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- First impressions of the Dell Inspiron Mini 12
- First impressions of the Dell Inspiron Mini 12Ooh, a crossoverHow cute. So what would be the difference between an Internet companion and a netbook?
- Discussion threads 2008-10-27
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- The choices for thin, low-cost ULV laptops expand
- Just when I was starting to wonder what happened to all those ultra-low voltage ULV laptops, computer makers opened the flood gates. These laptops, which are thinner, lighter and less costly than mainstream notebooks, are now available in a range of display sizes, including some models with 11.6-inch displays that...
- Blog posts 2009-09-01
- Acer's Aspire 1410 is a notebook in a netbook's body
- We've seen netbooks such as the Dell Mini Inspiron 12 (R.I.P.) and Lenovo IdeaPad S12 in the guise of 12.1-inch ultraportables. Now Acer is trying the reverse--a notebook with the same display size as its Aspire One 751h netbook. Rumors about an Acer 11.6-inch laptop have been...
- Blog posts 2009-08-17
- Dell debuts three new entry-level laptops
- Businesses may not be buying, but that hasn't stopped Dell from trying. The company is rolling out three new additions to its small business line, the 14.1-inch Vostro 1014Â and Vostro 1088, and a 15.6-inch model, the Vostro 1015. These are entry-level laptops and the features...
- Blog posts 2009-08-12
- Why not all 12-inch netbooks are the same
- I've been skeptical of 12-inch netbooks, especially as prices for real notebooks continue to fall fast. At that size, netbooks start to run up against laptops, so it's no surprise that the PC industry is feeling its way. Acer has been selling an 11.6-inch model since May, but Asus has...
- Blog posts 2009-08-10
- Walmart to sell $298 Compaq laptop in time for back-to-school, 'while supplies last'
- The annual back-to-school shopping trip is just around the corner. Load the family in the mini-van, drive over to your local Walmart, and watch as your shopping cart fills with new clothes, shoes, pencils, notebooks, protractors, calculators, and a million other things. The yearly resupply is...
- Blog posts 2009-07-24
- Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?
- There is no denying the popularity of netbooks, but there's still much debate about who's buying them and for what purpose. Netbooks were conceived for emerging markets--along the lines of the OLPC's XO laptop and Intel's Classmate PC--but they turned out to be more popular in developed countries. More recently,...
- Blog posts 2009-05-13
- Will ARM netbooks be competitive?
- Rumors of netbooks using smartphone components rather than Intel chips and Microsoft Windows are nothing new. But we're finally getting a good idea of just what a PC based on an ARM processor and Linux will look like. Because the tiny ARM chips are designed for smartphones,...
- Blog posts 2009-04-27
- Details on Acer's new notebooks, netbook and all-in-one
- Thanks to a slew of acquisitions, Acer has quickly become the world's third-largest PC company, and is now within striking distance of Dell. Yesterday Acer unveiled a new line of notebooks, netbooks and desktops that is meant not only to maintain that momentum, but also to sharpen...
- Blog posts 2009-04-08
- AT&T offers netbooks starting at $50
- AT&T announced that it will start selling netbooks for as low as $50 in some trial markets with a two-year service contract. The company will offer the Acer Aspire One, Dell Inspiron Mini 9 and Mini 12, and LG Xenia netbooks--as well as the Lenovo ThinkPad X200 laptop--at subsidized prices...
- Blog posts 2009-04-01
- AT&T announces $50 netbooks with bundled broadband
- AT&T has announced that Atlanta and Philadelphia area residents can get their hands on netbooks for just $49.99 with the purchase of AT&T "Internet at Home and On the Go" broadband services. The promotion is a limited trial in select company-owned AT&T stores. In...
- Blog posts 2009-04-01
- Dell Inspiron Mini 10: not so perfect after all
- Dell Inspiron Mini 10: not so perfect after allTired of Netbook storiesI think the PC world has shot themslves with netbooks. I am no big Apple fan but Apple has done themslves a favor by not taking a step back and producing a marginal laptop. Instead the PC world felt...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-01
- Dell Inspiron Mini 10: not so perfect after all
- Dell recently released a new netbook that sits between the Dell Mini 9 and the Dell Mini 12. The Dell Inspiron Mini 10 was created to be the "Perfect 10" netbook, and while Dell came close, it still doesn't get the cigar. At 2.6-pounds, the light-weight...
- Blog posts 2009-03-31
- Dell SX13-163B
- Editors' note: This review is part of our Retail Roundup: Q1 2009, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores. The 13-inch laptop owes much if its success to Apple's embrace of the form factor for its popular MacBook systems. But besides that,...
- Product reviews 2009-03-20
- Behind Dell's designs for its Adamo laptop
- After months of teases, Dell has finally launched its Adamo high-end ultraportable. The basic design--an ultra-thin 13-inch laptop in the mold of the MacBook Air, Lenovo ThinkPad X301 and HP Voodoo Envy 133-- has been well-known since the company's press conference at CES in January. The specs are pretty much...
- Blog posts 2009-03-17
- Adamo is a near no-show, but Dell ships Studio XPS laptops
- The scraps of news Dell parceled out on its mysterious Adamo laptop at CES left reviewers disappointed, but the company did announce several new laptops and one desktop, the XPS 625, at the show. The new laptops meld together two Dell brands, the mid-range Studio and the...
- Blog posts 2009-01-09
- AMD Neo, HP dv2 take on both netbooks and notebooks
- Plugging a hole in its laptop portfolio, AMD has announced a new processor platform for very thin and lightweight notebooks. HP was the first to announce a new laptop, the Pavilion dv2, based on AMD's Athlon Neo chip. The platform, previously code-named Yukon, includes the Neo chip...
- Blog posts 2009-01-06
- Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Laptop picks by the inch
- There has never been more choice in notebooks. The standard 12-inch ultraportables, 14-inch thin-and-lights, 15-inch mainstream laptops and 17-inch desktop replacements are still commonplace. But there are new shapes and sizes filling in the gaps ranging from 11 inches all the way up to 18 inches....
- Blog posts 2008-12-09
- Netbooks + Ubuntu: On fence about form factor; OS solid
- Last week, I bought a Dell Mini 9 preloaded with Ubuntu. The idea: Check out a netbook and take Ubuntu for a spin. The early reaction: Netbooks can be handy, but they can also cramp your hands with those dinky keyboards. And aside from some early problems with connecting to...
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Black Friday '08: Deals, steals & specials guide
- Update, 12/4/08: It's been brought to my attention by a diligent reader that several of the products listed in this guide were from 2007, and not this year. I compiled this guide as an aggregation of several listings online; clearly, some of the listings were old...
- Blog posts 2008-11-23
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