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Everex debuts $399 ultramobile PC

At CES, Everex is launching a $399 ultramobile that will be sold through Walmart.com starting January 25. The low-cost Everex CloudBook uses the open source gOS V2 Rocket operating system and VIA 1.2GHz C7-M ULV processor, same as the $199 Everex gPC. The Cloudbook is designed for...

Tags: Google Inc., PC, Ultramobile PC, Everex, Unit, Cloudbook, gOS, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Engineering, Open Source, Construction, Ethernet, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Networking, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2008-01-09

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Canonical hits back at Microsoft in netbook spat

Canonical hits back at Microsoft in netbook spat"users simply expect the Windows experience"Without Windows, people no longer have the skive of "just rebooting", or "my machine has stopped responding".heh"'It also supports them without the need to search for drivers on dubious websites or load drivers from a CD,' Kenyon coughed....

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, netbook, netbook spat, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Canonical, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-04-14

Asus Eee Box a thick white slice of cheap computing heaven

Asus Eee Box a thick white slice of cheap computing heavenOne billion = One thousand millionI want that one billion right where that little arrow is!I was already planning on getting an Eee laptop...but now I'm thinking of holding out for this machine. The only thing I'm not too crazy...

Tags: Linux, Games, white slice, thick white slice, Asus Eee Box, cheap computing heaven, computing heaven, ASUS, Eee, Asus Eee

Discussion threads 2008-06-02

Via has designs on mini-notebooks

In an effort to capitalize on the surprising growth in mini-notebooks, Via Technologies has released a new reference design based on its C7-M processor and chipset. With all the attention paid to the Intel-AMD rivalry, you may have forgotten about Via, the other company that designs x86...

Tags: Mini-notebook, VIA Technologies Inc., Chipsets, Notebooks, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-05-28

Why the Wal-Mart "snub" should be a big deal for gOS

Why the Wal-Mart "snub" should be a big deal for gOSgood ideabut my guess is, they will buy option 3 or 4.The problem is, most people who shop at Wal-Mart for a PC are looking to buy something they are familiar with. I don't think you could convince them...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, PC Market, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., PC, Linux, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-03-12

Asus Eee PC 900: The wow starts. . .later?

Asus Eee PC 900: The wow starts. . .later?no Vista and you're surprised?No surprise to me there, it's such a bloated operating system... Very nice suggestion with the lightweight Vista idea! Interesting comment from Microsoft exec too. Is this suggesting they are actually going to slim down and get rid...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Asus Eee, ASUS, Asus Eee PC 900, Microsoft Windows Vista, Asus Eee PC

Discussion threads 2008-03-06

My Singularity wish list

At home and in test/specialty labs in my school I'm running everything from flavors of *buntu and Mandrake Linux to OS X. However, most of my clients are running Windows, whether accessing Server 2003 via thin clients or as standalone XP and Vista machines. Sure, OS X is...

Tags: Singularity OS, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Open Source, UNIX, Software, Emerging Technologies, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-03-05

Cheap laptops to be powered by Intel's Atom chips

The Wall Street Journal featured an article on Intel's latest branding effort, this time focused on tiny, low-powered chips that should find their way into educational sectors soon. The so-called Atom chips (formerly known by their codenames of Diamondville and Silverthorne, "represent the first time Intel has used its...

Tags: Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Chip, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-03-02

HP's mysterious ultra-mobile PC

Subnotebooks have always been overpriced and under-performing. But suddenly that niche has become a lot more interesting. It began with low-priced laptops such as the Asus Eee PC, which has been a surprising success since its introduction last October. Then, at the opposite extreme, we got the...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., PC, Ultramobile PC, VIA Technologies Inc., Site, UMPC Portal, Isaiah, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Processors, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-02-20

MacBook Heir? Lenovo X300 is everywhere this week

Thanks to specs that match up nicely to the MacBook Air--it also fits in an interoffice envelope--Lenovo's still unannounced X300 ultraportable got a lot of press this week culminating in a February 25 cover story in BusinessWeek. Prior to that, The Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg...

