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 15th 2008
I just got a promotional email from HP that shows the Mini-Note is now available for $399. This starting configuration is the low-end version of the netbook:
Via processor
512 MB of RAM
Suse Linux
4 GB SSD
The unit with 1 GB of RAM, 120 GB hard drive and Windows XP but with no Bluetooth is now just $499. [...]
October 15th 2008
You may be aware that there has been some rumours about new MacBooks.
No? Really?
Well Apple has given its range of MacBooks an external makeover and a serious power boost to boot!
Their graphics processors have enjoyed the biggest tune-up - each of the machines comes with an NVIDA GeForce 9400M GPU. Allegedly five times more powerful [...]
October 14th 2008
Perhaps not everyone in the U.S. is welcoming Samsung’s entry to the notebook market (think: Dell, HP, and Lenovo for starters), but choice is good so my arms are open wide. Besides, I was happy to spring for three Samsung UMPCs in the last two years and that market is all but dead even though [...]
October 14th 2008
There have been the usual rumours ahead of the Keynote here are some of the more………confirmed variety.
It will be packing two NVIDIA GPUs inside.
The MacBook and 17-inch MacBook Pro aren’t getting refreshed.
John Gruber over at Daring Fireball says that the button-less trackpad is indeed glass, and “is a button itself”.
Mr Gruber also claims that none [...]
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
I have been lusting after a VooDoo Envy notebook since seeing them a few months back and that hasn’t abated, even after seeing this hands-on review at Gizmodo. Their reaction to the VooDoo is probably what mine would be, even with abysmal battery life it’s just so darn cool. The Envy is not cheap either [...]
October 11th 2008
Seagate has decided to enter the solid-state disk (SSD) market in 2009, starting the company’s switch from hard disk drives (HDD). Their first target: corporate America. Once they’ve got the cubicle…
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Tags: Corporate America, Cubicle, Hard Disk Drives, Hard Drives, Hard Target, Pasture, Seagate, Solid State Disk, Ssd, Storage
October 9th 2008
MSI hasn’t been shy about their Wind U120, a 10″ netbook that should pack a 120GB hard drive, SSD options, 802.11n Wi-Fi and 3G (HSDPA) fun. But from these first official shots of the unofficial…
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Tags: 120gb Hard Drive, Fi, Msi, Netbook, Ssd, Wind 2
October 9th 2008
Playing with a thin Lenovo X301 this morning reminded me of a reader tip about the new thin-and-light Eee PC notebook from Asus. AllanCJ pinged me about the new Asus S101 which is a morphs the Eee line into a higher end, fashionable device. $699 is the starting price when we see it later this [...]
October 9th 2008
Fudzilla put their paparazzi hat on and has the above and several other images of the anticipated successor to the MSI Wind U100. The U120 looks slightly more stylish with some retooling of the vent fans and changing the chassis parts from one color to two colors. MSI fixed one of my very minor niggles [...]
October 8th 2008
Super Talent launched a special series of mini PCIe SSDs for the ASUS Eee PC in 16, 32 and 64 GB sizes, meant to complement the 20 GB HDD found in some of the higher end models. The drives read at 40…
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Tags: Asus Eee Pc, Models, Ssd, Ssds
October 7th 2008
We just received a press release from those SSD makers at Super Talent. They recognize the size of the EEE PC market is growing at a fast pace and that one of the upgrades that owners are hot to get are SSDs of increased size. They are announcing the introduction of three SSDs made expressly [...]
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 6th 2008
A netbook purchase choice just might be a little harder now, or actually easier, depending on your point of view. The Acer Aspire One is now appearing on Amazon in new configurations and colors. Yup, they cost a bunch more, but some will be happy with the upgraded configurations. For starters, there’s a 6-cell battery [...]
October 5th 2008
Another week has come and gone with big news in the tech world. Nokia announced their 5800 XpressMusic touch phone with their new all-you-can-eat music downloads. There was a lot of netbook news of course and one even showed up at our doors for review. Here are some of the stories you may have missed [...]
October 5th 2008
Now, this is something that I don’t admit regularly but here is a MID that actually is worth salivating over,
With this Mobile Internet Device BenQ seems to have nailed almost everything on their MID S6.
They have crammed in an 800MHz Intel Atom CPU, 4.8-inch WVGA (800 x 480) display, 512MB DDR2 RAM, a 2GB SSD, [...]
October 3rd 2008
It’s been a while since an Asus product has rocked our world—we think the last time must have been the Eee—but the Atom-powered SSD-based Asus S101 looks amazing for its price—even…
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Tags: Asus Product, Atom, Laptops, Last Time, Mdash, Ssd
October 1st 2008
OK, it’s only been out of the box for about two hours, one hour of which was running Vista for the first time and updating it. Here are some very quick first looks at the device, I can’t give any impressions yet other than it’s fast.
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo L9400 @ 1.86 GHzMemory: 3 [...]
October 1st 2008
Is that really correct? HP hasn’t had a 13.3-inch notebook in the United States? Come to think of it, everything does seem to be in the 14-, 15-inch and up category. Other than the 8.9-inch HP Mini-note of course and we’re expecting to see a 10-inch version of that in the near future. I guess [...]