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Commodore Announces UMMD 8010/F Netbook

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This is definitely unexpected. Pocket-Lint is reporting that we have a new netbook from a familiar company (at least familiar to those of us who got our start with comptuers back in the 1980s). It’s Commodore (remember the Commodore 64 or the Amiga?) and they … Read more

Intel Trying to Meet Demand for Atom

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Intel is trying to meet the demand for the Atom CPU found in many of the current netbooks (with some netbooks still on the horizon, including offerings from Lenovo and Dell). The problem, according to InfoWorld, is that while Intel keeps increasing their manufacturing capacity … Read more

Fujitsu LifeBook P1630 at the FCC

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Fujtisu LifeBook p1610 Last week we mentioned that supplies of the convertible 8.9-inch Fujitsu LifeBook P1610 and P1620 seemed to be drying up and that a sequel might be on the way.

That sequel has shown up at the FCC in the US. It’s very similar to the past P-series models, with updated chipsets (including a major graphics chipset update) and CPUs.

The users manual is included at the FCC site.

Both Windows XP Tablet PC and Vista are mentioned in the manual, and there are two CPU choices, both still Ultra Low Voltage (ULV).

Specifications from the FCC Test model and manual:

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Details about Dell Inspiron 910 – Support Docs

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There’s some more information about the 8.9-inch Dell Inspiron 910, and this time it’s coming straight from Dell’s support pages. As we had already guessed, while the Function (Fn) keys were physically removed, they still exist as a subset of the normal keys (although not … Read more

Acer Aspire One – Linux Review (Techtree)

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Techtree.com India has posted a review / in-depth look at the Linux version of the 8.9″ Acer Aspire One netbook. This version of the Aspire One ships with Linpus Linux Lite running Xfce 4 (xfce.org) as the desktop environment / window manager They’ve posted screenshots … Read more