Tags: Lenovo Group Ltd., Apple MacBook, Expresscard, Image Processing, Laptop Computer, Lenovo X300, Modems, Notebooks, Hardware, Components, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-02-15

Acer plans new, low-cost laptop

Acer plans new, low-cost laptopAcer's will probably use Windows :-(From what I know, they've sold they're a windows only shopGreat to see more competitors in this area. It will be interesting to seewhat hardware they are using.All thanks to the OLPC.Should go lower in price... (Toshiba at $ 500 in...

Tags: Notebooks, operating system, laptop computer, Acer Inc., low-cost laptop

Discussion threads 2008-02-13

Acer plans new, low-cost laptop

Acer, the world's third largest computer seller, said today that it will offer a new, low-cost laptop targeted primarily at emerging markets. Little is known about the model aside from the fact that will have a 7- or 9-inch display, cost about $470, and ship sometime in the second or...

Tags: ASUS, Acer Inc., Laptop Computer, Everex CloudBook, 8G, Notebooks, Linux, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Software, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-02-13

I just wrote a proposal for a big Mac rollout (?!?!?)

I just wrote a proposal for a big Mac rollout (?!?!?)Go west, young man!You named some valid arguments for sticking with Mac. But there's also the pioneer spirit: if the pioneers would have stayed east, which was the most reasonable thing for them to do, the USA would be a...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Macintosh, Mac rollout, big Mac rollout, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-01-16

Ultra portable devices were everywhere at CES 2008

I mentioned that there wasn't a lot of mobile phone news at CES, yet there was plenty of ultra portable news. There were UMPCs, Tablet PCs, Intel MIDs, Via-powered devices, and more. This is an area that interests me as I travel quite a bit and also have a 2...

Tags: Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-01-14

An Ed Tech laptop rant

Sorry, folks...as much as I am a supporter of cheap laptops and hardware for kids in developing countries and wherever else it makes sense to have them, I'm fed up with the religion, the politics, and the ridiculous misconceptions that surround them. I'm afraid it's time for a good...

Tags: Laptop Computer, Programming, Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Quanta Computers, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Linux, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-01-09

Everex debuts $399 ultramobile PC

Everex debuts $399 ultramobile PCWindows Vista Version Is AvailableHas 1GB RAM, a 100 GB drive, runs twice as slow as the $399 version but only costs $899.What a bargain!!Format the drive and put Ubuntu on it.That way you can surf more privately and not be such a Google sheeple. I...

Tags: Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Desktops, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Everex, PC, ultramobile PC, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-01-09

Another cheap mini-portable...competition rocks

Another cheap mini-portable...competition rocksrunning Windows on cloudbookLooks a good win for linux :)This thingy is also good as a thin client much cheaper than safebook and can run Windows via ThinServer XPhttp://www.aikotech.com/thinserver.htmAnother GREAT entry into the kids laptop field. This may also be motivatedby OLPC, but not sure. In...

Tags: Keyboards, Handhelds, Operating systems, HP Jornada, One Laptop Per Child project, Jornada 820, Linux, Microsoft Windows CE, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2007-12-13

Another cheap mini-portable...competition rocks

Everex looks to be the latest to join the ranks of companies offering Ultra-Mobile PCs UMPCs at prices educational institutions can afford. While final details will be released early in the year, both Linuxdevices.com and engadget picked up on this device. The 7" mini-portable is slated to run...

Tags: Google Apps, Ultramobile PC, Everex, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Mice, Ethernet, Keyboards, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Peripherals, Networking, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2007-12-13

Wal-Mart PC was a sell-out

Wal-Mart PC was a sell-outI want one , I want one !Just thinking about a CloudBook is making me salivate .The comments on the Wal-Mart Siteabout the gOS PC have been for the most part, really good.I think the only place it will really get its most negative responses, is...

Tags: Notebooks, Taxes, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, PC, Dana, GLOCH, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., gOS PC, Wal-Mart PC, sell-out, laptop computer, Linux

Discussion threads 2007-12-13

Wal-Mart PC was a sell-out

Our story about the Wal-Mart PC, backed by the Google Toolbar, was the 8th most popular story on this blog for 2008. As I noted the next day, this was not a Google PC. It ran a version of Linux called GOS and the only googly thing about...

Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., PC, Everex, Linux, Desktops, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Microsoft Windows, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-12-13