Dialogue Flybook VM

Notebook specifications

Notebook: Dialogue Flybook VM
Processor: Intel Core Duo U2400 (1060 MHz)
Graphics adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 (128 MB)
Display: 12.1 inch 16:10 (1280x768 pixels)
Weight: 1.7 kg
Average score: 66.75% - average
Average of 4 scores (from 4 reviews)

Reviews in English

70%Dialogue Flybook VM laptop Review
Source: Pocket Lint
The unique design of the Flybook VM certainly make sit stand out from the competition and if getting the right screen position is high on your list of needs, it’s a great choice. However, once you get over this feature, it’s a standard ultraportable notebook that sadly lacks a punch – but at least it has a decent battery life. The uplifting screen makes it a unique design and while it got a basic spec, the battery life more than makes up for it.
Date: 04/30/2007
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 40% performance: 50% mobility: 80%

67%Flybook VM
Source: PC Pro
Innovative design and well constructed, but the poor performance and high price let it down. Still, there's enough about this Flybook to love. The adjustable screen is truly brilliant, both for keeping neck strain at bay and for better screen visibility. And with keyboard and build quality equally impressive, only the poor performance (both application and battery) and high cost hold it back. It's still a great piece of design, though, and one that we hope other manufacturers will seriously consider. If the caveats of price and performance don't worry you overly, it's a great purchase and guaranteed to get you noticed.
Date: 02/19/2007
Rating: Total score: 67% price: 40% performance: 40% display: 90% workmanship: 90%

50%Flybook VM
Source: Laptop Mag
This ultraportable import features a unique height-adjustable screen, but does it have enough endurance for road warriors?
Date: 02/19/2007
Rating: Total score: 50% price: 40% performance: 40% display: 80% mobility: 60%

Reviews in German

80%Flybook VM
Source: Connect 5/07
Date: 04/20/2007
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 50% performance: 50% features: 60% ergonomy: 80%

Comment

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 is an onboard integrated video chip and can be called a faster clocked GMA 900 (on Mobile Intel 945GM Express chipset, which is available only starting with Core Duo/Solo). 2006 it is the most often used graphics solution and is classified in the weakest third of mobile graphics solutions. So it can only be used for elder games. For office applications and surfing it is without any doubt sufficient.
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

Intel Core Duo: Intel Core Duo (successor of Pentium M), is a double core processor with a very good relation of performance to current consumption. The 2 MB L2 Cache are used common. The maximum current consumption of 31 Watts is only 4 W more then with Pentium M. Due to the low energy need is Core Duo also suited for subnotebooks. Further now it supports SSE3 orders. The performance can nearly be doubled for applications, which were designed for multiprocessors (compared with Pentium M).

U2400:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

12.1": This is the most common display format for subnotebooks and an average size for subnotebooks.
The advantage is, that the subnotebook can be small dimensioned and can be carried easily. Further the tiny display has the advantage, that it needs few current, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that the reading of texts is very exhausting vor the eyes. High resolutions can hardly be used.
>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

1.7 kg: This sub-notebook weights less than the average of all notebooks and represent a medium class of weight among the sub-notebooks. 11 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.

Dialogue: Dialogue is a small international manufacturer, which sells Subnotebooks of the trade mark Flybook with minor market shares. Reviews about Flybooks are rare.

>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.