Laptops
Why the Google-Yahoo Ad Deal Is Something to Fear
Why the Google-Yahoo Ad Deal Is Something to Fear. Randall Stross at The New York Times goes to bat for the Google/Yahoo search marketing deal, saying there’s “nothing to fear” from the two companies linking their search products. I believe most of his analysis is wrong, and he also skips the publisher side of the [...]
EEE PC 900 and the 100$ Rebate
I have been debating switching from a laptop (HP 6910) over to a netbook recently and have finally taken the plunge. This was mainly due to a change in how and where I work which includes a commuter train and a little walking a few days a week. The laptop is a little heavy to [...]
New Review of the ASUS Eee PC 901 12G XP
The new Mini Notebook category is gaining steam and with the introduction of the EEE PC 901, there is increased competition and a rapid increase in the number of features on these devices. Some of these are starting to look like very favorable replacements for some mid range laptops. Check out the review of the [...]
MSI Wind benchmarked and reviewed: now official alternative to Eee PC
Link to Engadget Story…. Here’s the moment many of you Eee-wannabees have been waiting for, the official announcement of the 10-inch, 1,204 x 600 LED-backlit MSI Wind. No surprises here on the leakiest of all netbooks. Still, when you consider that your $399 buys you a Linux-based system riding atop Intel’s 1.6GHz Atom processor, an [...]
Acer’s Aspire One – Another Official One!
Link to Engaget Story Just in case you’re not already totally sick of all these tiny laptops, Acer’s Aspire One is finally official. You saw our hands-on from the show floor at Computex, now the full specs: 8.9 -inch 1024 x 600 LED-backlit display 1.6GH z Atom N270 512MB DDR2 SDRAM (expandable) 1.3 megapixel camera, [...]
Asus Eee PC 901 and 1000 Official
Link to Gizmodo Story It’s hard to believe that Asus’s Eee PC 901 and 1000 didn’t officially exist until this moment. But now they do! Officially. ‘Course, there are few surprises left (except for battery life, they’re claiming up to 7.8 hours), which takes the fun out of it: Atom processors, 12 or 20GB (up [...]
Dell’s “mini-Inspiron” Eee PC killer revealed
Thinking of a new Eee PC or maybe Wind laptop? Hold up, Dell’s about to loose this baby on the sub-$500 mini-laptop world. All we’ve got are these pictures for now but the specs can’t be far behind. Even the name “mini-Inspiron” comes from the file name of the Dell-supplied pics. However, if what we’ve [...]