NVIDIA wants to radically boost the performance of Intel Atom-powered netbooks. They plan on combining their GeForce 9400M chipset (graphics included) with Intel’s Atom CPU to create a new platform – Atom + GeForce 9400M. It’ll be called the NVIDIA Ion platform. The result will … Read more
The 10.2″ Intel Atom-powered Asus Eee PC 1002HA is now starting to appear at various online retailers in the US. It’s got a 160GB HDD, 1GB RAM, and Windows XP Home. It was just announced a few weeks ago, and retailers now show them in … Read more
Even as prices drop on higher capacity 2.5″ laptop harddrives (HDD), it turns out that netbook manufacturers are looking for something even cheaper. Seagate Technology, Western Digital and Hitachi Global Storage Technologies are all working on 2.5″ HDDs that are 40-50% cheaper than existing 2.5-inch … Read more
John Scalzi, a prolific writer, both online and off, and author of several well-received science fiction novels (including some that have garnered Hugo Award nominations), has posted a couple of articles on his Whatever blog (online since 1998) about netbooks, specifically about the Acer Aspire … Read more
There are starting to be large price reductions for netbooks across all display sizes and manufacturers (and storage options). Among those seeing price cuts: – 8.9″ Acer Aspire One, both the SSD/Linux and HDD/Windows XP versions. – Asustek Eee PC 7″ Eee PC 4G Surf, … Read more