OK, I admit it. I cringed writing that headline. Because really, netbooks are notebooks. And I’ve been reluctant to call notebooks with 11.6 inch displays netbooks. But there’s no escaping the fact that Dell, Asus, Acer, Lenovo, and other computer companies are releasing 11 and 12 inch notebooks under the same line as their 9 […]
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MSI X340 reviewed: Stuck between a netbook and an Air space
MSI is expected to launch the X340 slim and light laptop in the US soon. It’s not exactly a netbook, since it has a 13.4 inch display. But it is a thin and light computer that takes some of its design cues from netbooks. It weighs just 2.9 pounds and measures between 0.24 and 0.78 […]
The Netbook effect: “Laptops over $1000 are basically dead”
One of the reasons netbooks are so popular is that they generally cost less than fuller featured laptops. But in addition to driving down the average price of computers, netbooks have also led consumers to change the way they think about the value of computers… and that’s led manufacturers to drop the prices of higher […]
Acer unveils Ion-based nettop, confirms new netbooks
Acer held a press event in New Jersey this evening where the company unveiled about 20 new products, including several items we’ve been hearing about for weeks. At the top of my list are the AspireRevo nettop, which is a small form factor desktop PC with an Intel Atom CPU and an NVIDIA GPU and […]
Intel offering PC makers discounts on CULV chips
Intel’s new Consumer Ultra Low Voltage or CULV platform offers better performance than the company’s lower priced, lower power Atom chips. But CULV chips carry price tags of around $150 to $340, which makes them less than ideal for low cost laptops. Now DigiTimes is reporting that Intel is offering deep, deep discounts to computer […]
MSI to ship notebooks with new Intel CULV processors
MSI plans to ship its line of X-Slim notebooks starting in April. Laptop Magazine reports that these thin and light machines with displays ranging from 13.4 inches to 15.6 inches will have starting prices around $700 to $750, which is pretty close to the price MSI was throwing around for the MSI X320 back at […]