Microsoft Extends Windows XP

Today at Computex, Microsoft has officially announced that they will be extending sales of Windows XP for Netbook / Sub-Notebook (or Nettop as Microsoft is calling them) devices. Originally, sales would have ended very shortly. From the press release: Today at Computex, Microsoft Corp. announced … Read more

MSI Wind for the US – Final Information

At Computex, MSI has officially finalized details for its 10-inch MSI Wind in regards to US options and pricing. We received an email stating that they would be shipping on June 16, 2008, but have not verified it. It will be shipping on June 16, … Read more

Sony to Ship Via-Based Netbook?

According to PC World, Sony is going to be jumping into the netbook / sub-notebook competition with a low-cost laptop using a VIA Technologies CPU (similar to the one used by the HP 2133 Mini-Note). PC World reports that Quanta Computers (an OEM for laptop … Read more

Asus Eee PC 901

Asustek began offering a preview of the 8.9-inch Eee PC 901 ahead of Computex today. The 901 is the upgraded version of the Eee PC 900 and features the Intel Atom/Diamondville CPU/platform. The preview is taking place at the WiMax Expo, and apparently a WiMax … Read more

Gigabyte M912 Netbook at Computex

Gigabyte M912 Netbook The details about the Gigabyte M912, aka the Gigabyte M912 Netbook, have finally started to come out, complete with an official product page (it had been a few months since we had heard anything significant). Of note, Gigabyte referred to it as a Netbook (I’m just pointing that out, as someday we may resolve the whole netbook / sub-notebook debate). More details will be released this week at Computex.

This 8.9-inch Intel Atom-powered convertible is going to turn a lot of heads and is going to shake up a small segment of the ultraportable laptop market.

I’m not talking about the netbook / sub-notebook segment of the ultraportable market – I’m talking about the segment that Fujitsu has pretty much had to itself – the under 10-inch “convertible” segment (aka the display rotates and lays flat and allows you to use it either as a notebook or as a Tablet PC). The Gigabyte M912 has a 1280×800 touchscreen display with LED backlighting. Folks, this is pretty close to the Fujitsu LifeBook P1620. This could pass for a low-cost P1620 aimed at the netbook market, but the P1620 is quite a bit more expensive (expensive enought to price itself out of the netbook market).

In addition to the other specifications we knew about, here is some additional information:

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