I’ve mentioned a few times that there’s one major problem with the HP Mini-Note’s display: It’s almost too sharp. While the 7 inch 800 x 480 pixel display on the Eee PC is a bit too small to hold full web pages or some applications, the Mini-Note has the opposite problem. It’s 1280 x 768 […]
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HP ships Linux Mini-Note with XP drives and Linux restore discs – in Hong Kong
Order an HP Mini-Note running Linux in the US and you get a Mini-Note running Linux, a power cable, and that’s about it. There’s no system restore disk, and no drivers for installing alternate operating systems. While you can find drivers and software for Windows Vista on the HP support site, there’s no official support […]
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Asus expects to double Eee PC shipments this quarter
Asus expects to sell a lot of tiny computers this quarter. The company shipped 700,000 Eee PCs during the first quarter of 2008, and is predicting sales of 1.2 million or more Eee PCs during the second quarter. That prediction makes sense, since the company’s first ultraportable has gained a lot of attention over the […]
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Installing Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron on the HP Mini-Note
If you bought an HP Mini-Note hoping to wipe SUSE or Windows Vista and replace the operating system with Ubuntu, you might be disappointed to know that not everything works out of the box. But then, if you’re the sort of person who’s interesting in buying a brand new computer model and installing a brand […]
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Atom shortage could affect next gen ultraportable shipments
Intel’s upcoming Atom processor is designed to be an energy efficient CPU that will provide moderate performance and plenty of power savings, allowing low capacity batteries to run a little longer. So it’s no wonder many PC makers who plan to launch low-cost ultraportables this summer want to put the Atom CPU in them. But […]
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Low cost ultraportable comparison charts
The other day I published a nearly comprehensive list of current or upcoming low-cost ultraportable computers. I’m hoping to keep the list up to date, although it’s hard to add every new computer built with the VIA Nanobook or Intel Classmate design. Most of them are just so darn similar and unremarkable.But there’s another resource […]
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Surcouf La Révolution: Overpriced French Nanobook
France’s Surcouf plans to launch an ultraportable notebook that looks a lot like the Everex Cloudbook because they’re both built on the same VIA Nanobook reference design. But just so you don’t confuse La Révolution with the Cloudbook, this one comes in white or gold. Or at least, it’s got some gold coloring. I’m going […]
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Side by side shots of the Eee PC, Cloudbook, and Mini-Note
And here I thought my house was starting to fill up with little computers. While I’ve got an Asus Eee PC and HP Mini-Note, Flickr user Robert Nelson has me beat. He’s got both of those computers, plus an Everex Cloudbook. So if you’ve ever wanted to see how the three computer stack up against […]
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How to upgrade RAM on an HP Mini-Note
Windows XP runs great on my Mini-Note. My only major complaint is that the 1280 x 768 screen is so sharp that I’m having a hard time reading some content. I’ve been toying with the idea of replacing Firefox with Opera for my portable browsing needs, since not only does Opera have a full page […]
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Would you pay $3200 for an insanely modded Eee PC?
One of the coolest things about the tiny Eee PC is that it’s extraordinarily hackable. You wouldn’t think you could fit so much junk inside of its lilliputian case, but hundreds of people have added touchscrens, Bluetooth, additional memory, and other components to their Eee PC units. If you’re not an expert with a soldering […]