I had high hopes for the NVIDIA Ion platform. Not so much for my netbooks, but for my home theater PC, or HTPC. I’m currently using a two or three year old desktop computer with a dual core AMD Athlon processor to record and play television using an HDTV tuner and Snapstream’s BeyondTV software. But […]
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Intel says netbook return rates as high as 30% if they’re not clearly described
Intel started pushing hard last month to differentiate netbooks from notebooks, which prompted a lot of mini-laptop enthusiasts to scratch our heads. After all, netbooks are notebooks. They’re just smaller, lighter, cheaper, and less powerful than most of the notebooks on the market. I figured that Intel was trying to give consumers a reason to […]
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Dell Mini 10v hands-on photos
The folks at Laptop Magazine and Engadget both got a chance to get up close and personal with the new Dell Inspiron Mini 10v that was officially launched yesterday. And that means photos. lots and lots of photos. As expected, one of the most noticeable differences is cosmetic. While both netbooks have 10 inch displays, […]
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Asus Eee PC 1005HA: 1008HA with removable battery?
Asus hasn’t yet announced any netbook called the Eee PC 1005HA, but the company does have a listing for the Eee PC 1005HAB on its support site. Unfortunately there are no files or support documents available yet. But several online retailers are taking pre-orders for the netbook, and if their information is correct, the laptop […]
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MSI Wind U200 leaked – the Wind U100’s big, non-netbook brother?
MSI may be preparing to launch a 12 inch laptop that looks a lot like the company’s MSI Wind netbooks on the outside, but which is packed with goodies that you won’t find on any netbook. Engadget Chinese snagged a photo and the rumored specs for the device which hasn’t officially been announced yet. If […]
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Bad week for Intel, slapped with $1.45 billion fine, loses market share to AMD
It’s been a tough day or two for Intel. Yesterday Intel CEO Paul Otellini told investors that the market outlook was better than expected, and that Intel predicted growth in the all-in-one PC space that, along with Intel Atom powered nettops would help the desktop PC market grow a bit. But at the same time, […]
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Skytone Alpha 680 netbook Google Android spotted in the wild
If that blurry video of a Skytone Alpha 680 netbook running the Google Android operating system a few weeks ago wasn’t doing it for you, a member of the modmyGphone forums has posted a few up close and personal photos of the Alpha 680 that should give you a better idea of what this netbook […]
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Asus Eee PC 1008HA product page goes live
Just in case you had any doubts that Asus was preparing to launch the Eee PC 1008HA soon, the company has added a product page for the new thin and light netbook to its global web site. There’s not a lot of new information on the web site. But there are a few new pictures, […]
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Tweaking the HP Mini Mi Edition desktop theme
The HP Mini 1000 Mi Edition runs a slightly modified version of Ubuntu Linux. But what really makes the operating system stand out is the custom harbour launcher application that HP uses to make the computer feel more like an internet appliance than a computer running an operating system that would be unfamiliar to most […]
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MSI Wind U90 now available in the US
 There’s a lot of talk these days about MSI’s newest mini-laptops, like the Wind U123 with the Intel Atom N280 CPU and the Wind U110 Eco which can run for 9 hours on a single charge. But once upon a time, there were only two MSI netbooks. The Wind U100 and its little brother the […]