Acer Aspire One Pricing – UK

Acer has clarified their pricing for the 8.9-inch Acer Aspire One, at least for the UK. As of today according to Register Hardware / ComputerActive magazine, Acer’s starting price for the Aspire One will be £220 (including VAT), which is around $440 USD (depending on … Read more

HP 2133 Mini-Note in the Classroom

Might the HP 2133 Mini-Note gain additional popularity with students (a target audience that HP mentioned was important to the 2133’s success). HP made an announcement yesterday at the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) that the Fresno, California, United School District is working on deploying … Read more

MSI Wind U100 Unboxing, UK Availability

Looks like the MSI Wind U100 is starting to show up in the UK, as of yesterday. Morgan Computers is showing it in stock (via Mobile Computer) for £329.99 excluding VAT (around $655). This is the 10″ version, with an 80GB hard drive and Microsoft … Read more

Flash-Based SSDs Don’t Help Battery Life?

Tom’s Hardware has posted an article that’s generating a lot of buzz. They are saying that flash-based Solid State Drives (SSD) don’t help the battery life of your laptop. Instead, they are saying that it in fact decreases it. Given that SSDs don’t have the … Read more