The Wind U120 will hit at the end of January.
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MSI dished to Laptop Magazine about its plans for its Wind Netbook.
The previously announced Wind U120 will ship in the U.S. at the end of January. As we learned last month, the U120 will feature the …
Former Netvibes CEO Tariq Krim has his sights set on Netbooks. According to TechCrunch, Krim will launch a Linux-based OS for Netbooks next year called Jolicloud.
Unlike Good OS and its forthcoming Linux-based Cloud OS, which is meant to operate alongside Windows on Netbooks, Krim intends to provide Jolicloud as …
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Asus created the Netbook category a little over a year ago when it introduced its first Eee PC. Acer jumped in this past summer with the Aspire One and has overtaken Asus for the top spot in the Netbook market. According to research firm DisplaySearch, Acer sold 2.15 million …
What laptop should I buy? I get this question a lot–from CNET readers, friends, neighbors, friends of friends, and assorted relatives. Makes sense, since a large chunk of my workday is spent reviewing laptops.
I typically respond to this inquiry by first asking about one’s intended purposes for a new laptop. Gaming? Serious design work? Heavy travel? Just getting on the Web at home? Then my follow up question: how much do you want to spend? My line of questioning undoubtedly frustrates the questioner, who is looking for a single laptop recommendation from me.
Since there is no one answer to this question, I thought it might be helpful to tell you which laptop(s) I would buy should I be in the market today for a new laptop.
If I were buying a laptop today, I’d grab the HP Mini 1000 for travel and…
The last laptop I bought was my first Apple product outside of an iPod when I bought a white MacBook on Black Friday last year. I bought it because I wanted to dive into the Mac OS to gain a deeper understanding than what I got from the brief periods I spent on Apple’s platform when a Mac passed through CNET Labs. And I liked the idea of using iLife to manage and edit my photos and videos.
I’ve been pretty pleased with it so far, other than the fact that I have had to send it in for repair–broken mouse button (thankfully, I called a few days before the warranty expired).
But if I were do it again and had roughly $1,350 to spend on a laptop (I bought my MacBook last year for $1,348), I might buy two. Instead of one, general-purpose 13-inch laptop like the MacBook (or the $1,099 HP Pavilion dv3510nr, which I may have selected over the MacBook had I been given the choice last year), I’d split my purchase into home and away models. I’d want a 10-inch Netbook for travel, whether it’s around the corner to the coffee shop or across the country for business.
Then I’d want a roomy desktop replacement for home entertainment, a system I could use to store, manage, and enjoy my multitude of media–music, movies, photos, and home videos.
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We arrive at North Dumpling Island, a.k.a. Dean Kamen’s LED Nation.
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Dean Kamen is best known as the inventor of the Segway scooter and medical devices including a portable insulin pump, a stair-climbing wheelchair, and a robotic prosthetic arm. Like any good inventor or mad …
(Credit: TechDigest)The cheapest Blu-ray-equipped laptop we’ve reviewed to date is the Sony Vaio AW125, an 18.4-inch model that sells for $1,849. On the other side of the Atlantic, however, British outfit Medion will reportedly introduce a Blu-ray laptop, the Akoya P8610, for £800 next week. That’…
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Though a DIY route was recently discovered to bring mobile broadband to the Mini 1000, HP now saves you the effort and offers 3G connectivity out of the box on its Netbook. You can now select the HP un2400 mobile broadband module for $199 for service on either AT&T’…
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To be honest, I’ve never thought Dell’s new Studio laptops did much to befit the Studio name. Dell trumpeted personalization when it launched the Studio line earlier this year, but aside from the standard rainbow of solid colors also found on lunch-pail Inspiron models, the Studio line offered …
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(Credit: Good OS)Good OS, the people who brought you the Linux-based gOS found on the $199 Wal-Mart gPC last year, announced a browser-based OS called Cloud at the Netbook World Summit in Paris on Monday. (You know you’ve made it as a form factor when you have your …
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A brushed aluminum chassis distinguishes the 1002HA from the rest of the Eee PC crowd.
Unveiled last month, Asus’ latest addition to its ever expanding Netbook line is the Eee PC 1002HA. It’s your standard 10-inch Netbook–Intel Atom N270 CPU, 1GB of RAM, 160GB hard drive, and Windows XP–but …
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