of the chassis size, they've taken a similar approach to Clevo and stuffed in as much battery as they could resulting in a 6-hour battery life. Knowing that the Q1 Ultra, as device that uses the same architecture, can run for 7 hours on its 56wh battery, I see no reason why the Rock Pegasus 210 can't run for 6.  Rock have squeezed the UMPC architecture into a tough magnesium chassis, added a 12.1" screen, fingerprint reader, kept the weight under 1.2kg and made it available with a very useful 3G option.

The only problem I see is the price. With the 3G option included you're looking at, wait for it, £1056.33 inclusive of tax. That's $2100! I wonder what they could have done with a 1.6Ghz Atom platform. 10 hours battery life in a low-power, lightweight laptop anyone? Not for $2000 I'm guessing!

Rock, via BIOS and Cheaplaptop.org.uk

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This is far bigger than any of the netbooks you'll find out there but, because of the chassis size, they've taken a similar approach to Clevo and stuffed in as much battery as they could resulting in a 6-hour battery life. Knowing that the Q1 Ultra, as device that uses the same architecture, can run for 7 hours on its 56wh battery, I see no reason why the Rock Pegasus 210 can't run for 6.  Rock have squeezed the UMPC architecture into a tough magnesium chassis, added a 12.1" screen, fingerprint reader, kept the weight under 1.2kg and made it available with a very useful 3G option.

The only problem I see is the price. With the 3G option included you're looking at, wait for it, £1056.33 inclusive of tax. That's $2100! I wonder what they could have done with a 1.6Ghz Atom platform. 10 hours battery life in a low-power, lightweight laptop anyone? Not for $2000 I'm guessing!

Rock, via BIOS and Cheaplaptop.org.uk

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12.1" Rock notebook uses UMPC platform.

Posted on 07 April 2008, Last updated on 09 November 2019 by

rock1I saw this yesterday and dismissed it immediately. Then today, it popped up again in a search for UMPCs and I took a closer look and saw that it’s basically a ultra mobile PC in a notebook chassis.

This is far bigger than any of the netbooks you’ll find out there but, because of the chassis size, they’ve taken a similar approach to Clevo and stuffed in as much battery as they could resulting in a 6-hour battery life. Knowing that the Q1 Ultra, as device that uses the same architecture, can run for 7 hours on its 56wh battery, I see no reason why the Rock Pegasus 210 can’t run for 6.  Rock have squeezed the ultra mobile PC architecture into a tough magnesium chassis, added a 12.1″ screen, fingerprint reader, kept the weight under 1.2kg and made it available with a very useful 3G option.

  • Intel® A110 Processor 800MHz, 512KB Cache, 400MHz
  • 12 inch WXGA X-Glass Screen (1280 x 800)
  • Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950
  • 1GB DDR2 667MHz RAM
  • 80GB 4200rpm ATA Hard Drive
  • Optional Dual Layer USB powered DVD re-writer
  • 3.6Mbps 3G/GPRS Integrated modem*
  • Integrated Wireless LAN 802.11 a/g/n and Bluetooth
  • Windows XP Professional or Vista Business Edition
  • TPM data security and Fingerprint access
  • Magnesium Alloy chassis and Hard Disk Shock Protection
  • Expansion: 3 x USB 2.0 / 4-in-1 Card Reader / 1 x PCMCIA Card Slot
  • Output: 1 x VGA Output / Headphone / Microphon
  • Communication: 10/100/1000 LAN / 56k Modem / 3G/HSDPA/GPRS(optional)
  • Security:Kensington Lock support

The only problem I see is the price. With the 3G option included you’re looking at, wait for it, £1056.33 inclusive of tax. That’s $2100! I wonder what they could have done with a 1.6Ghz Atom platform. 10 hours battery life in a low-power, lightweight laptop anyone? Not for $2000 I’m guessing!

Rock, via BIOS and Cheaplaptop.org.uk

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