Gdium Netbooks from EMTEC

The Gdium has the smaller form factor, light-weight and a 10″ screen that displays 1024×600 resolution. It’s also completely based on open source software. What makes the Gdium unique though is that it also comes with the G-key to allow users to travel in more lightly with all of their information in tact.

Unique to the Gdium is the G-Key, a bootable USB key on which the Linux operating system, applications and personal data are stored. The G-Key allows each user to store their personal information and preferences securely, without leaving a trace on the computer.

I like this idea, but I’ll be honest I’m still not sure if the ultra-light, super-portable computer is something really for me. I don’t travel a lot anymore, and when I do it’s usually just to be onsite with clients. The work I’m doing onsite is development work and web site and application design. I need a full-size screen, I usually carry around a 2nd monitor (which I’d like to replace with this), a portable 320GB hard drive, and my Logitech VX Nano notebook mouse. Travelling light really isn’t a big deal for me.

My other challenge is keeping things synchronized. I’m too the point now where I do just about everything on my single laptop and have forgotten about trying to synchronize anything with my personal desktop or sometimes even the server at the office. The G-key is interesting solution though. I could work on my computer as normal, but if I ever needed to travel without it, I could pull the key and boot-up on another machine with no problems and feel like I was working on “my” machine.

What do you think?

Post from: EveryJoe

EMTECH – Gdium Mobile Netbook