Asus Eee PC 901 with 3.75G

Asustek has announced a new version of the 8.9″ Asus Eee PC 901. They are adding 3.75G HSUPA mobile broadband internet connectivity to the Eee PC lineups, with the 901 being the first (and possibly only one so far). Users should see download and upload … Read more

MacBook Changes in October?

Earlier this month, there were reports that the 13.3″ Apple MacBooks would be updated sometime this year (aluminum body, styling more in line with other aluminum Macs, etc.). Now AppleInsider (and earlier this month Daring Fireball) are reporting that sometime next month, Apple maybe holding … Read more

Lenovo IdeaPad S10 – Some Shipping

We’ve had a few emails from people today who mention that their pre-orders of the 10″ Lenovo IdeaPad S10s have had the dates changed to later in October (almost a month from now to be exact). We also had an email from somebody who said … Read more

Netbooks Are Impacting Notebook Sales

Netbook It turns out that netbooks maybe having an impact on notebook sales, going by what some analysts are saying. Back in August, we mentioned comments by Intel’s Chief Financial Officer about the concern of netbooks cannibalizing larger / mainstream notebooks. They felt it was growing the market and should be looked at in that light (and from that angle, they are correct, netbooks are the first exposure many have to laptops).

On Tech Trader Daily, there is an article that mentions analysts a slowdown in the notebook market due to netbook sales – that perhaps netbooks are eating away at the entry-level notebooks. Obviously Intel is not too affected – a sale of an Intel CPU is still a sale of an Intel CPU, even at a lower profit margin, but it still impacts their financials to an extent. Apple on the other hand (and they are mentioned), they are the only major producer that hasn’t publicly announced or hinted heavily at jumping into the netbook market (I would argue however that they are the most anticipated, judging by the number of people shoehorning OS X onto netbooks.

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Dell Moving to All LED-Backlit Displays

PC Magazine is reporting that Dell will be making the transition to all LED-backlit displays for its laptops by 2010. They told PC Magazine that by the middle of this December, around 66% of their existing Latitude E-series laptops will be shipped with LED-backlit displays … Read more