Last I’d heard, Intel was hoping to phase out the Intel Atom 230 single core and Atom 330 dual core low power desktop chips in April. That didn’t quite happen, but now that Intel’s new Pine Trail Atom chips for low power desktops have been on the market for close to half a year, Fudzilla reports that the company plans…

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You’d be forgiven for mistaking the Jetway EM130 for a MacBook. Cosmetically, it looks an awful lot like a 13 inch MacBook. But on the inside, this 13.3 inch notebook is all netbook — albeit one with relatively powerful netbook components. The Jetway EM130 has a 1366 x 768 pixel HD display, NVIDIA ION graphics, and a dual core Intel…

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This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone, but it looks like Intel is getting ready to phase out its first generation of desktop Atom chips. The  Intel Atom 330 dual core and Atom 230 single core chips should be done by the end of the month. These were the first Atom chips designed for low power desktop and nettop…

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At first glance, the Asus Eee PC 1201N looks virtually identical to several other 12 inch laptops from Asus including the UL20A and 1201HA thin and light laptops. But while the Asus Eee PC 1201N may have the same chassis as other Asus notebooks, it still breaks the mold in a few important respects. This is the first notebook from…

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The Asus Eee PC 1201N is the first notebook from Asus to feature NVIDIA ION graphics. It’s also one of the first notebooks from any manufacturer to feature a dual core Intel Atom 330 processor. Normally that CPU is reserved for desktop systems. While a dual core Atom chip is still designed to be a low power processor that favors…

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The ASRock ION 330 nettop is a small desktop PC that’s not much wider than a typical optical disc drive. It’s a bit chunkier than some nettops from MSI, Asus, and other companies, but unlike many of those models, the ION 330 actually makes room for a DVD burner as well as a 1.6GHz Intel Atom 330 dual core CPU,…

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Even at a time when there are a growing number of 11 and 12 inch laptops with Intel Atom processors and NVIDIA ION graphics coming to market, the Asus Eee PC 1201N is something unusual. That’s because it’s one of the only laptops ever to be launched with a dual core Intel Atom 330 processor. Normally that CPU only shows…

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We’ve been hearing about the Asus Eee PC 1201N for months, and now Asus is finally ready to launch the laptop. The Eee PC 1201N features a 12.1 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display, an Intel Atom 330 dual core processor, and NVIDIA ION graphics, making the 1201N the first ION-powered laptop from Asus. It will sell for $499, and…

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The Acer AspireRevo nettop has been available in the US for a few weeks now, but you’ve been stuck with a model that runs Windows XP, has a single core Atom 230 CPU, 1GB of RAM, and 160GB hard drive. That model also has NVIDIA ION LE graphics. Now Newegg is taking pre-orders for an updated model that sports a…

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The FunTwist Fiono 330 nettop is a nettop with a dual core Intel Atom 330 processor, 2GB of RAM, and a 2.5 inch hard drive. It also features NVIDIA ION graphics, which means that the tiny desktop PC can handle 1080p HD video output. Netbooked picked one up recently and discovered a few interesting things about the FunTwist nettop. First,…

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Okoro Media Systems has a long track record of putting out excellent Home Theater PC hardware. The company’s products aren’t particularly cheap, but they tend to come with fast processors, large hard drives, and fancy media doohickeys like Blu-Ray discs, TV tuners, and 7.1 channel audio. And then there’s the new OMS-Q200. This machine is basically a souped up nettop…

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You know how computer products are often announced at one price overseas and then wind up selling for a bit less once they hit the US market? It looks like Viewsonic might have missed that memo. The company is selling a nettop with a dual core Intel Atom 330 processor and NVIDIA graphics for about $514 in China, but when…

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