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What is a netbook? A case for AMD, CULV CPUs and 11.6 inch displays

When I started writing about netbooks nearly 2 years ago, the category was fairly easy to define. Netbooks were small, cheap computers. It doesn’t really matter whether you call them netbooks, mini-laptops or something else. What distinguishes these little guys from the vast majority of computers is size and price. It’s not like you couldn’t […]

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Battle of the 11.6 inch laptops: Acer Aspire One 751h v. Gateway LT3103u

While the Acer Aspire One 751h and Gateway LT3103u both have 11.6 inch displays, which makes them larger than your average netbook, they also have slow processors and low price tags, which means they have more in common with your average netbook than with a fuller featured 13 inch or larger notebook. Tech Report has […]

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Gateway LT3103u AMD-powered “netbook” benchmarked

The Gateway LT3100 series of laptops sport 12 inch displays and underpowered processors. But there are a few things setting them apart from most netbooks. First, the Gateway LT3100 packs an AMD Athlon 64 L110 CPU and ATI Radeon X1270 graphics instead of Intel’s Atom or VIA’s Nano or C7-M platforms. Second, the Gateway machines […]