At first glance, the eMachines ER1401 looks like a version of the Acer Aspire Revo nettop with rounder edges. But look under the hood, and you’ll find that the ER1401 has a rather unique set of components. Acer owns the eMachines brand, and while most of Acer’s nettops have Intel Atom processors and either integrated […]
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Acer Aspire 721 now shiping for $430
Acer’s latest 11.6 inch thin and light laptop with an AMD chipset is now available for purchase. Amazon is selling the Acer Aspire One 721 for $429.99 plus free shipping. The laptop, which was introduced last month, features a 1.7GHz AMD Athlon II Neo processor and ATI Radeon HD 4225 graphics with 384MB of dedicated […]
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Asus Eee PC 1201K to ship with an AMD Geode processor
The Asus Eee PC 1201K is a 12 inch thin and light laptop with a 1366 x 768 pixel display, and a case design similar to the Eee PC 1201N, 1201T, UL20A, and other 12 inch mini-laptops from Asus. We already saw the notebook mentioned in an Asus Eee PC 1201-series user manual last month, […]
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AMD isn’t rushing into the tablet PC space
When netbooks hit the big time in 2008, chip maker AMD too a sort of wait-and-see approach. It wasn’t until this year that the company started to get serious about the budget ultraportable space, with the introduction of its new Nile platform that covers chips for low power 10 inch netbooks and for more powerful […]
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Zotac launches ZBOX HD-AD01 nettop with AMD inside
Zotac has introduced a new small form factor PC called the Zotac ZBOX HD-AD01. Other nettops from Zotac have been powered by Intel Atom processors, often paired with NVIDIA ION graphics. But the HD-AD01 bucks the trend with an AMD Athlon Neo X2 L325 1.5GHz dual core processor and ATI Radeon 3200 graphics. The nettop […]
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Asus introduces Eee PC 1015T AMD-powered netbook
Asus may not have mentioned the Eee PC 1015T during its press conference a few days ago, but the company is showing off the 10 inch netbook at its Computex both this week. And while at first glance, it looks a lot like all of the other 10 inch netbooks Asus has introduced this year, […]
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Gateway LT2203: 10 inch netbook with AMD V105 processor
If the Gateway LT2203 netbook looks kind of familiar, that’s because it’s basically just a rebranded Acer Aspire One 521. Acer owns the Gateway brand and has a tendency to release the same netbooks two or three times (sometimes under the Packard Bell name). I have no idea why. Anyway, the Gateway LT2203 made an […]
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Acer Aspire 721 with AMD K125 CPU up for pre-order
The Acer Aspire 721 is one of the first mini-laptops from Acer (or any company for that matter) to feature a new AMD Nile processor. And the laptop is available for pre-order from Amazon for $430 plus free shipping. The Aspire 721 packs an 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel HD display and a 1.7GHz […]
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Lenovo Ideapad U165 to ship with AMD processors
Last week Lenovo introduced a series of new laptops with 11 to 15 inch displays and new Intel processors. But something that I totally missed was the mention of a new Lenovo IdeaPad U165, which according to Netbook News.de will be powered by an AMD processor. There’s not a lot of information available at the […]
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HP Pavilion DM1z with AMD processor spotted in France
Acer and MSI aren’t the only companies showing off new mini-laptops with shiny new AMD chips this week. The folks at nDevil spotted an HP Pavilion DM1z on display at an AMD event in France this week. It looks like an updated version of the HP DM1 which was introduced last year. The new model […]