The Asus Lamborghini VX6 looks like a high performance, expensive gaming laptop. It features Lamborghini branding, a slick design with a somewhat automotive inspired design. But performance wise, I suspect the VX6 is going to be a bit of a mixed bag, thanks to its Intel Atom processor. To be fair, Asus went all out […]
May 2010
Leaked Intel roadmap shows more low voltage chips
For decades, chip makers were racing to develop the fastest, most powerful chips possible. While that race is still underway, it just doesn’t feel as important as it once did — since a relatively sluggish Intel or AMD processor is still plenty fast enough to handle most computing tasks such as web surfing, editing documents, […]
Asus Eee PC 1015N netbook with NVIDIA ION, Optimus technology
It looks like we should start seeing netbooks with NVIDIA’s Optimus technology soon. The Optimus platform allows netbooks with both integrated Intel graphics and dedicated NVIDIA ION graphics chips so shift seamlessly from one graphics card to the other depending on what you’re doing. Surfing the web? The lower power Intel graphics will kick in […]
MSI unveils Wind Pad Windows and Android tablets
Asus ain’t the only company launching a few tablets at Computex this week. MSI just unveiled two new models, the MSI Wind Pad 100 and Wind Pad 110. Both feature 10 inch touchscreen displays, but under the hood they’re two very different machines. Wind Pad 100 Windows 7 tablet The MSI Wind Pad 100 packs […]
Asus launches netbook app store, drops Linux netbook hints
While some folks have taken to referring to this year’s Computex as Tabletex, thanks to the prominence of slate PC-style devices on display at the trade show, it’s not all about tablets. Asus is also showing off a handful of netbooks, and even though we’ve already seen the Asus Eee PC 1018, 1016, and 1015 […]
Asus launches Eee Pad tablets and Eee Tablet note-taking thingie
So what’s the difference between an Eee Pad and Eee Tablet? About $200. Asus officially unveiled its first set of touchscreen tablets that will ship sans keyboard today, and the company is taking two different approaches. The Asus Eee Pad will run Windows 7 and sport an Intel CULV processor, while the Eee Tablet is […]
MSI Wind U135 review
The MSI Wind U135 is a 10 inch netbook with an Intel Atom N450 Pine Trail processor and a chiclet-style keyboard. That sentence could describe virtually every netbook released in the first half of 2010, but the Wind U135 stands out from the crowd just a tiny bit due to decent build quality and an […]
Dell Streak tablet’s Gorilla Glass screen put to the (torture) test
Corning’s Gorilla Glass technology is supposed to make screens that are resistant to scratches and other everyday damage. The upcoming LG X300 mini-laptop uses Gorilla Glass, and so does the Dell Streak 5 inch Android tablet. And the folks at Engadget just happened to have a Streak prototype, so they did the only responsible thing […]
Box.net online storage service adds drag-and-drop uploads
Most netbook users treat their little laptops as second or third devices. It’s the computer you grab when you need to head out the door when you might need a computer on the road but don’t feel like lugging around a bigger, more power hungry machine. But that means that your netbook might not have […]
AbleCom nettop looks like one big heat sink
Ablecom Technology plans to showcase the HEC-13 Intel Atom powered nettop at Computex next week. Spec-wise, this little desktop PC looks like standard fare. It has a 1.66GHz Intel Atom D510 dual core processor, integrated Intel GMA 3150 graphics, and up to 2GB of memory, and a 2.5 inch hard drive bay. But design-wise it’s… […]