AMD says it's "ignoring" netbooks, will focus on ultraportables (Friday 14th of November 2008 11:02:00 PM)
Filed under: LaptopsIt seemed earlier this week that AMD's new Conesus chips would take on
Intel's dominant Atom platform in the netbook market, but it sounds like that was just wishful
being how cap -- definite to CEO Dirk Meyer, the chipmaker is "ignoring ...
(more)AMD announces Conesus netbook platform, ATI Stream brand, Fusion processor delay (Thursday 13th of November 2008 09:04:00 PM)
Filed under: Desktops, LaptopsWe already got word of AMD's new 45nm seize Opterons this
morning, but it looks like that was only just the beginning of a deluge of news out of the
slightly tormented company today, which includes the appropriated announcement ...
(more)Best OS For Netbooks and Underpowered Tablets? (Monday 27th of October 2008 07:30:01 AM)
Vigmeister writes "I hopped on the netbook bandwagon early this year in a rather odd fashion by
picking up an outdated compact tablet (Fujitsu P1510) which just about matches the latest,
greatest netbooks for their enforcement and portability features, ...
(more)Best OS For Netbooks and Underpowered Tablets? (Monday 27th of October 2008 07:30:01 AM)
Vigmeister writes "I hopped on the netbook bandwagon early this year in a rather odd fashion by
picking up an outdated manageable tablet (Fujitsu P1510) which just about matches the latest,
greatest netbooks for their completion and portability features, ...
(more)ASUS Eee PC S101 hands-on (Tuesday 21st of October 2008 10:37:00 PM)
Filed under: Laptops
Confession: we love, love slim laptops. Air, Envy, X300, slips of copier
paper with "laptop" written on them... any one thing decently under that magical 1-inch thick
mark has a special place in our hearts. And then there's the Eee ...
(more)CTL's 2go Classmate PC netvertible due in January for under $500 (Friday 17th of October 2008 07:50:00 PM)
Filed under: Tablet PCs
CTL's cling with the "2go" branding for its next-gen Classmate PC, but
it's not hard to spot the difference: it's a convertible tablet. We've seen hands-on shots of
the Intel concept a couple times before, but now CTL's control ...
(more)Inspiron Mini 12 pops up on Dell's website: it's a done deal (almost) (Thursday 16th of October 2008 05:12:00 AM)
We can't call it conclusive with a plain face, but seriously, what else could you call it? A
not-at-all mysterious Inspiron Mini 12 (1210) has emerged on Dell's website in the Product
Support pages, hinting (and we're using that as loosely as possible) ...
(more)12.1-inch Dell E Slim laptop spotted in the wild? (Friday 10th of October 2008 09:02:00 PM)
Filed under: Laptops
It's hard to say what we've come across here, but if our retinas aren't
deceiving us too badly, this looks to be an in the wild shot (sans blur, amazingly) of Dell's
approaching E Slim. If you'll recall, we caught a glimpse of ...
(more)MSI Wind U100 coming to "major retailer," Wind 2 coming this quarter (Sunday 05th of October 2008 08:11:00 AM)
Filed under: LaptopsSlowly but surely, MSI is next in the laughable follow in the follow in the
footsteps of of of ASUS. At first, the Wind was simply the Wind. Now, we've a smattering of
variants to keep up with, and gospel to a recent ...
(more)ASUS N10 hands-on confirms Eee-free status (Wednesday 17th of September 2008 11:42:00 PM)
Filed under: Laptops
It's confusing, and constantly we cry off the record to sleep at night,
but the new ASUS N10 is hardly a netbook, and has earned the right to shed that really
confusing Eee moniker to try and be existence more. We got to ...
(more)Samsung shows off netbook ahead of October launch (Thursday 11th of September 2008 05:15:00 PM)
Filed under: Laptops
We already caught a brief glimpse of Samsung's first netbook offering, but
it looks like the company is now fully on board the bandwagon du jour, with it releasing some
conclusive photos and a few more specs of the still-unnamed netbook ...
(more)Dell Inspiron Mini review roundup (Friday 05th of September 2008 01:23:00 AM)
Filed under: LaptopsDell's Inspiron Mini 9 didn't waste any time going from its formal debut to
hitting the review circuit today, and even supposing its basic design didn't blow anyone away,
it seems like an impressively put-together piece of kit for ...
(more)Commodore impresses with prototypes at IFA, really (Tuesday 02nd of September 2008 11:31:00 PM)
Filed under: Handhelds, Laptops
While the idea of Commodore showing off some early predecessor
devices isn't exactly the sort of thing that'd consistently get many folks' hopes up, the
never-say-die company looks to have managed to impress the doubters ...
(more)WSJ: Dell Mini Inspiron 910 netbook launching Thursday (Wednesday 03rd of September 2008 09:01:00 AM)
It's already deep-rooted for this week. Now The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Dell
Inspiron 910 Mini netbook will be announced on ascension day the 4th protocol of an eMail
received from Box.net, an online photo and deed storage service already ...
(more)Fujitsu announces M1010 netbook for Q4 launch (Friday 29th of August 2008 06:31:00 PM)
Filed under: LaptopsFujitsu finally got conclusive with its Amilo Mini netbook yesteryear after
not exactly keeping it a secret these past few months, and it's now gone out and announced
another curiously similar netbook, the M1010, which may or may not ...
