Comments on: Is HP giving up on VIA? http://liliputing.com/2008/10/is-hp-giving-up-on-via.html Compact Computing Thu, 24 May 2012 22:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: HP Vivienne Tam Mini-Note Has Intel Inside | Fashion Electronics Guide http://liliputing.com/2008/10/is-hp-giving-up-on-via.html#comment-3451 HP Vivienne Tam Mini-Note Has Intel Inside | Fashion Electronics Guide Sat, 25 Oct 2008 07:18:47 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=2478#comment-3451 [...] Via Liliputing [...] [...] Via Liliputing [...]

]]> By: bolomkxxviii http://liliputing.com/2008/10/is-hp-giving-up-on-via.html#comment-48830 bolomkxxviii Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:09:35 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=2478#comment-48830 Why does HP insist on shooting itself in the foot with it's netbooks? First it uses the stinking C7 Via processor, then when it fixes that issue by making a Atom powered unit it saddles it with Vista. Apparently HP thinks netbooks should run slowly. At least with Vista you can always upgrade to XP or Linux. Why does HP insist on shooting itself in the foot with it's netbooks? First it uses the stinking C7 Via processor, then when it fixes that issue by making a Atom powered unit it saddles it with Vista. Apparently HP thinks netbooks should run slowly. At least with Vista you can always upgrade to XP or Linux.

]]> By: bolomkxxviii http://liliputing.com/2008/10/is-hp-giving-up-on-via.html#comment-5468 bolomkxxviii Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:09:35 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=2478#comment-5468 Why does HP insist on shooting itself in the foot with it's netbooks? First it uses the stinking C7 Via processor, then when it fixes that issue by making a Atom powered unit it saddles it with Vista. Apparently HP thinks netbooks should run slowly. At least with Vista you can always upgrade to XP or Linux. Why does HP insist on shooting itself in the foot with it's netbooks? First it uses the stinking C7 Via processor, then when it fixes that issue by making a Atom powered unit it saddles it with Vista. Apparently HP thinks netbooks should run slowly. At least with Vista you can always upgrade to XP or Linux.

]]> By: bolomkxxviii http://liliputing.com/2008/10/is-hp-giving-up-on-via.html#comment-3416 bolomkxxviii Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:09:35 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=2478#comment-3416 Why does HP insist on shooting itself in the foot with it's netbooks? First it uses the stinking C7 Via processor, then when it fixes that issue by making a Atom powered unit it saddles it with Vista. Apparently HP thinks netbooks should run slowly. At least with Vista you can always upgrade to XP or Linux. Why does HP insist on shooting itself in the foot with it's netbooks? First it uses the stinking C7 Via processor, then when it fixes that issue by making a Atom powered unit it saddles it with Vista. Apparently HP thinks netbooks should run slowly. At least with Vista you can always upgrade to XP or Linux.

]]> By: Sascha http://liliputing.com/2008/10/is-hp-giving-up-on-via.html#comment-3326 Sascha Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:44:56 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=2478#comment-3326 It is a 10.2 inch.<br>Anyways, this Mini-Note comes with the Atom..., well wait for CES It is a 10.2 inch.
Anyways, this Mini-Note comes with the Atom…, well wait for CES

]]> By: Niels http://liliputing.com/2008/10/is-hp-giving-up-on-via.html#comment-3319 Niels Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:27:08 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=2478#comment-3319 There was a post on laptopmag's blog a week or so ago that had a sneaky shot of a barely open Vivienne Tam version of the Mininote. If you look at the size of the bezel of the screen which is considerably smaller than the existing mininote's I would guess that it's a 10 incher.<br><br>The link's here: <a href="http://blog.laptopmag.com/hp-to-release-touchscreen-laptop-10-inch-mini-note-by-years-end">http://blog.laptopmag.com/hp-to-release-touchsc...</a> There was a post on laptopmag's blog a week or so ago that had a sneaky shot of a barely open Vivienne Tam version of the Mininote. If you look at the size of the bezel of the screen which is considerably smaller than the existing mininote's I would guess that it's a 10 incher.

The link's here: http://blog.laptopmag.com/hp-to-release-touchsc…

]]> By: thomas merritt http://liliputing.com/2008/10/is-hp-giving-up-on-via.html#comment-3318 thomas merritt Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:26:00 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=2478#comment-3318 I have no idea who Vivienne Tam is but id guess its some douchebag designer but it did bring up something you might want to cover: skins.<br><br>Ive checked out a few places that sell laptop skins and some of them have for netbooks but usually just the EEE. Ive seen them from 12 to 24$, some are just skins for the lid while others also skin the section surrounding the track pad and some are simply stunning (and necessary for people who have the Dell black fingerprint collector)..<br><br>Maybe you could do a round up of the best skins sites and which ones carry the most varieties of netbooks.. I have no idea who Vivienne Tam is but id guess its some douchebag designer but it did bring up something you might want to cover: skins.

Ive checked out a few places that sell laptop skins and some of them have for netbooks but usually just the EEE. Ive seen them from 12 to 24$, some are just skins for the lid while others also skin the section surrounding the track pad and some are simply stunning (and necessary for people who have the Dell black fingerprint collector)..

Maybe you could do a round up of the best skins sites and which ones carry the most varieties of netbooks..

]]> By: DougC3 http://liliputing.com/2008/10/is-hp-giving-up-on-via.html#comment-3310 DougC3 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:48:20 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=2478#comment-3310 I have a bit of evidence pointing toward the 10 inch screen... it seems that this "Brad" fellow posted this on Oct. 16: <br><br>"The Wall Street Journal reports that HP will release a netbook with a 10 inch screen this year. Since all of HP’s current netbooks have 8.9 inch screens, I’m going to go out on a limb and assume this is the next-generation HP Mini-Note we’ve all been waiting for." ... ;)<br><br>But seriously, the one alluded to in this quote could be an upgrade to the current one and still be a build totally different from the Vivienne Tam job above, as you suggest.<br>Judging by pictures, I wonder if the V. T. model is going to be up to the build quality of the current Mini-note. It looks as though there may be more case showing around the keyboard, implying plastic construction.<br><br>I suppose HP would be saying, "If we make 'em high quality they gripe about the price and, if we make 'em cheap, they gripe about the quality." :) I have a bit of evidence pointing toward the 10 inch screen… it seems that this “Brad” fellow posted this on Oct. 16:

“The Wall Street Journal reports that HP will release a netbook with a 10 inch screen this year. Since all of HP’s current netbooks have 8.9 inch screens, I’m going to go out on a limb and assume this is the next-generation HP Mini-Note we’ve all been waiting for.” … ;)

But seriously, the one alluded to in this quote could be an upgrade to the current one and still be a build totally different from the Vivienne Tam job above, as you suggest.
Judging by pictures, I wonder if the V. T. model is going to be up to the build quality of the current Mini-note. It looks as though there may be more case showing around the keyboard, implying plastic construction.

I suppose HP would be saying, “If we make 'em high quality they gripe about the price and, if we make 'em cheap, they gripe about the quality.” :)

]]> By: DAH http://liliputing.com/2008/10/is-hp-giving-up-on-via.html#comment-3309 DAH Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:23:01 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=2478#comment-3309 I hope it has the same screen as the Mininote. If the Mininote had an Atom I would have bought one by now. I hope it has the same screen as the Mininote. If the Mininote had an Atom I would have bought one by now.

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