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Eee PC 900 has 2 separate solid state disks, not just two partitions

Apparently Asus didn’t just divide the storage on the Eee PC 900 into two separate partitions like I’d originally thought. No, they instead have put two separate solid state disks in each unit. Both the Linux and Windows XP models will have 4GB of flash storage soldered to the motherboard, and the Linux version will […]

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MSI Wind gets price and launch timeframe

MSI has released a few more details about its upcoming MSI Wind ultraportable laptop computer. The company will introduce a series of models with screens ranging from 8.9 inches to 10 inches, and Intel Shelton processors running between 1GHz and 1.6GHz. That;s the old news. The new stuff is this: the computers will cost between […]

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Airis Kira 100 is just like the Nohrtec Gecko in more colors

The Airis Kira 100 is a new low-cost ultraportable that should look familiar. The computer is based on the same reference design as the Nohrtec Gecko. There are only two major differences: the name, and the color scheme. The Kira 100 comes in a variety of bright and mildly unattractive colors. Here’s a refresher on […]

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Germany’s Fukato offers latest notebook to take on the Asus Eee PC

I’m holding out hope that one day every company that wants to launch an Eee PC-killer decides that the best way to compete is to offer a higher resolution screen. But for now we continue to see company after company announce new mini-laptops with 800 x 480 pixel displays. The latest company to join the […]

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GoblinX Mini – lightweight alternative Linux distro for the Eee PC

Like the Eee PC’s hardware, but wish it had an operating system besides Windows or Xandros Linux? There are dozens of other Linux distributions that run on the Eee PC without complaint, and a handful of distributions that even supports the Eee PC’s hardware all the way down to the Fn key shortcuts right out […]