Review: OQO Model 02— So Close Yet So Far

The 1-pound OQO is small and slick, but still fairly comfortable to use, with a decent keyboard and a bright 5-inch, 800×480-pixel LCD. Our test unit’s 1.5-GHz VIA processor, 1GB memory, 60GB hard drive, and Windows Vista Ultimate OS delivered snappy performance, too. —Grace Aquino WIRED Numeric keypad on the ride side of the keyboard […]

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The 1-pound OQO is small and slick, but still fairly comfortable to use, with a decent keyboard and a bright 5-inch, 800x480-pixel LCD. Our test unit's 1.5-GHz VIA processor, 1GB memory, 60GB hard drive, and Windows Vista Ultimate OS delivered snappy performance, too. —Grace Aquino

WIRED Numeric keypad on the ride side of the keyboard is cool and convenient. Screen rotates between landscape and portrait modes. Supports HDMI and DVI video connections at up to 1920x1200-pixel resolution.

TIRED Weak speaker produced distorted, shrilly sound. System fan can be very loud when doing multimedia tasks like video playback. Would've been nice to have a touchscreen in addition to the eraserhead and mouse inputs.

$1,849, oqo.com