Kogan to ship World's First Chromium OS Notebook from June 7 for $442

Those who have been long raring for a Chromebook could have frowned when Toshiba dropped it off its roadmap. But other tech giants didn’t budge and continued to maintain the “very soon” status for their versions of Chrome OS laptops. And here we are with Australian big wig Kogan putting shipping dates for their factory fresh Agora Chromium notebooks. The specs of this 11.6” notebook aren’t exactly charming but it’s still good enough to get things rolling.


Under the hood we have a 1.3GHz Celeron M ULV (ultra-low voltage) CPU, 1GB of DDR2 RAM in the basic version ( upgradeable to 4GB), Intel GS40 chipset (GMA 4500MHD) with 256MB of shared memory and also 30GB SSD storage. It can stream both 720p and 1080p videos and other features include 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, 3 USB ports, 1 HDMI port, a memory card reader, and a 1.3 megapixel webcam. One of the biggest let-down here is the 3.5 hour battery life. The notebook’s biggest USP would be the fact its slick and fast for it can boot in under 5 seconds and apps, documents, and settings are all stored in the cloud. It would begin shipping tomorrow and is currently available for pre-order for Australian and UK folks for a price of AUD349 or £269 i.e. around US$442.
[Gizmag]