{"id":201486,"date":"2017-03-06T08:06:49","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T06:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=201486"},"modified":"2017-03-06T08:09:07","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T06:09:07","slug":"the-unstoppable-linux-litebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/201486-the-unstoppable-linux-litebook.html","title":{"rendered":"The unstoppable Linux Litebook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/litebook.store\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Litebook has launched a $249 Linux laptop<\/strong><\/a>, which the company said is highly optimised, and free of bloatware, malware, and viruses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnlike Macs, Litebooks are affordable, customisable, and are backwards compatible with Windows software,\u201d\u00a0it said.<\/p>\n<p>The Alpha Litebook offers a 14.1-inch Full HD screen, Intel Quad-Core CPU, 4GB RAM, a 500GB HDD, and a 720p webcam.<\/p>\n<p>Applications supported natively on Litebooks include\u00a0Chrome, Spotify, Skype, and Steam.<\/p>\n<p>All Litebooks come preinstalled with WPS Office Suite, which is compatible with Microsoft Office.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Litebook runs on Elementary OS, which follows a security-first philosophy.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Specifications<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Weight<\/strong> &#8211; 1.3kg<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dimensions<\/strong> &#8211; 34.29 x 23.62 x 1.65 cm<\/li>\n<li><strong>Colour<\/strong> &#8211; Black, Red, White<\/li>\n<li><strong>Display Type<\/strong> &#8211; 14.1-inch 1,080 x 1,920<\/li>\n<li><strong>Processor<\/strong> &#8211; Intel 1.6GHz Quad-Core<\/li>\n<li><strong>RAM\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; 4GB<\/li>\n<li><strong>Storage Type<\/strong> &#8211; Hard Drive (512GB),\u00a0Optional 32GB SSD<\/li>\n<li><strong>Warranty<\/strong> &#8211; One Year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/201160-epic-hardware-you-cant-buy-in-south-africa.html\">Epic hardware you can\u2019t buy in South Africa<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Litebook has launched a Linux laptop, which is highly optimised, and free of bloatware, malware, and viruses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":201488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[36,41762],"class_list":["post-201486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","tag-active","tag-litebook"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201486"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201486"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201496,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201486\/revisions\/201496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}