PriceGrabber.com – Netbooks Are Small, But Big

PriceGrabber.com (and Market Reporter) have put together and released a “Consumer Behavior Report” for January, 2009, entitled The Netbook Trends and Solid-State Technology Forecast. It’s based on 1500+ respondents who completed a survey a few weeks ago. Among the data from the report PriceGrabber.com, 48% … Read more

Windows 7 Beta on 8GB SSD Acer Aspire One

Are you itching to install the Windows 7 Public Beta on your 8.9″ Acer Aspire One, but you have the 8GB Solid State Drive option instead of the larger 120GB or 160GB HDD? Don’t worry, it’s possible if you are willing to follow the guide … Read more

Acer Ferrari 1200 Announced

It looks like Acer will soon be launching a sequel to the 12.1″ high-end Acer Ferrari 1100. Like the 1100, the new Acer Ferrari 1200 is also AMD-powered, running on a dual-core AMD Turion X2 Ultra on AMD’s M780G platform. The Ferrari 1200 definitely falls … Read more

More on 10-inch Acer Aspire One, Linux, and SSD

On the heels of the brief hands-on that Akihabara News got of the upcoming 10-inch Acer Aspire One, ZDNet UK has obtained more information on the plans for the larger version of the 8.9″ Acer Aspire One. Acer has informed ZDNet UK that those interested … Read more

Fortune Magazine: Netbooks and Mobile Broadband

Back in December, AT&T and Radio Shack ran a promotion, offering the Acer Aspire One for $99 with a 3G AT&T DataConnect plan. We’ve seen other netbooks being priced incredibly low (or free) with mobile broadband contracts – it was mentioned in a recent review … Read more