October 16th 2008
Let’s get the sub-$300 netbook party started! Pereira just pinged me to share this Best Buy link which shows the white Asus Eee PC 900A available for $299. This is basically the same model as the 900, but the "A" stands for Atom. As in 1.6 GHz Intel Atom. So it still comes with Linux [...]
October 16th 2008
I’m doing this conversational marketing campaign with Symantec. They’re going to give me a grand to build a gaming PC from parts, I’m going to write about my experiences, and then when it’s all said and done I’m going to auction the PC off for Child’s Play. (After politely breaking it in with a few [...]
October 15th 2008
Lusting after a netbook for the three-pound weight but don’t want to give up too much in terms of size? Sure, you can spend a few grand on a light-and-thin laptop like a Lenovo X301 or a MacBook Air, but Toshiba doesn’t want you to spend that much. Surely that’s why they have a new [...]
October 15th 2008
The biggest update to the new MacBooks—on the inside anyway—is their graphical muscle, which has been hooked up with some Barry Bonds-level steroids. Apple ditched Intel’s crummy…
Read More
Tags: Apple, Barry Bonds, Giz, Graphics Cards, Intel, Mdash, Steroids, Two Graphics
October 13th 2008
You got £400 and would like a touch-screen desktop puter?
How about this little thing from ASUS.
Another machine from the ever increasing Eee range is finally showing signs realisation thanks to a pre-order page hosted up at Play.com.
The all white slab packs a 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, 15.6-inch LCD, Windows XP [...]
October 12th 2008
Details concerning the release of a brand new, premium netbook were leaked earlier this week, much to Asus’ ire. The netbook is the new EeePc S101, and it comes with some features that are sure to please.
The specs include:
• Intel Atom chipset
• 1GB RAM
• Up to 64GB SSD with free 20GB online storage
• 802.11a/b/g/n [...]
October 11th 2008
Make no mistake, this is a premium home entertainment solution for sure. This very capable entertainment computer that provides you with all the options you could want from a networked DVR. Spec-wise, the FUZEbox starts at $1995, comes with 4 GB of RAM, an Intel Core 2 Duo CPU, and a 750 GB [...]
October 11th 2008
Portégé R600 (note the preponderance of accent aigus, indicating its French Canadian market) is Toshiba’s latest laptop, which Crunchgear colorfully describes as “boneriffic.”
It’s not a powerhouse: a 1.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo ULV processor, a 160GB hard drive and 1GB of RAM, but it weighs less than two and a half pounds and, most impressively, [...]
October 10th 2008
Hello MOTO, or should we say hello MOTO Q11? Motorola’s newest evolutionary (at best) Q-series device is due out in December and adds few new bits and changes from the Q9 that arrived last year. The most noticeable addition is the availability of WiFi, something that many readers can’t do without on a phone these [...]
October 10th 2008
Portégé R600 (note the preponderance of accent aigus, indicating its French Canadian market) is Toshiba’s latest laptop, which Crunchgear colorfully describes as “boneriffic.”
It’s not a powerhouse: a 1.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo ULV processor, a 160GB hard drive and 1GB of RAM, but it weighs less than two and a half pounds and, most impressively, [...]
October 10th 2008
As for those of you who don’t know already, WiMax technology offers wireless download speeds of 2 to 4 Mbps and upload speeds of 1 to 2 Mbps, offering more bandwidth than 3G wireless data solutions.
That being said, the new Acer 4930-6862 notebooks will feature Wimax and Wi-Fi Networking while being powered by a [...]
October 8th 2008
It appears the term "netbook" must be official with the report that Intel, maker of the Atom processor that appears in most mini-notebooks, has purchased the domain netbook.com. If you go to netbook.com it takes you to a page where Intel is promoting the Atom processor:
What I find amazing is that the netbook domain was [...]
October 8th 2008
I’ve gathered quite a few thoughts from today’s WiMAX event but I won’t be rounding them up until I get home in a few hours. Meanwhile, I wanted to share this screenshot for two reasons. One, it gives you an indication of the bandwidth speeds and latency of the network here in Baltimore. Two, it [...]
October 7th 2008
Asus has updated its G-series gaming laptop line with the G71, a notebook that sports Intel’s new QX9300 quad-core processor. The computer comes with a 17-inch Crystal Shine display, an NVIDIA…
Read More
Tags: Asus Laptop, Crystal Shine, Intel, New Computer, Notebook, Nvidia, Quad Core Processor, Quad Processor, Sports
October 7th 2008
Not too long ago I grabbed an Acer Aspire One to get a feel for the device performance. I was happy with it under Linux, but found the low-cost Intel Solid State Disk module to be a bottleneck with Windows XP. On the surface, the write speeds really struggled, especially with random writes. I’m fairly [...]
October 7th 2008
I might be in the minority when I say that mobile device boot time doesn’t matter, but I can’t help to notice this project. A few weeks ago, two Linux developers demonstrated a five-second boot time on an Asus Eee PC with Solid State Disk. The entire approach wasn’t to make a device boot faster, [...]
October 7th 2008
Word on the street is that the employees at NVIDIA have had their grubby little paws all over the latest Apple notebook and given it high-fives all round for its superior hardware prowess.
Sources claim that the new model will get rid of Intel’s factory standard platform and replace it with components supplied by either Apple or an outside party………
A [...]
October 6th 2008
Just a quick note before I actually drop off for a few hours. Over the weekend I decided to take a look at how well Microsoft Windows Vista does or doesn’t run on a netbook. Mac OS X was a nice little experiment and quite usable, but I remember thinking about early Intel Atom [...]
October 6th 2008
MSI has announced that people wishing to get their hands on an MSI Wind U100 Netbook can stroll into their nearest Best Buy starting today and pick up the 10″ 3-cell version with a 1.6GHz Intel Atom…
Read More
Tags: Atom, Best Buy, Intel, Msi
October 6th 2008
Who knew sugar wafers and Rolos could so accurately recreate the situational Pavlovian response we get from looking at the latest silicon wonders from Intel, AMD, ATi and NVIDIA? While we’ve never…
Read More
Tags: Amd, Intel, Intel Amd, Motherboard, Nvidia, Silicon, Sugar Wafers