Would you like a Dell 710M or perhaps a 12-inch iBook or 12-inch PowerBook in different colors? Last month, Colorware started offering their services for Dell’s 710M 12-inch ultraportable notebooks. You can get different high-gloss colored coatings for your notebook case (including the recently added color “Cotton Candy Pink” ???) from Colorware, as well as customized corporate logos/photos.
Couple of stories concerning high-speed 3G mobile connections being built-in or bundled with upcoming laptops from Acer, Dell, HP, and Fujitsu
Michael J. Miller has written a review in his PC Magazine blog of the Toshiba Portege M400 Tablet PC. The M400 is one of the first Intel Core Duo-powered ultraportable “convertible” notebooks (having both Tablet PC functionality with a physical keyboard).
Tom’s Hardware Guide has a good CPU performance guide for 2005 – 2006, where you can compare various processors and brands, if you are curious about stats.
You can access it at www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html.
According to Forbes, Austek has been contracted to build 1.2 million Intel-powered iBooks with 13.3 widescreen displays (the displays are from AU Optronics Corp, Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp, and LG Philips LCD). No word on if it’s Core Solo or Core Duo. These have been rumored for quite a long time, and this is the first solid evidence we have of them.
They are expected to ship to customers in June. It’s safe to assume that they will have the same dual-boot capability (Windows and Mac OS X) that current Intel-based Macs have.