Tag Archive for 'ultraportable'
Sony has pulled the wraps off of its 2008 VAIO lineup, and there are fresh Z, FW, SR and BZ machines serving everything from the sober-suited business-person to the Blu-ray media junkie. All running Intel Centrino 2 processors, the smallest of the new range is the Z, with a 13.1-inch display, NVIDIA 9300M graphics, Blu-ray [...]
Most people would say the frustrating thing about the MSI Wind is its shipping delay, but Microsoft MVP Paul O’Brien has taken issue with another aspect: its OS. Working on an Advent 4211 rebadge, Paul has stripped the budget ultraportable of Windows and replaced it with Apple’s OS X Leopard. The result is a 10-inch mini-MacBook.
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There were plenty of people who didn’t think Elonex could bring their original One notebook to market at its £99 ($196) price, but the machine was a surprising success. Now the company is looking to build on that with the One T, which lacks the removable keyboard of its predecessor in favor of a less [...]
Having experienced multiple delays and the indignity of a downgraded battery, MSI’s budget ultraportable offering, the Wind, is finally available in the US. Intended to rival the Eee PC 1000-series, according to the company’s press release the Wind should now be available both at MSI’s online store as well as Newegg.com, Amazon.com, Frys.com, ZipZoomFly.com, mwave.com [...]
Apple has reduced the cost of specifying the solid-state drive option on its Air ultraportable notebook. The SSD, originally priced at $999, now costs $599 as an addition to the 1.6GHz entry-level Air. The 1.8GHz Air, which is pre-configured with the SSD, has dropped to $2,598.
From one MSI Wind story to another, and despite the apparent delays in shipping, Diego from Technophone has managed to acquire one of the 10-inch notebooks and has already put up his unboxing gallery. US customers may be facing up to five weeks wait for the Wind, but someone in Italy has obviously got access to [...]
Hang on, so US customers will be waiting a whole 3-5 weeks to get their hands on MSI’s Wind budget ultraportable, courtesy of Amazon, while in the UK a rebadged version of the notebook is available today? Somewhat conclusive proof that MSI really need to re-examine their supply-chain, UK retailer PC World is shipping its [...]
Everex are planning to take on the ASUS Eee PC 1000-series with a new 10.2-inch budget ultraportable notebook, according to sources at the company’s manufacturing partner FIC. The leak suggests that the devices will include 3G WWAN connectivity with WiMAX an option; a decision on processor has obviously not been made, as both Intel’s Atom [...]
Medion’s Akoya Mini E1210 budget ultraportable had little to differentiate it from the rest of the crowded market on announcement, but perhaps some unboxing photos will make the little laptop more appealing. MSI-Wind.de have just brought one home, and they’ll be the ideal people to confirm whether, as predicted, the E1210 is really just an MSI [...]
There are a couple of 7-inch ultraportables rocking the convertible tablet PC form-factor - Kohjinsha’s SC3 being the most recent - but it’s less usual to find them in the budget aisles. That’s what Aware Electronics are promising in the shape of the A-Book : a bargain netbook with a 7-inch swivelling touchscreen display, WiFi, Bluetooth [...]
