HP Cuts Mini-Note Prices
Acer announced price cuts on its Aspire One netbooks on August 22. Now HP has responded with price cuts on its 2133 Mini-Note netbooks.
The HP Mini-Notes are widely recognized as being the among the highest-quality and most attractive netbooks. Additionally, most reviewers rave over the size and usability of the keyboards.
The Mini-Notes have several other [...]
Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Mini and Fujitsu M1010
There has been a bit of a buzz over the past few days over the official announcement of the Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Mini.
Here are a few pictures (click to enlarge).
The specs are pretty typical for a second-generation netbook:
Intel® Atom™ N270 low-power processor
Windows® XP Home Edition
8.9-inch WSVGA display
Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 95
60 or 80 GB hard disk [...]
Aspire One to Soon Get HSDPA
Tony Smith is reporting on the Register Hardware that existing owners of Acer Aspire One’s will soon get USB 3G modem support. Tony tells us:
Robert Perenz, Acer Europe’s product manager for the AA1, confirmed that the machine has the ability to support HSDPA dongles, but admitted the missing link is a utility to initiate and [...]
Netbooks Have Killed Off UMPCs
DeviceGuru has published an article titled “The UMPC is dead; long live the netbook!”
They do a great job of summarizing the origins and the unfulfilled promises of the UMPC. Concieved by Microsoft and Intel as part of Project Origami, these Ultra Mobile PCs never got much traction in the marketplace.
Selected quotes from the article:
“In the [...]
Netbook Purchase Recommendations
Dan Nystedt posted an article on PC World’s website titled “How to Buy a Mini-Laptop”. He makes some great points:
Know what you want to use it for and how much you’re willing to spend.
Buy a netbook with an 8.9-inch screen or larger.
Make sure you get a 6-cell battery for your netbook, although you may [...]
MSI Wind In Stock at Amazon
I see that Amazon has the MSI Wind in stock. It’s been quite a while since they have had any.
If you’ve been waiting to buy a Wind netbook, you’d better order yours before they are gone.
Which Netbook Is Right For Me?
A year ago, selecting a netbook was simple. There weren’t any. In the fourth quarter of 2007, you so were happy to find an Eee PC available, that you bought which ever model they had.
Fast forward to today, now the selection is overwhelming. Asus alone has more than 10 different models. We’ll help you sort [...]
Site Design Updates
Over the past several weeks, we have been incrementally making design changes to the design of our site.
I realized last night that the site rendered fine on Firefox (which is what we use here); but the menus did not render properly for Internet Explorer users.
Please accept our apology.
As a result, we have uploaded a completely [...]
MSI Wind: Lost Opportunity
MSI has not been able to fill the channel with Wind Netbooks. From the much-delayed USA launch date in early July, retailers across the country have constantly been out of stock. While it is possible that this is due to the overwhelming popularity of the Wind, my perception suggests a different cause.
Back in early July, [...]
No Linux for Lenovo IdeaPad S10
As I was reviewing the pre-release information about the Lenovo Ideapad S10, I noticed that Gizmodo reported that Lenovo will not be offering a Linux version. Somehow, I had missed that piece of news.
I’m not surprised by this. Lenovo is going for volume. Eliminating the Linux version will help them keep their production costs down. [...]