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New NEC Lavie Light netbooks sell in Japan before other countries have 4 different models,

• NEC Lavie Light BL100 – $520
• NEC Lavie Light BL300 – $625
• NEC Lavie Light BL310 – $730
• NEC Lavie Light BL350 – $780

NEC Lavie Light netbooks

The price list of Lavie Light series is converted from price in Japan in Yen currency which quite high for netbooks. Now, we inspect on specification.

NEC Lavie Light netbooks Specification

• Processor: Intel Atom N270 1.60 GHz / FSB 533 MHz / L2 Cache 512 KB (BL100) / Intel Atom N280 1.66 GHz / FSB 667 MHz / L2 Cache 512 KB (in BL300, BL310 and BL350)
• Graphics: Intel GMA 950 integrated graphics
• LCD Display: 10.1 inch LED Back light – 1024 x 600 pixel
• Hard drive: 16 GB Solid state drive(SSD) , 160 GB Hard drive (BL100 have only 16 GB SDD)
• Web Camera: 1.3 Megapixel
• Ports: Ethernet LAN 10/100 MB, SD card reader, Headphone jack, Mic jack, VGA Port, USB 2.0 x 3
• Wireless Devices: 802.11 b/g/h WiFi
• Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP
• Weight: 2.4 to 2.9 pound depend on model

The BL100 has only one 16 GB SSD and White color body. BL300, BL310 and BL350 have hybrid storage system, 16 GB SSD and 160 GB Hard drive and 3 different colors, red, white and blue. BL310 and BL350 has additional Microsoft Office installed and only BL350 has 6 cells battery, nice step upgrading from NEC Lavie Light Series.

Laptop Magazine Online Analysis

NEC Lavie Light netbooks is one of very lite laptops that weight only 2.4 pound and maximum weight at 2.9 pound and slim as 1.4 inch. Screen size is not too small that cause unreadable texts on the screen- 10.1 inch is prefer for netbooks. Intel N270 is excellent CPU in term of power usage but newer N280 is better, N270 use 2.5 Watt and N280 use only 2.0 Watt which has some effect on battery life time. Compare with other netbooks, the Lavie Light Series is fairly expensive. The BL100 has 16 GB SSD which price should not as high as $520. However, when Lavie Light sell in world wide, the price will surely drop down.

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