Dell has adjusted the pricing and added Windows XP Home to its Intel Atom-powered 12.1″ Inspiron Mini 12 netbook lineup. There are three new configurations/prices. All have 1GB of RAM and are powered either by a 1.33GHz Atom or a 1.6GHz Atom, with Intel GMA … Read more
NVIDIA wants to radically boost the performance of Intel Atom-powered netbooks. They plan on combining their GeForce 9400M chipset (graphics included) with Intel’s Atom CPU to create a new platform – Atom + GeForce 9400M. It’ll be called the NVIDIA Ion platform. The result will … Read more
LAPTOP Magazine has published their review of the new 12.1″ budget-oriented MSI VR220. It starts at $699, and while it’s definitely one of the cheapest 12.1″ ultraportables around, it does have a few features found in more expensive laptops – it has some areas made … Read more
The 10.2″ Intel Atom-powered Asus Eee PC 1002HA is now starting to appear at various online retailers in the US. It’s got a 160GB HDD, 1GB RAM, and Windows XP Home. It was just announced a few weeks ago, and retailers now show them in … Read more
Even as prices drop on higher capacity 2.5″ laptop harddrives (HDD), it turns out that netbook manufacturers are looking for something even cheaper. Seagate Technology, Western Digital and Hitachi Global Storage Technologies are all working on 2.5″ HDDs that are 40-50% cheaper than existing 2.5-inch … Read more