The small laptop weights 1.1 kilograms and comes equipped with 512 Megabytes of RAM, a 900 Mhz 64-bit Longsoon CPU, 3 USB ports, a SD-HC port, Wlan, Ethernet connections, speakers, microphone, webcam and a touchpad.

In case you might be wondering why I have not mentioned a hard drive: It does not come with one. It makes use of a 4-16 Gigabyte USB stick instead which comes preinstalled with Mandravia Linux and Open-Source software like Firefox, Thunderbird and Open Office.

Small Laptop

That’s an interesting concept but rather problematic because you can’t do anything if you forget the USB stick. The Longsoon cpu requires some explanation as well. That’s a cpu that is manufactured in China and I was not able to come up with any benchmark comparison charts.

Small Laptop Doubts

While the small laptop might introduce some interesting features it surely does have a few limitations especially that it does not come with a hard drive but makes use of an usb stick only that contains the operating system.

This adds to the security of the small laptop but it also raises a few questions about operating system performance. USB Sticks are slower than hard drives and flash drives usually and it would be interesting to see how this affects performance of the whole small laptop.

The small laptop will be available in white, pink and black at the beginning of September for a suggested retail price of roughly $400.

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Problems can also arise after establishing the connection. Users might have to change certain settings like the default printer or SMTP email server that requires manual work.

Avanquest Connection Manager is a software that tackles those situations by detecting and memorizing connections and settings for the user so that future connections demand almost no attention and time.

The software can be freely downloaded from the Avanquest homepage. Users still need to register the product to receive a serial number which will be send to an email address.

The software scans the existing network connections immediately and provides a manual wizard which can be used to add other connections. This can be useful if the user has all the information about another location and wants to add it to the Connection Manager before he goes there.

Profiles can be accessed through the main window which resembles the Windows Network Connections window which sorts connections by type or by so called groups which offers a custom way of sorting network connections.

One interesting feature is the apply best profile option in the program’s main window which can automatically select the best known profile for the current situation and location. Buttons are provided for WLAN and LAN connections.

Feature Overview:

• Easy Connection Wizard – Detects and displays every network available
• Profile Manager – Saves profiles automatically whenever the user connects to a new network
• Enhanced Security Settings – Supports Virtual Private Networks, Firewall settings and WEP / WPA /WPA2 for wireless connections
• Network Profiles – Save network related settings like network type with support of wordgroups and domains, default printers, email, internet connection sharing and drive mapping.
• Automatically match networks – Applies settings automatically if a match is found

The Avanquest Connection Manager is a handy software for every notebook owner who is connecting his notebook from different locations. Best of all it’s totally free, my only complaint would be the advertisement that is displayed in the main program window. It’s not a huge deal because that window is only open for a short time. It is compatible to Windows XP and Windows Vista.

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