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Acer Aspire One Review (UMPC Portal)

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UMPC Portal has published their review of the 8.9″ Acer Aspire One netbook. The version they tested came with the 120GB HDD (newer ones have 160GB HDDs) along with 1GB of RAM and Windows XP Home, and the 3-cell battery. They’ve included benchmarks as well … Read more

Lenovo IdeaPad S10 at CompUSA

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There seems to be a lot of news over the past few weeks about netbooks popping up at retailers in the US (and not just the Asus Eee PC lines either – MSI Wind U100s, Lenovo S10s, etc.). About a week ago, I mentioned the … Read more

MSI Wind U100 – New Models, US Retail Sales

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MSI Wind PC A lot of new information about 10″ MSI Wind U100 as well as sequels and where the U100 is headed came out last week in an interview conducted by Joanna Stern of LAPTOP Magazine with MSI’s Director of U.S. Sales, Andy Tung.

Among the numerous items discussed, shortages of Intel’s Atom CPUs, as well as the problem that some retailers (Amazon in particular) have with keeping 6-cell battery versions in stock. Tung claims the 6-cell version shortage will be over by the end of October.

The fabled 9-cell battery is from a third party manufacturer and not from MSI, and it could provide over seven hours of battery life.

Also, the Wind U100 will be (finally) available through a national retailer in the US this week.

Highlights of the U100:

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Asus Eee PC S101 Introduced

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Back in July, a roadmap for future Asus Eee PC offerings was posted online. Among the netbooks listed were the S101 and S91 (presumably 10″ and 8.9″) under the “Ultimate” series, with a description of “Exquisite / Extreme Slim & Light” and a target audience … Read more

Asus N10 Review (Mobile Computer)

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Julian over at Mobile Computer magazine has put together a review of the new 10″ Asus N10 netbook. Sometimes it’s hard to refer to the Asus N10 as a netbook – the $700 price (USD) is up there, but there have been other netbooks in … Read more