Low-Cost PCs in 2008 – Expected 13 Million

DigiTimes is reporting that the low-Cost PC market in 2008 should reach 13 million units, with many of those including ultraportable laptops (or netbooks, or notebook UMPCs, etc.): Acer has already placed additional orders of around one million units with Wistron, while Hewlett-Packard (HP) has … Read more

Intel Diamondville – No Dual-Core

According to CNET, Intel’s Diamondville mobile processors, due out later this year, will not be dual-core designs.: Intel’s upcoming low-cost Diamondville notebook processor will break from Intel’s multicore strategy of the last few years and be primarily a single-core processor. In this respect Diamondville is … Read more

Apple MacBook Upgrade to Penryn

Apple has upgraded the Apple MacBook this morning. As expected, it moved to the Intel Core 2 Duo Penryn CPUs (45nm), running either at 2.1GHz or 2.4GHz. The Hard Drive options were also bumped up to 120GB, 160GB, or 250GB. The 13.3″ WS glossy display … Read more

NEC LaVie J Series Available Soon, With Wireless USB

The NEC LaVie J Series should be available later this week. It’s a 12.1″ widescreen, lightweight (under three pounds) ultraportable notebook with an Ultra Low Voltage (ULV) Intel Core 2 Duo U7600 (1.2GHz, 2MB L2). It’s unique in that it’s one of the first offerings … Read more

Review: Lenovo ThinkPad X300 (CNET)

The official CNET review (available here) of the Lenovo ThinkPad X300 has been published – it was put together by Michelle Thatcher. It was given a CNET Editor’s Choice for February 2008, and rated an 8.5 out of 10. They compared it to a MacBook … Read more