Crave’s Most Notable Notebooks from 1H 2008

Matthew Elliott hast posted an article about what he considers to be the most noteworthy notebooks to have passed through CNET in the past six months. This isn’t necessarily the highest-ranks of the review notebooks either, but ones that instead introduced something new or that … Read more

Dell Latitude E Series (E4200, E4300) – Announcement Coming?

Dell Latitude E4200 It would appear that we will soon be seeing full information (and release dates) for the Dell Latitude E series – the Latitude E4200 and Latitude E4300. This, according to an official appearance of the “Laitude E-Family Laptops!” on Dell.com.

The E4300 will probably have a 13.3-inch display and possibly be a replacement for the Latitude D430 (which, while the D430 has a smaller display, the e4300 actually weighs less).

The E4200 will probably have a 12.1-inch widescreen display, start at 2.2 pounds (1kg) weight-wise), and could be the high-end version of this series (with the E4300 being a reasonably-priced version of the D430).

Both should have DisplayPort (an upgrade for video connections), eSATA, and should be based on Intel’s Centrino 2 platform.

Engadget believes that based on the appearance at Dell.com, that there will be an official announcement sometime in the next five weeks .

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Asus Eee PC 904 / 905, Plus Eee PC 901 / 1000H in Korea

DigiTimes is reporting that, in response to consumer demand, Asustek Computer is going to release new versions of the 8.9-inch Intel Atom-powered Eee PC 901 that are going to have larger keyboards and a larger chassis. They are being listed as the Eee PC 904 … Read more

MSI Wind U100 and Mac OS X

It was only a matter of time – somebody got a hacked-up version of Mac OS X to run on a new 10.2-inch MSI Wind U100. The Intel Atom-powered Wind U100 isn’t even out in most markets, but it’s available for some, and a poster … Read more

ASUS Eee PC 1000H and MSI Wind Compared

LAPTOP Magazine has put together a head-to-head comparison of the Eee PC 1000H and the MSI Wind NB. Both of these ultraportable laptops feature 10-inch widescreen displays (with a resolution of 1024×600) as well as 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPUs and 80GB hard drives. They also … Read more