Update on Dell XPS M1330 Shipping

Over at the Direct2Dell Blog, Lionel Menchaca, Dell’s Digital Media Manager, has posted an update on the Dell XPS M1330 and it’s status in regards to delays, shipping, and cancellations. The XPS M1330 is Dell’s latest consumer-grade ultraportable (relative speaking – even though it’s a … Read more

More Details on the ASus Eee PC Release in the US

Over at EeeUser.com last week, a forum user has posted additional information about the Asus Eee PC, which is due out sometime in September or October. Even though we’ve marked the information with a “Rumors” tag, it seems to match up with what we’ve seen … Read more

August 14 – 17 – Site Updates

We are both dealing with a pesky little Tropical Storm in the Gulf of Mexico that will be making landfall in Texas today, and so the site will be sporadically updated over the next few days. In the meantime, check out these sites: – jkOnTheRun … Read more

Article: The World’s Most Expensive Notebooks

LAPTOP Magazine is running an article, The World’s Most Expensive Notebooks, that is interesting to say the least. An ultraportable slipped into the mix, the Tulip Ego Diamond. It’s a mere $355,000 USD (yes, I said $355,000). It’s also pushing the limits of what I’d … Read more

Article: A Buyer’s Guide to Ultraportables (InformationWeek)

InformationWeek has posted their Buyer’s Guide to Ultraportables earlier this week. As Kevin Tofel at jkOnTheRun pointed out, they left out UMPCs and Tablet PC “convertibles” and went for traditional laptops. They highlight one “image” problem (my term), that ultraportable laptops sometimes fall in between … Read more