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- Cheaper ultraportables meet more powerful netbooks
- There are two ways to address the limitations of netbooks: 1.) offer less-costly notebooks, or 2.) give netbooks a little more muscle. Both are now happening. The ultra-thin laptops based on Intel's ULV processors or AMD's Athlon Neo are an obvious alternative to netbooks, and they've already...
- Tags: Netbook, Vostro 1220, 6-cell Battery, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-07-03
- Desktops aren't dead (yet)
- Laptops have long since overtaken their desk-bound brethren in terms of revenues, and more recently unit sales. In the first quarter, desktop unit sales dropped 23 percent, while notebook sales actually increased 10 percent compared with the same period last year, according to iSuppli. Gizmodo even penned an obituary for...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Hewlett-Packard Co., Memory, Configuration, HP Pavilion, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Graphics, Intel Corp., Dell Inspiron, Aspire M800 Series, SX2800-01, Desktops, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-06-30
- Netbook or notebook? Confusion reigns at 12 inches
- Market researcher NPD says that consumers are confused about the difference between a netbook and a notebook. It's no wonder. In the world according to Wintel, the distinction would be fairly clear: Netbooks have 10-inch or smaller displays, use Atom processors and 1GB of memory, and run...
- Tags: Memory, Microsoft Windows, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Laptop Computer, Netbook, Gateway LT3100, Dell Mini 12, Notebook Price, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Processors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-06-25
- New Acer Aspire laptops start at $480
- Everyone knows that PCs get faster and cheaper every year. For a while the shift to laptops seemed to slow things down a bit, but those days are over. Laptop prices have been dropping fast as computer makers vie for a bigger piece of the industry's only growth area. Even...
- Tags: Acer Inc., Laptop Computer, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Processors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-06-23
- Five big issues with ARM and Android netbooks
- The tech industry is always looking for the next big thing: Bing is gaining on Google, the Palm Pre will dethrone the iPhone, and so on. One of the latest "next big things" is the duo of ARM and Android which, if you buy the hype, will wrest the PC...
- Tags: Google Android, ARM, Smart Phone, Qualcomm Inc., Netbook, Tech Industry, Hardware Compatibility, SSD, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Linux, Smart Phones, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-06-15
- Computex 2009 slideshow: ARM smartbooks, Android netbooks, ULV laptops, Moblin and more
- Despite all of the hype about ARM-based smartbook and Android netbooks, you had to look pretty hard to find them at Computex 2009 in Taiwan this week. Ultra-thin laptops based on Intel's new ULV processors, however, were all over the show floor. More suprising, there were...
- Tags: ARM, Slideshow, Laptop Computer, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-06-05
- Computex: AMD previews first DX11 GPU, Nvidia focuses on mobile
- AMD has many challenges, but lately its ATI graphics business has been on a roll. Now the company is trying to capitalize on the momentum. At Computex, AMD demonstrated the first GPU to support DirectX 11, Microsoft's next-generation graphics API (AMD's DX11 press release). Microsoft first demonstrated...
- Tags: Computex, Mobile, NVidia Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Graphics, GPU, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-06-03
- Intel finally announces ULV, drops the "C"
- Intel announced its latest ultra low-voltage ULV processors at the start of the Computex trade show in Taiwan this week. The announcement was no surprise: Intel and computer makers have been talking about the chips (previously known as CULV for "consumer") for months, and in April MSI even announced a...
- Tags: C, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Chip, ULV, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Notebooks, Hardware, Networking, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-06-02
- New alternatives to netbooks (and pricey laptops)
- Intel thinks business may be starting to pick up, but computer makers aren't as optimistic. Sales are slow in all categories and even Intel now concedes that one bright spot, netbooks, is cutting into sales of higher-priced laptops to some degree. That's bad news if you are, say, Dell. But...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Graphics, Laptop Computer, Netbook, Intel Corp., Studio, MSI, X-Slim X340, Notebooks, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-05-29
- Lenovo IdeaPad S12 pushes netbooks in new directions; Intel, Microsoft push back
- The battle over the role of netbooks appears to be escalating. Computer makers, aided by Nvidia, are broadening the features and performance of netbooks--adding larger displays and more-capable graphics. The latest example is Lenovo, which just announced a 12-inch netbook--the first from a major computer maker with Nvidia's Ion platform....
- Tags: Lenovo Group Ltd., NVidia Corp., Microsoft Corp., Netbook, Intel Corp., Ion, GeForce 9400M, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Chipsets, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-05-26
- Living with a netbook: The performance penalty
- No one claims that netbooks can match the performance of laptops that cost hundreds or even thousands more. The real question is whether the performance of a netbook is good enough. Over the past few weeks, I've been doing some testing on five netbooks with 10-inch displays:...
- Tags: Performance, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-05-19
- 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,...
- Tags: Notebook, Netbook, Intel Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-05-13
- Netbooks with 10-inch displays dropping below $300
- When Asus announced the first netbook back in June 2007, the company said it would sell for $199. That turned out to be too optimistic, but two years later prices are really starting to drop. Several sites have noted that the latest Dell flyer includes an updated...
- Tags: Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-05-11
- Thin-and-lights for less than a grand
- There are plenty of laptops that cost well under $1,000. And there are lots of ultraportables and thin-and-lights for frequent fliers. But there aren't as many notebooks that combine portability and price. Both CNET and PC World have just posted reviews of one such laptop, the 13-inch...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Gateway Inc., HP Pavilion, Desktops, Hardware, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-05-06
- Dell laptops get WiMax, HP says it's still too soon
- Dell is now offering Mobile WiMax as an option on two laptops, the Studio 16 and Studio XPS 17. The Intel 5159 WiMax/802.11n combo card is a $60 upgrade over the standard 802.11n Mini Card. These desktop replacements seem like an odd choice since the point of...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Mobile, Laptop Computer, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-05-06
- Where to get the Windows 7 Release Candidate
- The official Windows 7 Release Candidate RC is now available from both the Windows download site and Microsoft TechNet. Several bloggers have reported intermittent problems with the download servers, but they seem to be working now. The RC will be available for download through July 2009 and...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Release Candidate, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Wireless And Mobility, Software, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-05-05
- MSI announces two 15.4-inch gaming laptops
- MSI is better-known for netbooks and nettops, but the Taiwan-based company announced two gaming laptops today. Both have the identical design and 15.4-inch widescreen display, but they have different components. by John Morris
- Tags: Laptop Computer, MSI, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Games, Notebooks, Hardware, Personal Technology, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-05-04
- More 12-inch netbooks coming this month
- Two major netbook players appear set to release new models with larger displays that will further blur the lines with traditional laptops. Both Acer and Asustek plan to release netbooks based on 11.6-inch displays later this month. by John Morris
- Tags: Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-05-04
- AMD Radeon HD 4770: Great graphics for $99
- AMD has made the eagerly-anticipated Radeon HD 4770 GPU official. Although it is based on some of the most advanced technology--it's the first GPU manufactured using a 40nm process and has nearly as many transistors as the flagship Radeon HD 4890--it is neither the company's fastest nor most costly GPU....
- Tags: ATI Radeon, ATI Technologies Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Graphics, Radeon, GPU, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-04-28
- 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,...
- Tags: ARM, Netbook, Alpha 680, Skytone, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-04-27
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