What difference a dual-core? As we’ve seen from the ASUS Eee PC 1215N, just because an ultraportable might be called a netbook, it doesn’t mean it’s necessarily short on power. Still, the Acer Aspire One D255 doesn’t get NVIDIA’s Optimus GPU to bolster its appeal, nor a desktop Atom CPU co-opted into mobile duty. Instead it offers the dualcore 1.5GHz Atom N550 and a mere 1GB of RAM. Are we expecting too much from this budget machine? Check out the full SlashGear review after the cut.
Guys, it’s never too early to start looking for a Christmas gift for the geeky gal in your life. If she likes to play Farmville as much as my wife does, a nice netbook may be just the ticket to keep yourself out of the holiday doghouse. Asus has unveiled a new Eee netbook called the 1015PW that comes in some strangely named colors that should appeal to ladies wanting style and performance.
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Companion devices come in all shapes and sizes, from big-screen smartphones through tablets to netbooks and ultraportables, but Toshiba is hoping that by borrowing a little of each they’ll find a gap in the market. The Toshiba AC100 looks like a netbook but runs Android, an OS we’re more familiar with on smartphones or, more recently, tablets. The company reckons a traditional keyboard and NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 processor should make the AC100 the best multimedia, browsing and communication ultraportable around, but is Android being asked to do more than it’s currently capable of? Check out the full SlashGear review after the cut.
Sprint has obviously decided that when you have a 4G network it makes sense to leverage it, and so the company has outed its latest range of netbooks and notebooks that bundle both 3G and 4G radios. The Dell Inspiron Mini 10 (1012) and Dell Inspiron 11z each support high-speed WiMAX when coverage is available, falling back to regular old EVDO Rev.A when it's not.
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I use my DVD drive all the time. Some readers may laugh, but I actually pay for movies and music content. Sometimes, I’ll find a deal on a movie or a CD that is better than what I could find online. I take it home, I rip it to my laptop, and it’s mine, convenient and digital. I used my DVD drive when I installed Windows 7 on my MacBook, and when I had to reinstall iWork, after iMovie started crashing again. In my old Camry, my tape deck stopped working, and that’s my favorite way to connect my iPod to my car stereo. Radio transmitters don’t work reliably in my area, but instead of shelling out a few hundred bucks to buy a proper car stereo for a car that won’t last me through next year, I did what we used to do back in the old days. I burned a CD.
The line between a netbook and a notebook used to be pretty straightforward, but with Intel’s increasingly powerful Atom processors and NVIDIA’s ambitious Ion-powered Optimus graphics, the distinction is more blurred. Typifying this new breed of netbook is ASUS’ Eee PC 1215N, a 12.1-inch Seashell-series machine that could well be considered a true ultraportable despite its roughly $500 price tag. Check out the full SlashGear review after the cut.
Given Archos' weren't exactly responsible for the design and manufacture of their last netbook, the Archos 10, we're guessing they haven't had much of a hand in the new Archos Arnova bar the badging. The 10.2-inch ultraportable is already on sale for the bargain price of £126.75 ($202) through Amazon, though there are understandably a few compromises made in order to hit that figure.
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Acer has recently unveiled their brand new line-up of Aspire One-branded netbooks, but this time there's certainly a major difference. While the hardware might seem similar to previously released netbooks, the new Aspire One Happy range brings pastels to the table. Offering up four different models, all of which feature a different, brighter color, Acer's new Aspire One Happy line-up makes sure that your next netbook purchase is an easy one. Especially if you like to be happy.
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Open-source addicts have been eagerly awaiting Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop Edition and Netbook Edition, and Canonical has confirmed they won't have long to wait for it; both versions will go up for download on October 10 2010. Meanwhile, DigiTimes's sources reckon Dell will be the first to out an Ubunto 10.10 based netbook.
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Unlike Toshiba, Acer has been more tentative in its Android netbook adoption, offering a few dual-booting machines - the Acer Aspire One D260 being one of the most recent - but no Android-only versions. Now, though, they're committing to Google's open-source OS a little more; according to DigiTimes, the company intends to make all future dual-core netbooks dual-booting between Windows 7 and Android.
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Back in August, we first heard of the new Acer Aspire One AOD255 netbook. At the time, we were missing a few pertinent details about the machine and Acer has now revealed all. The AOD255 is a small netbook with an Intel Atom dual-core CPU inside.
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As of this week, Acer has officially made available the Aspire One D255 in the United States. Originally uncovered at the beginning of July this year, the new netbook is one of the earliest to feature Intel's 1.5GHz Atom N550 dual-core processor. While the specifications of the new netbook may seem familiar with others on the market, it's the dual-core chip inside that Acer believes will give it enough of a performance boost amidst the other single-core netbooks already available.
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