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French retailer LDLC ships netbook sans OS, recommends Joli OS

Brad Linder — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 14:02:36 +0000

There was a time when it looked like the rise of low cost netbooks would finally lead to the rise of Linux as a consumer operating system. Then Microsoft slashed Windows prices for PC makers building netbooks and the rest is history. But there's still a niche market for netbooks that ship with Linux, or with no operating system at...

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MSI Wind U250 with AMD processor makes an appearance in France

Brad Linder — Thu, 13 May 2010 06:15:36 +0000

Remember that MSI Wind U250 notebook that we spotted on the US Energy Star web site a few months ago? No? That's OK, I'd kind of forgotten about it myself -- until it showed up at an AMD event in Cannes yesterday. The folks at NewGadgets.de got a chance to snap a few photos of a pre-production version of this...

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Asus Eee PC 1005PE-H comes with Win7 Home Premium, spec bump

Brad Linder — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:20:30 +0000

French retailer fnac has posted a product page for a new Asus netbook model called the Eee PC 1005PE-H. Basically, the laptop is identical to the Asus Eee PC 1005PE in most respects. It has the same design, keyboard, and processor. But the Eee PC 1005PE-H comes with more RAM and storage space than its cheaper sibling, and ships with...

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Samsung NB30 with touchscreen display listed in France

Brad Linder — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:14:30 +0000

The Samsung NB30 is a semi-rugged laptop with a scratch and fingerprint-resistant case and a water-tight seal to prevent damage even if the laptop is dipped briefly in water. But in France, it looks like the Samsung NB30 may have another defining characteristic: A touchscreen display. French store Pixmania has a product listing for the NB30 with a touchscreen as...

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Dell France offers Inspiron Mini 11z upgrade options

Brad Linder — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:28:45 +0000

If you want to pick up a Dell Inspiron 11z laptop in the US, here's the configuration you'll get for your $449: 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel, 1.2GHz Intel Celeron 723 CULV processor, 2GB of RAM a 250GB hard drive, and a 3 cell, 28Whr battery. It comes with Windows Vista Home Premium and a free upgrade offer for...

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Asus Eee PC 1005H Go with 3G modem now available in France

Brad Linder — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:53:34 +0000

The Asus Eee PC 1005H Go is basically the same computer as an Eee PC 1005HA with one key difference -- it has an integrated 3G modem for connecting to wireless broadband networks. Netbook 3G reports that the 1005H Go is now available in France, where telecom Orange is selling it for 399 Euros (about $571 US). That's the price...

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Asus Eee PC 1008HA, 1005HA get a little color

Brad Linder — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:11:15 +0000

The Asus Eee PC 1008HA is a thin and light 10 inch netbook that comes in wide selection of colors in the US, as long as you like black and white. The slightly thicker Eee PC 1005HA has a better battery, but comes in the same two colors in the US. But in France, it looks like two new color...

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Samsung N510 available for pre-order in France

Brad Linder — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:30:53 +0000

[/caption] The Samsung N510 laptop is the first 11.6 inch notebook from Samsung to sport NVIDIA ION graphics. The laptop features a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N280 CPU, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics, and an 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display. And it's available for pre-order from French retailer Pixmania today for 499 Euros, or about $718. Bear in mind, it...

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Samsung N510 ship date pushed back, still due in France this summer

Brad Linder — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:26:31 +0000

It looks like the Samsung N510 won't be hitting the streets of France by the end of July after all. But according to Blogeee, it could be available in August. The French netbook blog says the launch date has been pushed back a bit, but that the N510 is due out in about 3 weeks. The N510 will be the...

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Samsung N510 could hit France this month

Brad Linder — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:58:03 +0000

Samsung still hasn't officially introduced its N510 laptop in the US yet, but it looks like this notebook with an 11.6 inch display and NVIDIA ION power could be available in France before the end of the month. French site Blogeee has a source that's suggesting the Samsung N510 could be ready to go sometime in July. The Samsung N510...

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Asus also phasing out Eee PC 1000HE in France

Brad Linder — Tue, 19 May 2009 18:51:46 +0000

A few days ago an Asus official announce that the company would be phasing out all of its existing netbook models in the UK and focusing on three new machines: The Eee PC 1008HA, Eee PC 1005HA, and another Eee PC 1000-series netbook that hasn't been launched yet. Now Blogeee reports that Asus France is following suit. In other words,...

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MSI Wind U115 available for order in France

Brad Linder — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:04:29 +0000

The MSI Wind U115 is available for order from a handful of stores in France, including Topachat, where you can pick it up for 549.90 € and Rue du Commerce, where it's selling for 554 €. Material.net is asking 559 €. The MSI Wind U115 is one of the newest netbooks from MSI. Like the company's earlier netbooks it sports a 10 inch, 1024 x...

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10 inch Acer Aspire One with 16GB SSD hits France

Brad Linder — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:20:58 +0000

When Acer launched the Aspire One D150 netbok, it was only available with a 160GB hard drive. There was no solid state disk option as there had been on earlier Acer netbook models. But a few weeks after the launch of Acer's first 10 inch netbok, Netbook 3G has discovered an ad for a new 10 inch model with a...

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Dell officially launches Inspiron Mini 10 in France

Brad Linder — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:23:08 +0000

Dell officially unveiled the new Inspiron Mini 10 mini-laptop at a news conference in France this week. Netbook 3G was on hand and snapped a few photos of the new machine, including a comparison of the Mini 10 and the Asus Eee PC 1000H Asus Eee PC 901 Go. The netbook has a nice wide keyboard that looks a lot...

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Asus Eee PC 901 shipping with 7 hour battery?

Brad Linder — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:04:27 +0000

The Asus Eee PC 901 typically comes with a 6 cell, 6600mAh battery, which is good for 4 to 5 hours of continuous use. But a member of the French Blogeee forums discovered something interesting upon ordering an Asus Eee PC 901 Go (the model with a built in 3G modem). It came with an 8700mAh battery, which should provide...

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