Thin Intel Netbook to vie with MacBook Air?

From Nanotech -

During a keynote speech at the Intel Developer Forum in Shanghai, an Intel executive brandished a Netbook that looked Air-thin. Will inexpensive Linux Netbooks be a poor man's MacBook Air?

Consider the typical specifications for a Netbook (best exemplified by the tiny Eee PC) and it's not a stretch to design an ultraportable, ultrathin Netbook: a power-sipping Atom processor, SSD (meaning no optical driver), small display.

You can read the entire article here.

More photos of Intel’s Netbook, rumors being dismissed

According gadgetell, the Intel is ready to launch the Netbook (aka Eco PC) which will have either a 7" or 9" LCD, a 900MHz Celeron, and 512MB RAM.

It will also have the carry handle of the Classmate PC line but will come with a bigger hard drive, expected to be at least 40GB.

The Netbook will most probably sell at a little more than USD300.

More photos and details are available here.