Kogan Agora netbook gets a price cut

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The Kogan Agora is a netbook that was designed by committee. And when I say committee, I mean the Australian company built the netbook based on specifications requested by potential customers. The end result is a pretty standard looking netbook which ships with gOS Linux (which is based on Ubuntu) and which comes with a choice of batteries and up to 2GB of RAM. At launch, the Kogan Agora was reasonably cheap at $499 Australian. But now it looks like Kogan has dropped the price to as low as $399 Australian, or about $336 US.

The base price will get you a netbook with 1GB of RAM and a 3 cell battery. For $439 Australian, or about $369 US, you get 2GB of RAM and a 6 cell battery. Both models have a 10.1 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display, 1.3MP webcam, 802.11b/g WiFi, 3 USB ports, a VGA port, headphone and microphone jacks, and a flash card reader. The laptop measures 10.4″ x 7.3″ x 1.2″ and weighs 2.6 pounds with a 3 cell battery and 3.1 pounds with a 6 cell.


Posted on Friday, August 14th, 2009, 9:13 am by Brad
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  • steve680
    does it play wow they need to make a netbook with the ability to play wow
  • Mikez
    They are not the only builder that is using "user community" input -
    But that sounds like a reasonable "commodity NetBook" result.

    Now if the builders that are taking "user community" input setup, perhaps:
    GameBook project - for the Gamers who want to be extra portable;
    MediaBook project - for the mobile movie watchers (etc);

    Ah, now there you would have 3 (only three!) models that could be continued
    for more than the typical "fruit fly model lifetime" of the "big name" products.

    It might also give some of the "big name" builders pause for thought about their
    "new model per week" policies.
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