Ars Technica: The State of the Netbook, Part II

Earlier this month Ars Technica published the first part of their “State of the Netbook” series. The first part covered around 15-20 years prior to 2008/2009. Yesterday they published part two, aptly named “The State of the Netbook, Part II: The Inevitable Eeeruption” which covers … Read more

LAPTOP Magazine Updates 10-inch Netbook Face-Off

LAPTOP Magazine has updated their 10-inch netbook face-off with a couple of new models, as well as well as updated models of previous netbooks they have reviewed. In the original face-off, the MSI Wind U110/U100 and the Samsung NC10 came out on top when it … Read more

Paint.NET 3.5 – Optimized for Netbooks

Speaking of how netbooks are changing the PC industry and how we think about laptops these days, a few weeks ago one of the Paint.net developers (the main developer in fact) sat down to write up a list and a theme concerning the upcoming Paint.NET … Read more

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 – 33% Sold With Linux

Back in October of last year, MSI mentioned a high return rate for Linux netbooks versus Windows XP-based netbooks. In some cases, up to four times the Windows XP return rate. That hasn’t been the case with the 8.9″ Dell Inspiron Mini 9 when it … Read more