Tag: netbooks
New ASUS Eee PC Netbooks Will Wake Instantly From Sleep
Liliputing points to a nice new feature ASUS will introduce with their new Eee PC 1025C and 1025CS netbooks, which are due out later this month. Yes, I said netbooks. They’re still relevant. Anyway, the “Instant On” feature isn’t about instant booting but promises a 3 second wake from sleep. Coupled with this speed is [...]
Acer: Netbook And Ultrabook Will Merge
Remember when I said that netbooks are still relevant? Apparently Acer thinks so, too. Sort of. After a ceremony celebrating the Lunar New Year chairman JT Wang talked strategy for the new year and said they would compete not on price, but on user experience. The notebook maker rose to the upper echelon in global [...]
$399 HP Mini 1104 Keeps Netbooks In Business
Looks like HP isn’t abandoning the netbook form factor completely, though it’s no surprise that the latest 10-inch offering from the company is aimed at the education market. The $399 HP Mini 1104 is pretty standard netbook fare — 2.8 pounds, dual core 1.6-GHz Intel Atom N2600 CPU, 2GB RAM, 1024 x 600 display, 320GB [...]
Don’t Call It A Netbook – Lenovo Announces New IdeaPad S Series 11.6-inch Mini Notebooks
Of the many laptops Lenovo is announcing at this year’s CES, I’m most intrigued by the S Series. Perhaps because I’m still a netbook fangirl who’s not a little disappointed by how many companies are abandoning the form factor. The IdeaPad S200 and S206 aren’t exactly traditional netbooks thanks to the 11.6-inch displays and Win7 [...]
The Netbook Is Still Relevant
Last month, whenever I attended a NaNoWriMo write-in – an event where several writers got together to write in the same place – I made a point of checking out the types of laptops everyone was using. Obviously MacBooks were very well-represented, especially among the Brooklyn hipster crowd. But I was a little surprised to [...]
Black Friday Netbook Deals
Looking for a netbook deal on Black Friday? There aren’t many going around this year, and only one of them is what I’d call decent. Before you get up early (or stay up late) to get a low-price netbook, know which deals are worth the effort. I’ve combed the Black Friday deals to find the [...]
Best Buy Tries To Charge $50 For Creating Recovery Discs On A Netbook I Hadn’t Yet Bought
Earlier today I went to Best Buy with a friend of mine to buy a netbook. She wanted a new one and I gave her my expert advice. We found a Samsung model I liked for $249 on the website, looked up where it might be in stock, and set out to see it in [...]
Notebook Gift Guide: The Best Notebooks, Netbooks and Ultrabooks to Give in 2011
Notebooks are an expensive item to add to a holiday wishlist, but for recipients who need a laptop for school or for a small business, this can be a very practical gift. It’s perfect for gift giving from a group of family members. This year’s gift guide includes the best notebooks, netbooks and ultrabooks we [...]
PC Growth Not as Fast in 2011 Says DisplaySearch
To paraphrase Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the netbook is not dead yet! It is fading according to one more market research firm. DisplaySearch says that growth in the mobile PC market is not going to grow quite as fast as it did last year. They say the netbook is not as popular thanks [...]
With Google, Asus May Finally Launch a $200 Netbook
Despite lofty goals of getting its netbook prices down to $200, Asus has so far been unable to achieve that feat despite using free Linux distributions rather than loading the lightweight systems with Windows licenses. However, with the aid of Google software, Asus may finally be able to bring down its netbook prices to $200-$250. [...]
