Despite all evidence to the contrary, AMD’s head of marketing says the company is not working on a low-cost, low-power chip for the netbook market. That doesn’t mean that AMD isn’t looking at cheap, low power chips for general use, but the chief marketing officer Nigel Dessau told eWeek that the company is not planning […]
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How to gain root access on a Razorbook 400/Alpha 400
The “world’s cheapest laptop” goes by many names. In some countries it’s known as the Alpha 400, while others call it the Razorbook 400. But all the variations have one thing in common so far: They run a custom version of Linux that makes hacking/tweaking the operating system pretty difficult. When Laptop Magazine’s Joanna Stern […]
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SanDisk: Windows Vista and SSD are like peanut butter and broccoli
Solid state disks are kind of the next big thing, right? They have no moving parts, like hard drives, and are both more durable and offer potentially faster read and write speeds than hard drives. Sure, they’re far more expensive at the moment, but prices are coming down. And as Asus, Acer, and others have […]
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Techcrunch: Let’s build a $200 web tablet
One of the things that makes tiny laptops like the Asus Eee PC exciting is that they are actually full-fledged computers, not just glorified cellphones, PDAs, eBook readers, or other dedicated devices. Intel and others like to call these computers “netbooks,” because they make it easy to connect to the internet but don’t provide a […]
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“World’s Cheapest Laptop” is just $130 — if you order in bulk
While the OLPC XO Laptop never really hit that mythical $100 price point, that doesn’t mean it’s impossible to sell a laptop for little more than a Ben Franklin. Alibaba is selling the so-called “World’s Cheapest Laptop,” for just $130. The only catch? You need to order 50 or more laptops to get that price. […]
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How to replace the SSD in the Acer Aspire One
The Acer Aspire One may be one of the cheapest ultraportable laptops around, with prices starting at just $379. But it’s also one of the slower laptops on the market. The folks at the Acer Aspire One User forums have discovered the hard way that the SSD or solid state disk used by the Aspire […]
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MSI Wind heads to Czech Republic, gets redubbed “Mivvy M310”
We’ve already seen a number of notebooks that bear a striking resemblance to the MSI Wind, thanks to the fact that they’re based on the same design and may be built by the same OEM. But there are two things that set the upcoming Mivvy M310 apart from the crowd: It will only be available […]
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Laptop version Intel Atom CPU costs more than desktop version
The Intel Atom CPU may be designed to provide decent performance at a low price, while using less power than similar chips. But it turns out the “low price” part of that equation is a bit muddy. Network World reports that the desktop version of the Atom, the N230, costs $29, while the N270 laptop […]
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I’m working on the site this evening. Liliputing may be unavailable for a while, and when it’s back there may be some issues with comments and other parts of the site. Please let me know if you experience any problems. Update: I think everything should be working properly now. For anyone who’s curious, I switched […]
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Register to win a hand-painted, sci fi themed Eee PC
Science fiction and fantasy publisher Tor Books is preparing to launch a new web site. And to build buzz, the company is giving away an Eee PC hand-painted by artist Donato Giancola. The artwork is pretty slick, but even more impressive is this short video showing the painting process. It’s not clear from the contest […]