(more)Lenovo's IdeaPad S9 Lite gets a site, more specs, and discounted pricing... in Hong Kong (Sunday 17th of August 2008 08:09:00 PM)
Filed under: Laptops
If you've been making a mess of the floor (you know, with drool) waiting
for Lenovo's IdeaPad S9 netbook to come flying in your direction, here's a little being to
further whet your appetite. A "Lite" version of the device appears ...
(more)ASUS Eee PC "Ultimate" S101 revealed, and it's brown (Thursday 07th of August 2008 09:46:00 AM)
Filed under: Laptops
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'http://digg.com/hardware/ASUS_Eee_PC_Ultimate_S101_revealed'; We've already seen the S101
farthest Eee PC at the top of ASUS' Eee PC pyramid of implosion. ASUS' prez, Jerry Shen, told
us earlier to expect the Atom-based ...
(more)More netbooks on the way from Lenovo, Sylvania and Intel (Wednesday 30th of July 2008 11:52:00 PM)
Filed under: Laptops
It looks like the number of netbook hold-outs just keeps on dwindling,
with Lenovo and Sylvania now break-in the fray, and Intel coming back for another kick at the
can. While details are light on Lenovo's offering, the company is ...
(more)Ubuntu Is Hyper-Active At OSCON (Wednesday 23rd of July 2008 11:15:01 PM)
Ruphus13 writes "Ubuntu and Canonical have been very active at OSCON this year. They showcased
a new distro, announced improvements to their code-hosting platform, and made Mark Shuttleworth
third edition by the editors of the american heritage® dictionary. ...
(more)Report says Sony is planning a netbook, apparently news to Sony (Tuesday 22nd of July 2008 09:27:00 PM)
Filed under: LaptopsWe'd heard some rumblings about Sony's plans to introduce a netbook of its
own a little while back, but Sony exec Stan Glasgow seemed to put a damper on those the other
day when he flat out said that the company was "not ...
(more)Some analysts, PC makers express concern about netbooks (Monday 21st of July 2008 07:11:00 PM)
Filed under: Laptops
While some may say that netbooks have already jumped the shark, others in
the multinational are now expressing some real concern about the low-cost, low-power laptops
and, as the New York Times reports, they're warning that they could ...
(more)Dell gets "official" with colorful Studio 15 and Studio 17 laptop lines (Wednesday 25th of June 2008 10:14:00 PM)
Filed under: Laptops
Not like Dell's done an exceptional job keeping this one a secret, but
yes, the Studio 15 and Studio 17 laptops do seem to be more than a figment of someone's
stimulating
how to motivatedaily e-mail with words to inspire and motivate ...
(more)ASUS Eee PC 901 priced, reviewed (Friday 13th of June 2008 12:34:00 PM)
Filed under: LaptopsWe now have sanctioned US pricing for ASUS' new Eee PC lineup. The Eee PC
901 nabs a $599 MSRP for both Linux and Windows XP versions. The pricing for the 1000 and 1000H
models is a bit more fluid (read: could change) ...
(more)Dell E and E Slim revealed, taking on Eee and Air in one fell swoop (Friday 13th of June 2008 03:44:00 AM)
Filed under: Laptops
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/Dell_E_and_E_Slim_revealed'; We got a
nice helping of slides dropped on our virtual doorstep this evening, fleshing out Dell's
upcoming netbook -- which they seem to be calling the "Dell E." Um, ...
(more)Canonical makes Ubuntu Netbook Remix official at Computex (Tuesday 03rd of June 2008 05:00:00 PM)
Filed under: Handhelds, Laptops
Not like we weren't totally expectant this or anything, but
Canonical has chosen Computex as the expo where it will officially showcase Ubuntu Netbook
Remix. Hailed as a "reworked desktop image of Ubuntu built specifically ...
(more)MSI Wind benchmarked and reviewed: now official alternative to Eee PC (Tuesday 03rd of June 2008 10:42:00 AM)
Here's the moment many of you Eee-wannabees have been waiting for, the test announcement of
the 10-inch, 1,204 x 600 LED-backlit MSI Wind. No surprises here on the leakiest of all
netbooks. Still, when you respect that your $399 buys you a Linux-based ...
(more)Mobo gets rebadge happy with two new low-cost subnotes for Brazil (Wednesday 07th of May 2008 10:50:00 PM)
Filed under: Laptops
It looks like folks in Brazil are soon going to have a few more low-cost
subnote options to consider, with Mobo blasting* two new but curiously familiar-looking models.
That includes the Positivo Mobo (pictured above), which appears ...
(more)Negroponte talks about Classmate 2, other low-cost laptops (Tuesday 08th of April 2008 08:42:00 PM)
Filed under: LaptopsAs should be clear by now, OLPC's Nicholas Negroponte is never one to shy
away from discussing the competition (among other things), and he's now made some of his
opinions on Intel's new Classmate 2 laptop (a.k.a. Netbook) and other ...
(more)Intel's Netbook revealed as FTEC SmartBook, mystery solved (Tuesday 25th of March 2008 12:27:00 PM)
Filed under: Laptops
Finally, the Intel Netbook mystery is solved with the official unveiling
of the 7- and 9-inch low-enders in Malaysia. The ruggedized laptops for kids (at least,
initially) are manufactured by Malaysia's own FTEC and will carry a SmartBook ...
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