Trigem’s Averatec N1200 netbook is an attractive 10.1 inch mini-laptop that has a boxy but professional looking shape reminiscent of the HP Mini 5102. Unfortunately, it doesn’t have the HP laptop’s battery life. Laptop Magazine reviewed the Averatec N1200 recently and was barely able to squeeze 2.5 hours of run time out of the 2 […]
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Averatec N1200 netbook features Pine Trail CPU, stylish design
Trigem has released a handful of netbooks under the Averatec brand name over the past few years. But the Averatec N1200 is prbably one of the best looking machines I’ve seen from this PC maker to date. The Averatec N1200 features a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 processor, a 10 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display, […]
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Averatec launches Lookie thin and light laptop
Korean PC maker Averatec has launched a new thin and light notebook called the Lookie. It measures just under an inch thick and weighs about 3.1 pounds, which makes it about par for the course for laptops with 11.6 inch screens and CULV processors. Oh yeah, I’m pretty sure it has an 11.6 inch screen […]
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Averatec introduces HS-105 netbook, skips the Pine Trail
As many readers have pointed out in comments on my many posts about the new Intel Atom Pine Trail platform, it’s not that much more powerful than current of Intel Atom chips. Sure, you get lower power consumption and integrated graphics and memory functions, and that’s great if you’re picking up a new netbook. But […]
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Averatec Buddy HS-102 has new style, old specs
The Averatec Buddy HS-102 is hardly the first netbook in the Averatec Buddy line. And nder the hood, it’s pretty much identical to earlier models, with a 10.1 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display, 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU, 1GB of RAM, and a 160GB hard drive. But it does have a shiny new case […]
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Averatec building a netbook with “surprise OS” (Google Android)
The folks at Averatec are working on a new netbook that could be out in August or September. CNet interviewed the company’s CEO and discovered that the mini-laptop will sport a “surprise” operating system that will combine “cell phone and PC technology.” Right now, the most likely candidate is Google Android, an operating system that […]
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Averatec Buddy HS-103 now available in Korea
Averatec has launched what has to be the goofiest advertising campaign I’ve seen in a long time for the company’s new Buddy HS-103 netbook. But ridiculously happy people holding small computers aside, the Buddy looks like a decent little laptop. It’s got a 10.2 inch display, 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU, 1GB of RAM, and an […]
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Averatec: Yup, our netbook is just another MSI Wind clone
I wasn’t the only who thought the publicity shots Averatec released for the company’s upcoming netbook looked familiar. Laptop Magazine’s Joanna Stern got the chance to ask an Averatec official whether the computer was actually just an MSI Wind notebook with Averatec branding. The answer? Yep. Basically the new computer will be a 10 inch […]
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Averatec to release a netbook – probably just another MSI Wind clone
Averatec, a company long known for producing cheap computers, is jumping into the cheap ultraportable game. The company’s upcoming computer will sport a 10.2 inch display, a 120GB hard drive, weigh less than 3 pounds, and cost between $399 and $499. And you know what? I’m pretty sure it’s just an MSI Wind with a […]