The Lite-On eTAU208 DVD/CD Writer is a portable disc drive that’s pretty handy for folks who like to travel light. Not only is the DVD burner barely any wider than an optical disc, it also weighs just 0.77 pounds. And it draws power from you’re computer’s USB port, which means there’s no extra power cable […]
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Asus Eee Box EB1501 has dual core Atm processor, DVD drive
Asus has a reputation for launching a new netbook model every other week for the past two years. While the pace seems to have slowed recently, the company is keeping the tradition alive with its Eee Box nettop computers. I’ve kind of lost count of how many Eee Box models are out there, but with […]
Asus USB powered Blu-Ray drive
With a growing number of mini-laptops packing NVIDIA ION graphics, it’s becoming more and more common to find notebooks that have no optical disc drives, but which are capable of handling Blu-Ray playback. The solution? You could rip your movies using another machine, but that takes ages. Or you could find a portable Blu-Ray drive […]
Do optical disc drives matter anymore?
One of the things that’s set netbooks apart from fuller featured computers from day one is that most netbooks don’t have optical disc drives. They take up a lot of space, cost money, and add more breakable moving parts. With more and more software available in downloadable form and the preponderance of cheap USB flash […]
Asus Eee PC 1004DN with disc drive gets official(er)
Asus first showed off the Asus Eee PC 1004DN at CES in January. This is the company’s first mini-laptop with a 10 inch display and an optical disc drive. While Asus still hasn’t confirmed a release date, rumor has it that the netbook should hit the streets in April. And Asus does seem to be […]
Mouse Computer netbook with optical drive spotted in Japan
Remember thatMouse Computer LB-1500 netbook we spotted a while back that comes equipped with a Super Multi Drive? Apparently it’s real, since UMPC Fever spotted one in Osaka, Japan. Most of the netbook’s specs look pretty much par for the course. It has a 10.2 inch display, a 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU, 1GB of RAM, […]
Mouse Computer LB-F1500 netbook has a Super Multi Drive
Asus isn’t the only company that’s decided it’s time to try slapping a DVD drive into a netbook. Japan’s Mouse Computers has announed the LB-F1500 netbook, which features a 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU, a 10.2 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, and a DVD Super Multi Drive. The […]
Asus launches Eee PC 1004DN with optical disc drive
There are a few things that typically set netbooks apart from larger computers. They’re smaller, lighter, and cheaper. And up until now, they’ve tended to lack optical disc drives. But it looks like that’s about to change. Asus is showing an Eee PC model with a disc drive at CES. The Asus Eee PC 1004DN […]