Sylvania G NetBook MESO Too Buggy

by atticus ~ September 5, 2008

Those were the words of Wired. In their review of the Sylvania G NetBook MESO, Wired was so unimpressed with the Ubuntu operating system that they declared the OS implementation a nightmare.

LaptopMag might have rated the mini notebook 2.5 out of 5, but Wired was less kind. They gave the Sylvania G NetBook MESO a dismal rating of 3 out of 10. In the whole article, Wired kept refering to the laptop as Sylvania G NetBook. But from the description of its specifications, I am guessing it’s the MESO they were reviewing. It doesn’t help that their photo link is broken.

Anyway, here’s what Wired has to say about the Netbook that would make a great replacement for your desk calculator.

WIRED Has a real hard drive (80 GB) instead of flash storage. Includes three USB ports and an SD card reader. Comes in colors. Bright screen for this category.

TIRED Slower than a sedated slug at just about every app despite 1.6-GHz Atom chip and 1-GB RAM (standard $399 model includes just 512-MB RAM). Cartoonish styling. Considerably heavier than advertised (and the Eee PC 900) at 2.6 pounds. Far too buggy to be taken seriously.