Macworld 2009 – Apple Keynote

The keynote finished an hour or two ago, and quite a few of the predicted updates/product releases failed to materialize. What didn’t come out: – New iPhone – New Mac minis and iMacs – New displays – Tablets/ultraportables (no surprise) What actually came out: – … Read more

HP Mini 2140 Review (LAPTOP Mag)

The new 10.1″ HP Mini 2140 has already been reviewed by LAPTOP Magazine, and they were impressed, giving it their Editor’s Choice Award. The Mini 2140 is geared towards professionals, while the HP Mini 1000 is geared towards consumers. This is a very important point … Read more

AMD Athlon Neo

Not to be outdone by Intel’s Menlow/Poulsbo/Atom platform, or NVIDIA’s Ion platform, AMD/ATI are throwing their hat in the ring. Unfortunately we won’t see the results until sometime in March, but AMD is working on a new platform, the 65nm AMD Athlon Neo, which is … Read more

HP Mini 2140 Announced

Ahead of CES 2009, HP is rolling out the sequel to the VIA-powered HP 2133 Mini-Note. It’s the 10.1″ Intel Atom-powered HP Mini 2140. Among the changes: – Change in platform from VIA to Intel – Display size (10.1″ versus 8.9″) – 16:9 aspect ratio … Read more

Lenovo IdeaPad S10 Updates

Lenovo is making a few additions to the 10″ IdeaPad S10. Nothing too major (especially given that CES 2009 starts this week), but they will be of interest to some. The major update is that the S10 now ships with Lenovo Quick Start, another form … Read more