The DVD burner-equipped Mouse Computer netbook ain’t no myth. You can see it here, in the photo above, live and in the flesh. This photo, along with a couple of others, were taken at Osaka where it is now available. It’s official model name is the Mouse Computer LB-F1500W (wherein LB stands for LuvBook). Surprisingly, the inclusion of a built-in optical drive doesn’t add much to the netbook’s overall footprint. What’s more, it is quoted with a 5.2-hour battery life. Too bad it’s priced insanely, at 64,800 yen in Japan or about $729 USD. Way to break something that would have been great, wouldn’t you agree?

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We’ve already told you about Mouse Computer’s plan of releasing the MSI Wind under the name LuvBook U100 a couple of months ago. And so while this new netbook called LB-F1500 is very similar in features with the MSI Wind U100, there is one peculiar feature of this netbook which makes it different – a DVD Super Multi Drive supports – DVD±R DLx4/DVD±Rx8/DVD+RWx8/DVD-RWx6/DVD-RAMx5/CD-Rx24/CD-RWx16/DVD-ROMx8/CD-ROMx24.

Other features of the Mouse Computer LB-F1500 include:

• 10.2-inch WSVGA LCD
• Intel Atom N270 CPU
• 1GB RAM
• 160GB HDD
• 5.2 hours battery life
• webcam
• Wi-Fi, LAN

No words yet on pricing and release date.

Via Akihabara News