Raon Everun Note – Product Page

Back in June, we mentioned that information about an AMD-based netbook was making the rounds. It’s getting pretty close to being available, and it’s based on a full-size AMD Turion 64×2 Dual Core CPU running at 1.2GHz. It’s called the Raon Digital Everun Note and … Read more

Netbooks hurting Laptop Sales?

Are netbooks hurting laptop sales? It’s certainly an interesting question to ponder. There is definitely a segment of the existing “mainstream” (I hate that word these days, but it’s appropriate here) laptop market that would either benefit from a netbook / sub-notebook, or at the … Read more

HP Pavilion tx2500z – Up to $500 off

HP Pavilion tx2500z HP Home and Home Office is currently running a promotion where you can get up to $500 off of the 12.1-inch HP Pavilion tx2500z touchscreen, convertible laptop. Using the promotion, you can get what amounts to the top of the line options for the most part (see below)

It’s running through July 24, 2008 or while supplies last.

Visit HP Home and Home Office (shopping.hp.com) and use code NB4513 on an HP Pavilion that is over $1399.99

Go into Notebooks
– Select the HP Pavilion tx2500z Series
– Customize and Buy (see options below)
– Add to Cart
– Continue Checkout
– Standard 5-7 day free shipping

Options I used – a $1462.99 HP tx2500z for $962.99 (plus tax) with free shipping:

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AMD Plans to Compete with Intel Atom

There’s been a shakeup at AMD, and it appears they might be jumping into the netbook market after all, contrary to what they said back in June. At that time, AMD was discussing getting into the market sometime in 2010 and/or “when we believe that … Read more

Announced: HP Pavilion tx2500z

Today, HP announced the HP Pavilion tx2500z, the sequel to the HP Pavilion tx2000z series. It’s HP’s first 12.1-inch “convertible” laptop that’s based on AMD’s new Puma platform for mobile computing. In addition to dual-core AMD CPUs (up to 2.4GHz), it offers up to 4GB … Read more