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HP Spectre laptop is 0.4 inches thick, 2.5 pounds, and powered by Intel Core i5 or Core i7 chips

HP is revamping its Spectre line of premium notebooks with a new thin-and-light model that the company says will actually be the thinnest laptop on the market. The 2016 HP Spectre measures just 10.4mm (0.41 inches) thick, making it about a tenth of an inch thinner than an Apple MacBook. But while the MacBook has a […]

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Athena Style PC is a netbook… with style

It’s hard to make a 10 inch netbook stand out from the crowd these days. Some folks do it by offering extra memory, ahrd drive space, or a bump from Windows 7 Starter to windows 7 Home Premium. Others do it by offering a netbook with a designer lid. Olivetti is taking both approaches with […]

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Bandai introduces limited edition Miffy netbook

Bandai is celebrating its 55th anniversary by doing what the company does best: adorning something with cute cartoon characters. The limited edition Miffy netbook features cutesy drawings of a bunny as well as fish, puppies, elephants, and other members of the animated animal kingdom on the case. As with other Bandai-themed netbooks, the Miffy edition […]

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New designer notebook options from Dell, MSI

Dell has been leading the pack when it comes to offering custom designs for laptop lids for a while, thanks to the company’s Dell Design Studio. The site lets you choose from a number of themes, including Major League Baseball, (PRODUCT) RED, and OPI Nail Lacquer shades. Now the company has added a series of […]

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Sony Vaio W Billabong edition surfing to US shores

Last week we heard that Sony was launching a special edition Vaio W netbook with a Billabong design. Billabong is an Australian company that designs gear for surfers and skateboarders, and last I’d heard the netbook would only be available in Australia. But it turns out Sony has decided to offer the distinctive looking mini-laptop […]

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Packard Bell dot VR46 Valentino Rossi edition looks all fancy and stuff

Sure, it’s what’s on the inside that really counts. But if you’r the superficial type that likes to judge a netbook by its cover, Packard Bell’s got a real looker for you. Notebook Italia dug up some photos of a new Packard Bell Valentino Rossi edition of the company’s dot notebook. Rossi, in case you […]

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Asus Eee PC 1008P is a high-fashion Pinetrail netbook

Designer netbooks are all the rage, apparently. Today’s new model is designed by Karim Rashid, and it’s all kinds of glossy, crocodile skin sexy. Available in both chocolate brown and hot pink tones, the Asus Eee PC 1008P’s shell is painted up like a crocodile handbag straight out of Neiman Marcus. It’s essentially an upmarket […]