I have been looking for a Sylvania #SmartBook for some time & finally got one!

@Judeau Ah yes, but can it run Crysis?? Kidding, what a neat find!

@rootcompute No, but It should be able to load any jpeg screenshots that one has taken of crysis. Maybe...

However, the age-old question "but can it run Doom?" Is absolutely, yes!

Thanks. These are pretty hard to find in great condition and especially with the original box.

@Judeau Oooohhhh. That seems really really nice...

@nazokiyoubinbou It's interesting to say the least. It's such a strange product released several years after internet enabled smartphones emerged.

I've heard that they were primarily sold at Walgreens and CVS pharmacy for around $100. Such a strange underpowered product and UNBELIEVABLY cheap feeling. Haha!

One of my favorite things is the bottom left corner of the box. They knew consumers were going to be confused as to what this was. It's no Asus Eee PC that's for sure!

@Judeau I just really really really miss super small, minimal devices that at least did basic computer stuff.

Though I guess since that was "Windows Embedded" in the 7 era, it was probably already past the point of no return for Microsoft on such devices. The last version I remember being really truly open and usable was 2003.

@nazokiyoubinbou What I would do for a new netbook... I remember when my sibling brought home their first Eee PC and it was the coolest little computer I had ever seen.

It really seemed like the future.

If someone wants to make a new high quality notebook, for a good price I'm all for it.

This smartbook carries over a lot of the Pocket PC feel, even though it's not a touch screen.

I don't know how open the system is, but I look forward to finding out.

@Judeau It really was! I loved the EeePCs to death when they came out and since have loved things that are similar. There are still some "netbooks" of sorts, but they don't call them that now and they're never that small anymore.

What was really amazing, and IMO the ultimate culmination of that, were the true "2-in-1" systems. I had one. The Asus Transformer T100HA. It had an Intel Atom SoC (why the F did Intel stop making the Atom????) so effectively was a tablet, but x86 and able to run standard PC Windows and Linux. Yes that includes old classic games without any emulation! But it could dock into a relatively solid keyboard attachment for keyboard and touchpad mouse like a laptop (and a proper USB port instead of using OTG.) Kind of like a Steamdeck, but in a laptop form.

@nazokiyoubinbou I have never seen that 2-in-1 before. That thing looks slick and I love the fact that it's x86 architecture.

@Judeau It was. And they don't really make them like that anymore.

My T100 died. It started freezing and now won't even turn on. A cap or something died maybe? I don't know. I looked at trying to get something else, but they quit making them the same. Now they all are just folding things that keep the bulk of a very bulky system attached. I guess this was mostly because they no longer had the convenience of a simple single system on chip when the Atom went away. Perhaps now that AMD has chips that are delivering a similar convenience this could come back? Please?? I mean, when you get right down to it, these types of things aren't so different from, say, a Steamdeck, but lower end, less powerful.

@Judeau I had one of these running android, and was able to install Linux on it but the track pad was almost unusable, especially with the buttons on either side. Hope you have fun with it! I remember it being surprisingly light.