Remember Zonbu?

The company that brought us the energy efficient, headless Linux box is now looking at the mobile market with the $279 (starting price) Zonbu Notebook. In a departure from bargain basement lappies, this one isn't offensive to the eye and appears fairly slim at just 1.5" thick. Slippery Brick tells us:

The Zonbu Notebook, being manufactured by Everex, is powered by a 1.5GHz, VIA C7-M processor and sports a 15.4-inch display. It’s got a 60GB hard drive built-in and offers 802.11 wireless technology. It runs off of its own custom operating system and includes in the installed software 20 well known applications which are all free and/or open source.

• Processor: 1.5GHz, VIA C7-M
  Intel-compatible, low energy use
• Display: 15.4" WXGA Widescreen (1440 x 900) and VGA output
• Memory: 512MB
• Hard Disk local storage: 60GB (58GB for your data)
• Optical Drive: DVD-ROM/CD-RW
• Graphics: VIA Chrome9 HC IGP (64MB shared memory, 128MB maximum)
• Audio: built-in speaker, microphone and headphone ports
• 3 USB 2.0 ports
• Ethernet: 10/100 Mbps built-in - broadband ready
• Wifi: Built-in 802.11b/g
• Power Supply: 65W AC-DC Adapter, 15W average power usage
• Battery: Rechargeable Lithium-Ion, 2h30 to 3h, depending on usage
• Measurements: 14.1" x 10.7" x 1.5" (35.8cm x 27.2cm x 3.8cm)
• Weight: 5.3lbs (2.4kg)

Unfortunately, the Zonbu Notebook will miss the 2007 holiday shop-a-thon. It goes on sale in early 2008.