Well, that was quick. A few days after I speculated that the Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3t could be the first netbook to ship with a 1.83GHz Intel Atom N470 processor, Lenovo has started taking orders for the N470-equipped model of the tablet-style netbook. This version will set you back $649, but you get more than just a faster processor. You also…

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If you couldn’t tell by the introduction of the new Dell Inspiron Mini 10 and Asus Eee PC 1005P, Intel has officially pulled the veil back on its next-generation Atom processors. The new 1.66GHz Atom N450 and 1.83GHz N470 chips are destined for upcoming netbooks, while the D410 single core and D510 1.66GHz processors will grace nettops, all-in-one PCs, and…

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Intel is set to launch its new Pine Trail Atom platform in January, and we expect to see dozens of mini-laptop and desktop computers toting Intel Atom N450, D410, and D510 processors. But according to Fudzilla, there are more next-gen Atom processors on the way. For instance, there’s the upcoming Intel Atom N470, which Fudzilla says should launch in the…

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[/caption] It looks like Acer is preparing to launch its first netbook based on Intel’s upcoming Atom N450 Pineview processor. A new model called the Acer Aspire AO532h showed up on Acer’s support page recently. The laptop’s not available for order, and there’s no official press release yet. But if you scan the support docs, it looks like there are…

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File this in the category of “I’d be more surprised if it wasn’t happening,” but Samsung will introduce a line of netbooks with an Intel Atom Pineview processor in late January. A Samsung representative confirmed the company’s plans to retool its netbook lineup with the next-generation Atom chips today at the Netbook World Summit in Paris. But it’s hardly surprising,…

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[/caption] It looks like some of the first netbooks from Asus to use the upcoming Intel Atom Pine Trail chipset will be minor variations on existing netbooks. We’d already seen evidence of a new Eee PC 1008P. Now there’s a BIOS file hanging out on the Asus support site for an unannounced netbook called the Eee PC 1005P. According to…

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Netbooks based upon Intel’s Pineview chip are starting to appear – albeit slowly. Today, Wireless Goodness caught a new arrival on the FCC website: Fujitsu’s Lifebook MH380. Here’s what is known about the MH380′s internals right now: Intel Atom N450 CPU at 1.66 GHz 10.1″ 1366×768 LCD display Atheros 802.11 b/g/n wireless Realtek 8103EL-GR 10/100 ethernet No word on hard…

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With 2010 just around the corner, we’re going to start seeing a lot of netbooks with Intel Atom N450 and chips based on the new Pine Trail platform. It looks like one of the first could be a new model from lenovo which will feature a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N450 processor and your usual netbook specs including a 10.1 inch,…

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[/caption] Intel isn’t expected to officially launch its next-generation Atom processor line until later this year or early next year. But Fudzilla reports that two Intel Essential Series ITX motherboards with Intel Atom D510 and D410 processor are starting to appear at internet retail sites. The D510MO motherboard uses a dual core 1.67GHz Intel Atom D510 CPU with 2x512kb of…

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Virtually every netbook released over the last year and a half has had the same specs: 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU, 1GB RAM, 160GB hard drive. But the times, they are a-changing. With the launch of Windows 7, we’ve started seeing machines with 250GB hard drives. And now it looks like Intel could be ready to shake things up a…

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Electronics maker Haleron is making a habit of cramming dual core chips (or just plain dual processors) into netbooks. Today the company announced via Twitter that it’s upcoming Bold Series netbook will sport an Intel Atom D510 processor. The D510 is an upcoming dual core low power chip that’s part of Intel’s Pine Trail line of next-generation Atom processors. That’s…

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While we’re hearing that the Intel Atom N450 processor will be the first Pine Trail netbook chip to hit the streets in January, the chip maker has a few other tricks up its sleeve, including a netbook processor with a slightly higher clock speed due out a few months later. Fudzilla reports that the Intel Atom N470 will launch in…

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