Tag Archive for 'notebook'
After a great deal of “are they, aren’t they?” rumor and negotiation, the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project have finally agreed a deal with Microsoft to put Windows XP on the low-cost notebooks. As a result, starting from next month a Windows version of the XO machine will be available in five or [...]
Back in March, Acer rather breathlessly announced that they would be pretty much revolutionising the laptop market; in the end, they produced a new range of media notebooks, the Aspire Gemstone Blue, which while not exactly earth-shattering were still vaguely attractive and capable machines. Now, two months later, the Aspire 8920 and 6920 are finally [...]
We weren’t sure the last time about which processor MSI plans to put into its Eee PC killer. Well, now we know that MSI Wind will be using Atom processor, Intel’s newest portable chip. The 10-inch LED based display sports 1024×600 pixel resolution.
It is all fun time when gamers are building their desktop PC; OCZ would like to give the same DIY experience to gaming notebook. The memory company has been branching out to more sectors and DIY notebook is a totally new territory to them.
It’s tricky to get excited about Dell’s Vostro 1710 notebook, especially when you’ve already seen the upcoming Inspiron range refresh, but the 17-inch widescreen machine has launched today and we’ve still got a little while to wait for its glossier cousins. Announced at the beginning of the month, the 1710 is the largest of the [...]
After launching the world’s thinnest 256GB SSD in March, Super Talent have now turned their attention to users wanting to swap out their standard hard-drives for a bit of solid-state excitement. The company’s new MasterDrive range is 100-percent interchangeable with platter-based drives, but is faster, lighter, uses less power and is far more rugged and reliable. [...]
As confirmed a week ago, ASUS’ Eee PC 900 has gone on sale in the US giving buyers a choice between the original, smaller-screened Eee and this new 8.9-inch version. However stock seems to be in relatively short supply; Amazon have it listed for $549.99 but “out of stock”. That’s allowing those with the 900 [...]
As expected, HP have today released their new wave of 2133 Mini-Note ultraportables running Windows XP rather than Vista or SUSE Linux. However, while the leaked pricing may have been correct, what the tips didn’t tell us was that HP would be pushing the Vista-downgrade route to XP rather than supplying XP alone. [...]
This week’s highlight has been the SlashGear team knuckling down to cover HTC’s London launch of the Touch Diamond smartphone. Our hands-on video of the Windows Mobile 6.1 device is pulling in some serious views, so if the thought of a 3G iPhone is leaving you cold then you need to be checking out the [...]
Pricing details for the XP version of HP’s 2133 Mini-Note ultraportable have emerged courtesy of a leaky HP rep. Assuming they’re the real deal, we now know that the four-model range will be priced from $729 to $819. Another HP rep confirmed that XP will be available, preloaded, on the 2133 on May 15th.
