netbook

Microsoft is trying to get Windows 7 out to as many users as possible. For Netbook users without a DVD drive, their Microsoft Store has a download and burn solution to a USB drive. The user only needs to change the BIOS to boot from the USB drive in order to install the new operating [...]

MSI is confirming that their new laptops, which will begin to hit the streets in October, will have two significant changes. Intel’s next generation dual core i7 cpu code named Calpella with improved performance and extended battery life, will be part of their new laptop and notebook line up. The new computers will also be [...]

This holiday season is going to be a bit more confusing as OEM’s add CULV [consumer ultra-low voltage] to the shopping list of netbook and laptop computers. So who is who and what is what? Over at cnet they describe the units this way:
Netbooks are mini-notebooks with screens between 9 and 11 inches, that have [...]

Of course there is a catch. You need to activate the computer through Sprint in order to get this super price. But it seems to be a deal since the same activation through Verizon or AT&T gets the same computer for $199.99. Without a service contract you can buy the netbook for $389.99. You can [...]

Just a quick note to pass on this saving on a Dell Vostro A90 netbook for only $249, which is a $75 savings. But hurry. Dell states there are only 1,000 units at this price.
Specifications:

Intel® Atom Processor
Ubuntu Linux
1GB Memory & 16GB Solid State Hard Drive
Wireless Mini Card & Bluetooth Module
1 Year Basic Limited Warranty with [...]

Asustek is better known for their quality built motherboards [Asus], which I have personally used for years. But Asustek has been trying to venture out to new territory by offering new laptop and netbook models. Asustek is best known for their Eee PC Netbook which has won raved reviews. But Asustek is like Rodney Dangerfield. [...]

When Intel first introduced a scaled down processor called Atom for a new version of scaled down laptops, they coined the phrase ‘Netbook’. But Microsoft feels that the term ‘Netbook’ should be abandoned. The company cites that the first versions of the pint sized computers were basically designed for Internet use only. They state that [...]

Over at the Direct2Dell Blog they have announced the retirement of the Dell Mini 9 Netbook. The Mini 9 was Dell’s first stab at the pint sixed Netbook market. According to the blog entry they claim that the Mini 9 was a success and that it was being replaced by the new model.
The blog entry [...]

Google Android, the operating system that could change the way we compute, may be coming our way in the third quarter of this year. The folks at Acer have plans to possibly introduce a Netbook using the Android OS. You may recall that Acer was the company that was highly critical of Microsoft when the [...]

I guess there were no doubts that Apple was not going to enter into the netbook market since they consider the netbook inferior and junk. But Apple has recognizes a market they can attack with a fine piece of computing power that will be superior to anything currently being offered in the mini market. Over [...]

Dell is offering for sale their new Inspiron 10v Netbook for $299. The little guy comes with the following features:

Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition SP3
Integrated 1.3M Pixel Webcam

Obsidian Black
Wireless 802.11g (1397) Mini Card

Intel® Atom Processor® N270 (1.6GHz/533Mhz FSB/512K cache)
24WHr Lithium-Ion Battery (3-cell)

10.1″ Widescreen Display (1024×576)
120GB, 2.5inch, 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive

1Yr Ltd Warranty and Mail-In Service
1GB [...]

Yesterday there was an article which makes reference to Abobe offering a Lite Flash version for Google’s Android operating system. But what made heads turn was a sentence that indicated that this new feature along with Android was being ported into a Dell netbook, specifically the Dell mini 9 model 910.
In a recent news article [...]

Though some may be getting tired reading about the new Netbooks, there was a recent article over at the Wall Street Journal that rumored that Apple was considering their own Netbook. Today the folks at Apple responded with a big fat NO. Tim Cook who is heading Apple while Steve Jobs is away made the [...]

Just a few weeks ago there were several blog postings stating that Google’s Android operating system was not ready for prime time computing. Well not everyone believed that as being the gospel. I have always felt that Google’s stab into the world of the operating system game would one day become a reality. Now it [...]

As more and more products come to market, and as the recession weakens consumer enthusiasm, the major OEM’s are lowering prices in the hope of attracting new buyers. But will this new pricing strategy be enough to attract you the consumer? According to a recent article at the Wall Street Journal they suggest that these [...]

Ma Bell is entering into the Netbook business. Sorta of. They are going to start offering several different Netbook models starting at only $49.95 to $249.95. But there is a hitch. You have to sign up to get AT&T’s ”Internet at Home and On the Go” broadband services. According to the AT&T press release it also [...]

Asustek, know for their Asus motherboards and also for their sub $500 netbooks, may start using Google’s Android as their main operating system. The company is looking into an Android powered netbook which is currently under developed and is expected to arrive by years end. If Asus does proceed with their plans, this could further [...]

Psion is claiming that it has a trademark in effect for the term ‘netbook’ and that no one is allowed to use it. The company, which stopped producing a CE powered ‘netbook’ back in 2003, is threatening that the use of the term must stop by the end of March 2009. If anyone, which includes [...]

As newer netbook systems are being introduced, the differnces between what we call a Netbook vs Laptop computers continue to get blurred. Asus is introducing a new Eee PCHE netbook with a 10″ screen. Other manufactures have previously introduced laptops with 10″ screens. So what is the difference?
According to this article it states that:
ASUS have announced [...]

Rumors have been flying for the past several years about Google coming out with there own operating system. When Android was released by Google we assumed that it was for mobile phones only. Now it appears that Android may end up being released on Netbooks sometime in 2010.
In an article from VentureBeat it states that:
Here’s [...]