Hercules E-Café 900-H60G/IAW
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Hercules E-Café 900-H60G/IAW Processor: Intel Atom N270
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900
Display: 8.9 inch, 4:3, 1024x768 pixels, glossy: yes
Weight: 1.2kg
Price: 300 euro
Sold in: Unspecific
Average of 9 scores (from 9 reviews)
Reviews for the Hercules E-Café 900-H60G/IAW
Foreign Reviews
Source: PC Magazin - 6/09
DE→EN, Very Short, Date: 07/01/2009
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Notebookjournal
DE→ENonline available, Long, Date: 05/13/2009
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 90% performance: 50% features: 30% display: 70% mobility: 40% workmanship: 50% ergonomy: 60%
Source: Computerbild - 6/09
DE→EN, Long, Date: 05/01/2009
Rating: Total score: 81% price: 90% performance: 72% features: 82% display: 84% ergonomy: 82% emissions: 96%
Source: PC Praxis - 6/09
DE→EN, Length Unknown, Date: 05/01/2009
Rating: Total score: 86% price: 80%
Source: Chip.de - 05/09
DE→EN, Short, Date: 04/01/2009
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 90%
Source: PC Welt
DE→ENonline available, Medium, Date: 03/21/2009
Rating: Total score: 68% price: 70% performance: 85% features: 59% mobility: 74% ergonomy: 62%
Source: SFT - 4/09
DE→ENonline available, Length Unknown, Date: 03/01/2009
Rating: Total score: 91%
Source: PC Praxis - 3/09
DE→EN, Length Unknown, Date: 02/01/2009
Rating: Total score: 84% price: 80%
Source: PCM
NL→ENonline available, Short, Date: 03/16/2009
Rating: Total score: 67% performance: 62% mobility: 80% ergonomy: 65%
Comment
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 is an integrated (onboard) graphic chip with shared memory on Mobile Intel 915GM chipset. It is the predecessor of Graphics Media Accelerator 950. The performance can be compared with the Mobile Radeon 9000 (with a 64 bit memory bus).
Only older games can be played fluently with these graphics chips (if they were not too demanding). Shared memory graphic cores in this category got the advantage of less heat production and longer battery runtimes. For office, internet, image processing, and video editing tasks these graphics chips are still useable without any restrictions.
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Atom: The Intel Atom series is a 64-Bit (not every model supports 64bit) microprocessor for cheap and small notebooks (so called netbooks), MIDs, or UMPCs. The speciality of the new architecture is the "in order" execution (instead of the usual and faster "out of order" execution). Therefore, the transistor count of the Atom series is much lower and, thus, cheaper to produce. Furthermore, the power consumption is very low. The performance per Megahertz is therfore worse than the old Pentium 3M (1,2 GHz on par with a 1.6 GHz Atom).
N270:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
8.9": This is a very small format, which is used for UMPC, Netbooks or Subotebooks. There hardly exist any models with this display format. Working for a long time is uncomfortable. This tiny display is intended for outdoor usage.
The advantage is, that the mini-notebook can be small dimensioned and can be carried easily. Further the tiny display has the advantage, that it needs few energy, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that the reading of texts is very exhausting for the eyes. High resolutions can hardly be used.
>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
1.2 kg: This subnotebook is one of the most lightweight of all notebooks and can be carried very easily. There exist hardly any models in this extreme class of weight. 7-9 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.
Hercules: Guillemot Corporation is a French designer and manufacturer of interactive entertainment hardware and accessories for PC and game consoles, offering a wide range of products under the brand names Hercules for video, audio and WiFi products, and Thrustmaster for PC and console accessories. Active in this market since 1984, the Guillemot Corporation Group is currently present in 10 countries including Germany, France, the UK, the United States, Canada and Italy, and distributes its products across more than 20 countries worldwide. The global market share according laptop computers is low and there exist scarcely reviews.
79.67%: This rating is not convincing. It must be considered, that there exist hardly any laptops, which receive a rating below 60%. This notebook is evaluated below average, this is not really a recommendation for purchase.
>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
