Netbooks are pretty hot in the market right now considering its low price entry point, but a lot of sacrifices have to made–not only in terms of computing power, but keyboard size, trackpad, and screen real estate. The other hot commodity are ultra-thin laptops, ushered in by the manilla-envelop encased MacBook Air. Quanta is taking its bet in the latter category, hoping to woo mobile users with a cheaper alternative to the Apple ultra-slim laptop, with a device that measures 1-2 cm thick.

According to DigiTimes, industry sources have stated: Quanta is confident about the potential of the notebook, since it features higher quality than Micro-Star International’s (MSI’s) recently launched ultra-thin notebook and is lower priced than Apple’s MacBook Air, two of the product’s major competitors once it launches, noted the sources.

No mass production schedule is yet available at this time.