It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about Lenovo’s plans to launch a low cost ultraportable PC. But now DigiTimes reports that the company is talking to manufacturers about building a PC that could hit shelves by the end of September. The article doesn’t have any juicy tidbits like what kind of processor, display, […]
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It’s official: MSI Wind with 6-cell battery gets a $50 price hike
Last week a version of the MSI Wind with a 6-cell battery showed up online for $570. While MSI had originally promised to release the Wind with a 6-cell battery for $499, the company scaled back its plans before launch date due to a battery shortage. If you’re lucky enough to have found an MSI […]
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Walmart drops Everex Cloudbook price to $299
Just over two months after dropping the price of the Everex Cloudbook from $399 to $349, Walmart has given the little computer that barely could another price cut. Now you can pick up at Cloudbook for $299. At $399, there was really little reason to choose a Cloudbook over an Eee PC 4G or other […]
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VIA Nano benchmarks: Kind of, sort of faster than Intel Atom
Sascha at Eee PC News.de has posted some new information about the upcoming VIA Nano CPU. The Nano (formerly known as Isaiah) is VIA’s replacement for the C7-M CPU. The low power chip is well positioned to do battle with the Intel Atom processor in the low-cost ultraportable computer market. But how does the Nano […]
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Gartner: We won’t see $100 laptops for 3 more years
It’s been a while since anyone referred to the OLPC XO Laptop as the $100 laptop. You know, unless they were joking. But once upon a time, that was Nicholas Negroponte’s dream: to produce a notebook for under $100. Now, the OLPC project never planned to make a profit off of these notebooks, but a […]
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Asus roadmap: 23 Eee PC models
Sure, Asus is already selling or has announced 10 different Eee PC models (the 701 2G Surf, 4G Surf, 4G, and 8G, the 900, the 901, the 904, the 1000, the 1000H, and the 1000HD). But what’s a few more model numbers between friends? The folks at Engadget got their hands on a top secret […]
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32GB and 64GB SSDs for the Eee PC coming soon
Buffalo Inc is set to release new solid state disks designed for the Asus Eee PC in September. The PCI Express SSDs will come in 32GB and 64GB varieties and are designed to work with the Eee PC 900 and Eee PC 901. Computer importer Conics is already accepting preorders. You can pick up a […]
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Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Mini gets changeable faceplate
The upcoming Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Mini notebook will apparently have at least one feature you can’t find on the Asus Eee PC, MSI Wind, or Acer Aspire One: changeable faceplates. I’m not sure how many people buy a laptop based on its ability to accessorize with different outfits. But if there’s a market for cellphone […]
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Elonex webbook: $525 netbook free with a wireless plan
The Elonex webbook looks interesting enough on paper. The laptop packs a 10.2 inch display, 1.6GHz VIA C7-M CPU, 80GB hard drive, 512MB of RAM, runs Windows XP, has 3 USB ports and weighs just 1.3kg. Oh, and you can pick one up for £264 or about $525 USD or get one free when you […]
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Jointech JL7100: A $99 laptop or a glorified PDA?
Maybe the Asus Eee PC never hit the mythical $200 price point, but that doesn’t mean you can’t pick up a laptop style device with a 7 inch display for a low, low price. In fact, Jointech appears to have even the OLPC project beat. While the XO Laptop still costs somewhere between a C […]