Announcements

Acer Drops Pricing on Aspire One, Intros New Model

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Yesterday I talked about netbook pricing and how Acer (and Lenovo) seemed to have hit the sweet spot with prices for their netbooks hovering around $375 – $430. Well, and I swear I had no prior knowledge of this, Acer has decided to drop the … Read more

Viliv S7: Announced

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UMPC Portal has posted some photos and videos of a brand new little netbook / ultraportable that was demonstrated at the Fall 2008 Intel Developer Forum. It’s the 7″ Viliv S7. It’s a convertible with a touchscreen – the 1024×600 display rotates / swivels around … Read more

Intel Reveals Dual-Core Atom 330

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Intel Atom Intel has officially revealed information about the first of the dual-core Atoms, the Atom 330. The version mentioned is the desktop version (N330), but much of it applies to the netbook market since the chipsets, specs, etc., are so similar.

Specifications (that should be in netbooks)
– Still a 533MHz FSB
– HyperThreading still present (may look like four cores, but really two cores)
– Desktop version based on 945GC Express chipset
– GMA 950 integrated graphics
– 2GB (Maximum) of 533MHz or 667MHz DDR2 Memory

They’ve released a fact sheet about the desktop / nettop version as well.

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More Asus Eee PC HD and XP Models

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Asus Eee PC 904 Well we knew about the 8.9-inch Asus Eee PC 904HD (and that it would have both Linux and Windows XP options), but it looks like there are other HDD (and Solid State Drive) and Windows XP versions of some of Asus’ other Eee PCs that are going to be coming out. All are going to start with 1GB of RAM (a welcome change). Obviously the 1000HD will have a 10.2″ display while the others have an 8.9″ display. Only the 901 lists an Atom CPU (The 900 series is powered by older Celeron Mobiles). Colors shown are Purple and Cherry Red.

Eee PC 1000HD XP
– 80GB SATA HDD
– Bluetooth
– About $550 USD
– 6-cell Battery

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