Photos: Apricot returns with netbook

Apricot showed off its first new product in a decade in London last night, with a new netbook called the PicoBook Pro.

For photos of the PicoBook Pro, click here, or on 'Gallery' above.

The PicoBook Pro is a 8.9in netbook with a 1024x600 display. It features a 60GB hard drive, 1GB of RAM, integrated 802.11 a, b and g Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and a 1.3 megapixel web cam. It runs on a VIA C7-M 1.2GHz x86 compatible processor. The firm said the PicoBook has a battery life of four hours.

A Suse Linux version will retail for 279 including VAT, while a Windows XP version will cost 329 including VAT.

Nicole Kobie

Freelance journalist Nicole Kobie first started writing for ITPro in 2007, with bylines in New Scientist, Wired, PC Pro and many more.

Nicole the author of a book about the history of technology, The Long History of the Future.