Netbook

New Breed of Netbooks with Windows 7

Armen Hareyan — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:23:01 -0600

Consumers have seen smaller Netbooks and Mini-Laptops as a secondary machine to buy alongside a standard laptop or a desktop computer.

First Netbook to Use NVIDIA's Ion Chipset: Lenovo S12 Unveiled

Michael Santo — Mon, 25 May 2009 23:19:13 -0500

NVIDIA's Ion is finally in an actual netbook, the (as we expected) Lenovo S12 netbook which will ship in August. The Ion chipset combines an Intel Atom CPU with NVIDIA's GeForce 9400 GPU, creating a netbook that while still netbook-ish will provide enough CPU / GPU power to be reasonably multimedia-savvy and also capable of playing a decent number of video games.

Can India Really Intro a $10 (or Even $20) Laptop?

Michael Santo — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:54:05 -0600

While the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) program's XO-1 (pictured) has failed to meet its goal of a $100 laptop, India is set to unveil a prototype of the RS500, in Tirupati on February 3rd when the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Techology is launched.

$99.99? Acer Aspire One netbook, But Read the Fine Print

Michael Santo — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:59:06 -0600

You may recall that I wrote about the possibility of wireless carriers subsidizing netbooks, those sub-notebooks first popularized by the Asus Eee PC. On Friday, Radio Shack announced the first of those deals, at least in the U.S, as it is selling the Acer Aspire One with 3G wireless connectivity for a mere $99.99. Sort of.

HP Gets More (Net)Bookish with the Mini 1000

Michael Santo — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:30:31 -0500

You'll recall HP unveiled the 2133 Mini-Note PC in April, and they've apparently been pleased --- despite the influx of others to the netbook party --- with the results. On Wednesday they unveiled a new line of netbooks.