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Benq Joybook Lite U101, steams into the front-running for cheap 10.2in netbooks

Monday June 22, 2009
Written by Zara Baxter
AUD
$583
Price at time of review.
It's not widely available, but with this battery life on offer the BenQ Joybook Lite U101 should be
Recommended
Price 583
CPU model/brand Intel Atom N270
Memory capacity 1GB
Hard drive capacity 160GB
Internal optical drive No
Graphics type Integrated
Graphics Intel GMA950
Screen size 10.1in
Screen resolution 1024x576
Weight 1.3Kg
Operating system Microsoft Windows XP Home
Manufacturer BenQ
Supplier BenQ
This article appeared in the July, 2009 issue of PC Authority.
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Peter Manser
Jun 29, 2009 11:31 AM
 Upon a quick look at your "SHOP" tab, I see that the retailblue.com website have broken the link to their product details page. Although it can still be found from their main page under the "Computer Notebooks" category, the price is listed as $723 which they claim is reduced from $799 (which would be 37% over the review price). Perhaps it deserves a star or two to be knocked off of the "Value for money" rating for such a steep increase.


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Benq Joybook Lite U101, steams into the front-running for cheap 10.2in netbooks?
It's not widely available, but with this battery life on offer the BenQ Joybook Lite U101 should be

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Faustino
Sep 4, 2009 1:29 PM
 The current best price I've found for the Benq is $755, not competitive with the Asus Eee PC 1005HA at $599 or the Samsung N110 at $649 with extras (RAM & free delivery or DVD-writer),
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