Month: May 2008

Dell Latitude XT Review (LAPTOP Mag)

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Earlier this week, LAPTOP Magazine pubilshed their review of the Dell’s first ultraportable Tablet PC/convertible laptop, the 12.1-inch Dell Latitude XT. It’s based on Intel’s Santa Rosa platform and is one of the thinnest convertibles, due to the Intel Core Solo Ultra Low Voltage (ULV) … Read more

ASUS Lamborghini Reviewed

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Last week, ZDNet published their review of the Asus Lamborghini VX3, Asustek’s current high-end/luxury ultraportable. When we say luxury, we mean it – the 12.1-inch widescreen starts out at around $3000 USD, but that $3000 does get you a very loaded laptop (near the top … Read more

HP 2133 Mini-Note – Typing, Windows XP, Xubuntu

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HP Compaq 2133 Mini-Note In their continuing series about the HP 2133 Mini-Note, the ultraportable 8.9-inch sub-notebook (or netbook) and using it in place of a regular-sized notebook, or as a supplemental notebook, LAPTOP Magazine published three more articles today.

First: Mini-Note’s Vista Replaced with Xubuntu : Vista was proving problematic for certain intensive tasks (Skype / VOIP, etc.) and so Xubuntu was installed. It worked well from a fresh install, and devices, etc., were loaded (with help), however problems with Skype and a few other things were encountered, which leads to Windows XP.

Next: Windows XP on the Mini-Note : Using instructions from Brad Linder/Liliputing.com, Windows XP was installed in place of Vista and Linux. Included is a video of the Mini-Note booting up.

Finally: Mini-Notebook Typing Madness Part II : exactly what it says – a look at typing on the Mini-Note, including a video.

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Asus Eee PC – Expected to Keep Doing Well

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DigiTimes is reporting that the 7-inch Asus Eee PC should still continue to sell well in many markets, even with the availability of the HP 2133 Mini-Note and other netbooks/mini-notebooks that are going to be availabile soon. Among the reasons cited for the market favoring … Read more

MacBook Air – Still Overheating?

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Engadget is running a little poll about whether or not Apple MacBook Air owners are still overheating. Keep in mind it’s a very unscientific poll, but it does reveal a couple of interesting things. First, the majority of people taking the poll are not MacBook … Read more