HP Compaq 2133 Roundup

Continuing our trend of discussing the Asus Eee PC’s competition, Several articles have started popping up about the HP Compaq 2133, including a very interesting one about what might be under the hood of the 2133. We should almost treat these as rumors at this … Read more

Intel Montevina = Centrino 2

Digitimes and others are reporting that Intel is moving away from location-based naming (such as Carmel, Sonoma, Napa and Santa Rosa) and moving back to an easier-to-remember name. This means that Intel Montevina will now be simply known as “Intel Centrino 2”. It should be … Read more

February 10th Odds and Ends

A roundup of interesting articles from the past week. Wired Magazine: Like Apple, Intel Wants to Put the Internet in Your Pocket – Discussion of Intel’s Silverthorne and Intel’s efforts at pushing beyond that, to where we can have a near-desktop like internet experience in … Read more

Toshiba Dynabook SS RX1 / Portege R500 – New CPU

Akihabara News is reporting that the Toshiba Dynabook SS RX1 (nearly identical to the Toshiba Portege R500 – just different markets) is going to be receiving a CPU upgrade. They mention that it will be receiving an upgrade to Intel’s Penryn platform at some point, … Read more

Penryn Dell XPS M1330 in US, Elsewhere

After making its first appearance in Australia, the Intel Penryn-based Dell XPS M1330s have started showing up in other countries, including the US. These are 45nm CPUs with a 35W TDP. So far, both of the announced Intel Core 2 Duo Penryn CPUs have shown … Read more