The MSI Wind U100 Plus is basically a modest upgrade to the classic MSI Wind U100. Both netbooks have the same keyboard, case design, and screen. But the Plus version has an ever-so-slightly faster processor. It replaces the Intel Atom N270 CPU with an N280 processor that runs at 1.66GHz and which has an FSB of 667MHz. The N270 chip…
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Intel could begin phasing out the Atom N280 chip and GN40 graphics chipset. Digitimes reports the move is due to low demand. The Intel Atom N280 CPU runs at 1.66GHz, which is only moderately faster than the 1.6GHz clock speed of the older Atom N270 CPU. The N280 also has faster bus speed and the GN40 chipset is designed to offer…
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The Intel Atom N280 CPU is showing up in more and more netbooks. The Asus Eee PC 1000HE, Acer Aspire One D150, and upcoming MSI Wind U123 all use the latest generation version of the Intel Atom CPU. It’s a little bit faster than the N270 that has been on the market for about a year. The N280 runs at 1.66GHz…
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The Intel Atom N270 CPU has become pretty popular since it launched in mid-2008. Nearly every major computer manufacturer has put out a netbook powered by this 1.6GHz chip in the last half year or so. And it looks like an increase in the number of white-box computer makers in China placing orders could lead to a shortage of Atom…
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People have been overclocking the Intel Atom processor used in netbooks ever since it was first released last summer, with some people reporting clock speeds of higher than 2GHz. But Asus has always gone one step further – by offering Eee PC users a handy utility called the Super Hybrid Engine that lets you overclock or underclock the CPU with…
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Intel’s upcoming GN40 chipset is designed to provide improved HD video playback. But what exactly does that mean? You can already watch plenty of 720p content on a netbook with an Intel Atom N270 CPU and 945GSE chipset. According to Fuzilla, an Intel product manager says the new Intel Atom N280/GN40 chipset will be able to handle 1080p playback. But…
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Taking a page out of the Asus playbook, MSI seems determine to flood the market with netbook models this year. The MSI Wind U100 was a pretty big success for the company last year, and the new MSI Wind U120 basically takes the same components and puts them in a shiny new case with a 3G modem option. Now Laptop…
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Computer makers seem to be trying to find a middle ground between pint sized netbooks (1o inches or smaller) and full sized laptops (usually 14 inches or larger). Notebooks with 11 and 12 inch screens have existed for a while, but they typically carried high price tags. But today Dell and Samsung are offering 12 inch notebooks with low power,…
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When I spotted one of the first netbooks with the new Intel Atom N280 at CES, it was paired with Intel’s new GN40 chipset which provides hardware decoding for 720p HD videos. And so I, like a lot of other people, assumed that the N280 chip would always be bundled with the GN40 chipset. But the folks at Laptop Magazine…
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Intel is confirming that the new Intel Atom N280 processor with the GN40 chipset is now shipping. The news shouldn’t come as a huge surprise, since the Asus Eee PC 1000HE which uses the new chipset is already available for preorder. The new CPU has a top clock speed of 1.66GHz, which makes it a tiny bit faster than the Intel…
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PC Corner in the Philippines may be charging about $550 for Acer’s upcoming 10 inch netbook, but Engadget reports that the Acer Aspire One D150 (if that is its real name) will sell for just 329 Euros or about $425 US in France starting in February. That model comes with a 3 cell battery, but you should also be able…
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Philippine retailer PC Corner has set up a product page for the new 10 inch version of the Acer Aspire One. According to PC Corner, the netbook will be called the Acer Aspire 103, and in addition to the larger 10 inch display, it will have an Intel Atom N280 CPU with the GN40 chipset instead of the more common…
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