You know when you can actually tell that your marketing manager needs to be replaced? When you're pricing one extremely common netbook with a 450 USD tag. Take the Fujitso M2010 netbook that has now been made available in North America. It is the proud member of a generation that gave birth to (perhaps) millions of identical members. And while you would expect the price tag to go down seeing how there are so many variants on the market... well... Fujitsu is not.

OK, ladies and gents, let's go over the main specs really fast. So, from the top, like we have learned them: Intel Atom N270 processor, Windows XP Home edition, 10.1 WSVGA LED backlit display, integrated webcam (I bet 1.3), 1GB DDR 2 RAM, 160GB hard drive, 10/100 LAN support, the usual wireless connectivity, wireless integrated Bluetooth and... a 3-cell battery. Oh, I forgot about the three USB ports.

What does it have extra? Well, the Bluetooth is something I haven't seen in some netbooks, as well as the fact that it is destined for use by students and has increased resistance to the wear and tear that comes along with being used in the educational market - strangely enough, it seems being a boxer's punching bag is just as “wearing and tearing” than being a student's netbook.

But don't expect to do a lot of computing on it, as its battery only lasts for as much as 2.5 hours, after which... well... you'll be looking for a socket to plug it in. Sure, you could purchase a 6-cell battery and double the fun but it would be an extra 129 USD. Wait... 129 plus 450 equals... 579 USD for a netbook as common as 80 percent of the Eee line? No, thank you.


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