Aigo MID tested, ported to a real OS

May 16th, 2008 | Category: Handhelds

The folks at UMPCFever got in some quality duration with the upcoming Aigo MID (an Asia-centric version of the Gigabyte M528), which hasn’t really been seen much external of tradeshows so far. Apparently MIDLinux 2.0, which the device ships with, is running really well these days, which is encouraging given how abysmal it was earlier that year, but that didn’t stop UMPCFever from swapping the OS for some Windows XP. While the Intel Atom processor seems to be beefy suitable to handle what was requested of it,

Intel’s promised energy savings were not evident in the device, with a runtime as low as two hours. We suppose the best news is that Aigo’s selling that starting at around HK $6000, about $770 US, a major improvement by the M528, but it still seems to be a far cry from the sweet spot for that type of device. Hands-on videos are after the break.

[Via UMPCPortal]

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