While AMD was in no rush to challenge Intel on smaller netbooks, it seems pretty clear that 11.6″ machines is where they’re drawing the line in the sand. Models like the Asus 1201T are starting to appear running the Neo processor, and now we’ve got two (possibly) from MSI set to land on U.S. soil. As spotted by Wireless Goodness,…

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AMD has sort of stayed out of the netbook space for the last year or so, shaking its head and frequently wondering why people would want computers that can’t play Crysis. Then in January, AMD unveiled a product roadmap that included cheaper, lower power chips that could be used in low cost portable computers like the HP Pavilion dv2 line….

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As promised, here are a few photos of the HP Pavilion DV2 line of notebooks from CES Unveiled last night. The DV2 series machines are some of the first laptops using the the AMD Yukon platform with the new AMD Neo processor.  They’re larger than netbooks, with 12 inch displays. And they cost more, with prices starting around $699. But…

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MSI launched the MSI X320 last night. It looks an awful lot like a MacBook Air. It has a 13.4  inch, 1366 x 768 display and it’s super thin and light, measuring less than an inch thick, and weighing about 2.9 pounds. But unlike the MacBook Air, the MSI X320 runs on an Intel Atom Z520 CPU which means two…

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AMD has announced the first plans for its Yukon platform: moderately priced light weight notebook computers with a new AMD Neo CPU. The idea is to create a machine that falls somewhere between a chap netbook and a more traditional subnotebook (which typically carries a premium price tag). Think MacBook Air-sized computers with processors that are a bit more powerful…

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