Nec VersaPro VS-7 : Nec VersaPro VS-7, the Ultimate Netbook is Japanese! (Quick Review)

Posted on Thu Jul 23, 07:18 by BoeserMann
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If it can boot from USB, could you also try to start some Linux live CDS? Please please!

Posted on Thu Jul 23, 07:40 by Daimaou, Survivor, Tokyo - Japan
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It works with 7 and Linux we tried But the GMA 500 Video card is a problem times to times when it comes to drivers

Posted on Thu Jul 23, 11:47 by Ewout, Amsterdam
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Hi Daimaou, I enjoy your site quite a lot, so keep up the good work. 2 Q's: Whats the screen resolution and would it be possible for us folks in Europe to buy it somewhere?

Thx, Ewout

Posted on Fri Jul 24, 12:09 by m26k9, Research student, Japan
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Thanks for the review. It's nice to see a Japanese brand making rounds in the netbook reviews instead of the usual Asus and Dell.
The performance seems a little over the top for the netbook. I has decided not to take on an Atom but seems this one takes the biscuit.
If you would be kind enough, I'd like to know it's performance with Linux, specially Ubuntu. I am expecting minimal driver problems, but wireless could be a problem.
How would you rate its multitasking? Considering the fact that it could handle CS3. How about running office+iTunes+browser?

Also any idea about a release date and the price?

Cheers.

Posted on Fri Jul 24, 01:06 by Fractal, musician, france
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I want it !!!

where can i buy it?
I'm from France and i seriously want it!

please help us ,because i think i'm not the only one who want buy this thinny baby ^^

Posted on Fri Jul 24, 02:24 by Zen
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The reason the video is working well is because Intel finally started to fix the broken GMA 500 drivers.

The GMA 500 has proper video decoding logic similar to the ones in AMD and NVIDIA GPU's but its support for it through DXVA was broken in most shipping drivers.

NEC must be shipping with the newer driver that fixes DXVA support so MPC-HC can offload the decoding to the GPU.

The Windows OS makes no difference its the driver and DXVA support that do. Of course certain web players without DXVA support your still at the mercy of the CPU e.g Flash or Quicktime.

Posted on Fri Jul 24, 06:28 by Denny, Systems Engr, Arvada, CO
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What type of battery is in this lovely machine? How long does it last. Any info on battery life is appreciated.

Posted on Fri Jul 24, 09:28 by Daimaou, Survivor, Tokyo - Japan
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Hi Guys, unfortunately I no longer have the device with me, I had to give it back to NEC.

But here you are a few answers

1) This product is a B2B PC, meaning that it will be ONLY sell on NEC Pro Website and never else where in Japan

2) Performances are as good as on my Core 2 Duo 1.2GHz with 2GB of RAM when it comes to PhotoShop CS3

3) Screen Resolution = WXGA

4) Battery lifespan with Wifi will be around 2 and half hour

Posted on Fri Jul 24, 12:21 by Rifky
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Where is the touchpad?

Posted on Fri Jul 24, 02:18 by Puskatohtori
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Nice to see trackpoint instead of touchpad.

The machine uses fanless cooling, right?

Posted on Fri Jul 24, 02:19 by Daimaou, Survivor, Tokyo - Japan
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Yep Fanless cooling

Posted on Sat Jul 25, 06:59 by Nomax
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2.5 hours battery is NOT GOOD. Oh man, this could have been the ultimate mashine, but come on, this bad news.

Posted on Sat Jul 25, 09:31 by Daimaou, Survivor, Tokyo - Japan
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Look at the size of the battery, what can you expect ?

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Posted on Sun Jul 26, 04:38 by Milker
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OMFG

99750 JPY = 1051.38 $

Posted on Sun Jul 26, 07:33 by oki
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Yes, If it can boot from USB, could you also try to start some Linux live CDS? Please

Posted on Mon Aug 03, 03:58 by laptopbatteries
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I want it too.