MiTAC is probably best known for making GPS devices. But the company’s also got a computer division which is focused on high end and specialized machines. Now it looks like the company is branching into consumer oriented computers. Wired reports that MiTAC will release a low cost ultraportable laptop by the end of the year. […]
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Dell Inspiron Mini 9 ships with partition error, limits available disk space
If you’ve ordered a Dell Inspiron Mini 9 netbook with Ubuntu Linux and an 8GB or 16GB solid state disk, you might want to check the amount of available disk space. It appears that early units only made use of 4GB even if the computer had a larger SSD. The problem is apparently that Dell […]
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Report: Ultra Mobile Device sales to skyrocket
Ultra Mobile Computing devices, including netbooks, UMPCs, Mobile Internet Devices or MIDs currently account for $3.5 billion in sales. But ABI Research expects that number to grow to $27 billiion by 2013. That number doesn’t look too surprising to me, given the growing popularity of netbooks, which have only been around for a year or […]
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Mandriva 2009 Linux on the Eee PC 1000H
Mandriva 2009 was released a few days ago, and I just finished installing it on my Asus Eee PC 1000H. The latest version of this open source operating system comes with KDE 4.1, and up to date software including OpenOffice 3.0 (although for some reason it includes GIMP 2.4.7, even though GIMP 2.6.1 was released […]
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Dell Inspiron Mini’s custom Ubuntu interface: A closer look
The folks at the official Direct2Dell blog sat down with Doug Anson, one of the folks behind the custom interface Dell designed to use with the Ubuntu 8.04 Linux operating system used on the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 netbook. The most noticeable thing that Dell did was to create a new menu bar that hangs […]
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MSI, Canonical: Linux-based netbooks returned more often
The other day MSI’s Andy Tung told Laptop Magazine that netbooks running Linux were returned 4 times more often than netbooks running Windows. I took that admission with a grain of salt, because MSI is just one of a number of companies pushing Linux-based netbooks. And MSI is loading SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop on its […]
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Dell Inspiron Mini with Ubuntu Linux hits the UK
When Dell launched the Inspiron Mini 9 netbook in the US, the company offered customers a choice of operating systems. Americans could select Ubuntu 8.04 or Windows XP. If you happened to be in the UK, though, you were stuck with Windows — until now. Dell is now taking orders for a version of the […]
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A closer look at the MSI Wind U90
If you’re in the market for a netbook and looking for a bargain, you might be considering the MSI Wind U90. Like the popular Wind U100, the U90 has a large keyboard, an Intel Atom CPU, and an 80GB hard drive. It also has a smaller 8.9 inch display with a large bezel around the […]
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First Ubuntu Mobile image released, kinda runs on netbooks
A pre-release version of Ubuntu Mobile has been released. What’s Ubuntu Mobile? It’s a custom version of Ubuntu Linux designed to run on handheld MID devices with 7 to 9 inch touchscreen displays. In other words, UMPCs. Ubuntu Mobile is not the same thing as Ubuntu Netbook Remix, which is designed for netbooks, or small, […]
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Asus Eee PC 1000HD with Intel Atom CPU for $399
Back in July Asus announced plans to launch 2 more models in the company’s neverending Eee PC lineup: The 904HD and the 1000HD. Basically, they were to be virtually identical to the Eee PC 1000H and the Eee PC 901, except that both would have a 900MHz Intel Celeron processor instead of a 1.6GHz Intel […]