Via DigiTimes:
Asustek has just announced plans to release the Eee PC Shell, another ultra-thin netbook in the Eee PC line, in April. Asus is touting a 10.1 in display, longer battery life, better portability and generally better specs than their current ultra-thin, the Eee PC S101. Price range is being estimated at between $486 -$571.
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Entries Tagged as 'netbook'
Asus and Acer to Release Competing Super-Slim Netbooks in April
February 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Tags:Acer netbook·Asus super-slim netbook·asus vs. acer·competition·netbook
QVC Shoppers Should Have Waited a Week
February 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Ok, apologizes if you tuned into QVC and bought your Dell Mini 10 a week early, because you may have gotten robbed.
According to this PCWorld Article those who waited for the general release and bought their Mini 10 straight from Dell probably saved upwards of $70.
Undoubtedly however, anyone who actually discovered and bought the Mini [...]
Slimline Acer 10 Aspire 1 Specs Leaked
February 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Via NetbookNews.de (translated via Google)
The leaked specs for the new Acer Aspire 1 are all over the intertubes. As are an assortment of hands on pictures for your viewing pleasure all accesible via the link above.
One of the soon-to-be-released netbooks rocking the new Intel Atom N270 1.6 GHz Chipset, the Aspire 1 is Acer’s challenge [...]
Tags:Acer Aspire 1·Acer netbook·netbook·Slimline Acer 10 Aspire
Asus Eee PC 1000HE Official Specs Released
February 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
With an unprecedented 9.5 hours of battery life promised, the Eee PC 1000HE is looking to be the laptop of choice for those busy business folks jet setting across the country for assorted meetings with CEO’s and higher-ups.
Wired.com is also reporting that the laptop’s state-of-the-art Intel Atom Chipset is demolishing previous benchmarks and has altogether [...]
New Contest: What do you call a server-netbook hybrid?
February 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Via tgdaily.com:
Windows CEO Steve Balmer has just announced interest in producing a cheap windows server akin to a server version of a netbook, hoping to cash in on the netbook craze in the server market. A craze which he describes in the interview as “not quite a phenomenon.”
Question: Does the average individual or work-at-home boss [...]
Could The Netbook Replace the Laptop Entirely?
February 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Via InsideBayArea.com
“If it [a netbook] does replace a low-end notebook then that’s good for us.” - Intel CEO Paul Otellini
Prepare for the revolution. Throw out your bargain bin laptops, because they’re going the way of the print edition of your favorite newspaper. Semiconductor manufacturing hardware giant Intel announced that every time a netbook is [...]
Thinking Pink: Archos 10 “Feminine” Edition
February 26th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
Via NetbookNews.it:
Archos, a relatively small player in the elaborate chess game that has become the Netbook market, has hopped on the brightly colored bandwagon with it’s release of a pink version of its Archos 10 netbook. Specs are identical to the less flamboyant version of the Archos 10, which comes in standard netbook black.
All major [...]
Linux and an Eee PC 4g: First Impressions
February 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
Before I jump into this, some background. I’m a bit of a techie, but when it comes down to it everything I’ve learned about computers is from a whole lot of trial and error and messing around with files and functions I probably shouldn’t have. The result has been several hard drive re-formats that were [...]
Tags:college student netbook·experience with linux·first impressions·netbook·netbook experience·working with linux·Xanadros
Define: “Netbook”
February 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Via MobileMag:
“LCD panel makers will be producing a series of 11.6-inch panels this year and netbook manufacturers will be snatching up a bunch of these to plunk into their latest mobile computing solutions. This 11.6-inch size is in addition to the existing 7-inch, 8-inch, 8.9-inch, 10.1-inch, and 12.1-inch models that already populate the industry.”
The netbook [...]
Tags:define netbook·definition of netbook·netbook·super-slim·ultra-portable
Dell Attempting to Increase Sales by Reclaiming Term “Netbook” For All?
February 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
This is a netbook.
It’s not an “ultra-portable” or a “mini-laptop”.
It is a netbook. That’s it’s name.
That is, of course, unless you ask Psion, a relatively obscure computer hardware company based in London and operating out of Canada. These guys are claiming that they have a copyright claim on the term “netbook” and late last year [...]
Tags:copyright·dell·lawsuit·netbook·netbook copyright·netbook term·psion