Since launching the Eee PC 701 in November, 2007, Asus has used a number of different processors including Intel Celeron and Atom chips. What they all have in common is that all of these models have used Intel processors. Even the company’s recent Eee PC 1201N with NVIDIA graphics uses a dual core Atom CPU. But DigiTimes reports that Asus…

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Last month Asus showed off a previously unannounced variation of the Asus Eee PC 1201 at a trade show in China. Now the company has created an English language web site for the Eee PC 1201T. There’s no word on a price or launch date yet, but here’s what we do know: This will be the first Asus Eee PC…

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The MSI Wind U230 is a 12.1 inch laptop with a dual core AMD Neo processor. It made a brief cameo appearance on the MSI web site last month before disappearing for a bit. But now the Wind U230 is back, and there’s even  a press release to make things all official-like and stuff. In a nutshell, the Wind U230…

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Remember that next generation AMD platform for ultrathin notebooks I was telling you about yesterday? It looks like Acer’s already showing off one of the first laptops to use the new chip. The Acer Ferrari One packs a dual core 1.2GHz AMD Athlon X2 L310 processor and ATI Radeon 3200 graphics. The laptop can handle 1080p video and other hardware…

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AMD still doesn’t plan to compete directly with Intel, VIA, or ARM in the netbook space. But earlier this year the chip maker introduced the relatively low power AMD Athlon Neo CPU for ultrathin laptops like the HP Pavilion dv2. It’s paired with an ATI graphics card and can handle HD video on laptop with a 12 inch display that’s…

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