14 DAY TRIAL // Now that most NVIDIA GTX 400-series boxes have been found and seen, the web is finally starting to pay attention to all the other various leaks and rumors that would have otherwise been overshadowed by news of AMD 8-series motherboards, NVIDIA DirectX 11 graphics and Intel's six-core CPU. In this instance, it is, once again, the Federal Communications Commission that reveals the existence of a certain new mobile PC from Quanta, currently known as the QW6 netbook.
The FCC has already managed to bring to light a multi-named Acer laptop based on Intel Arrandale CPUs. This new device is, according to the new listing, a netbook manufactured by Quanta. Of course, since Quanta is an OEM, the netbook will naturally carry a brand and name different from the one listed on the FCC filing. For now, though, the name QW6 determines a 10-inch, low-cost personal computer whose processor, graphics solution, internal storage and memory capacity are still unknown.
Of course, given the current trend on the netbook market, it can be assumed that Quanta's device utilizes one of the Intel Atom N450 or N470 central processing units and that the memory capacity is of either 1GB or 2GB. There is also the possibility of the netbook making use of the NVIDIA ION GeForce GT218 GPU.
Of course, these are only speculations and may or may not turn out to be accurate. What the FCC filing does reveal is the product's use of a simple, silver finish, as well as the presence of Ethernet connectivity, D-Sub and HDMI outputs. The netbook also comes with an SD card reader, three USB ports and a webcam (either 0.3 or 1.3 megapixel).
Naturally, as it is the case with all pre-release FCC filings, there is no telling when and where the laptop will debut, nor is there any indication of the price it will sport.