Most Intel Atom chips on the market today support up to 2GB of memory — but most netbooks ship with 1GB of RAM, because that’s the only way to qualify for a low cost Windows 7 Starter license at the moment. But Fudzilla is reporting that there could be a shakeup in the Atom-based notebook market later this year. According…

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The Lenovo ThinkPad X120e is a business class thin and light laptop with an 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display and an AMD E-350 dual core processor. As YouTube user wussyib discovered, it’s also relatively easy to upgrade. It might not be as easy to remove the back panel on the X120e as on the HP Pavilion dm1z (which…

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Like other Asus Eee PC series notebooks, the Asus Eee PC 1101HA comes with the company’s Super Hybrid Engine software. This lets you underclock and overclock the CPU to boost performance or prolong battery life depending on your needs at the moment. But there’s one thing that makes the Eee PC 1101HA different – you can tweak a BIOS setting…

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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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The HP Mini 311 (or Compaq Mini 311C in Europe) comes with 1GB of RAM soldered to the motherboard. At first glance, that might make this NVIDIA ION-powered laptop a bit less attractive, since it somewhat limits your upgrade options. But Blogeee reports there’s good news: There is another RAM slot that users can take advantage of to upgrade the…

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[/caption] The Dell Inspiron Mini 10 is already one of the most customizable netbooks on the market. It comes with options including a built in TV tuner, GPS receiver, and HD 1366 x 768 pixel display. Now Dell is offering customers the choice of configuring the netbook with 2GB of RAM. Of course, it doesn’t qualify for a low cost…

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Kingston Technology is launching a line of computer memory designed specifically for netbooks. Kingston’s new HyperX SO-DIMM line users faster latency timing in netbooks with 533MHz bus speeds to provide improved performance for netbook users without driving up the price. A 2GB SO-DIMM will set you back just $35. The copany says the HyperX memory will work in netbooks by…

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The MSI Wind U120 is a lot like the original  MSI Wind U100. It ships with Windows XP, a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU, and 1GB of RAM. But while the Wind U100 accepts up to 2GB of RAM, it turns out there’s no easy way to upgrade the RAM in the newer model. I’ve seen several different sets of…

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While it’s a relatively painless process to upgrade the RAM in most netbooks, it can be hard to figure out what type of RAM you need without first popping open your computer case and looking inside. Memory maker Crucial has launched a new web service that makes the process much easier.  The Netbook Upgrade Center helps you find the appropriate type of…

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Want a Dell Inspiron Mini 9 with a 64GB solid state disk? Dell has added the option to configure a system with a high capacity SSD for $150, but here’s the catch: It’s only available on Ubuntu Linux models at the moment. When you go to configure a Windows XP model, the highest you can go is 16GB. You can…

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Some netbook manufacturers, like Asus, make it easy to upgrade the RAM by putting an access panel on the back of the unit. Remove 2 or 3 screws, pop off the panel cover, and you can swap out your RAM DIMM for a higher capacity stick. Others, like MSI, make it a bit trickier, requiring you to undo 9 or…

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If you happen to read Korean, I’ve got good news. The Samsung NC10 user manual is now available for download. If you can’t, I’ve still got good news. The upcoming netbook has a RAM access panel on the back which means that it should take about 2 seconds to upgrade the laptop’s 1GB of RAM. Just undo a screw or…

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