Samsung NC10 Review (LAPTOP Mag)

LAPTOP Magazine has completed their review of the 10″ Intel Atom-powered Samsung NC10 netbook and posted it online. It looks like the 10″ MSI Wind U100 (also with an Intel Atom under its hood) has now been given a serious run for its money. They … Read more

Dell Inspiron Mini 12 Announced, Review

Dell Inspiron Mini 12 It looks like the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 has a big brother. Yesterday, Dell announced the new 12″ Intel Atom-powered Dell Inspiron Mini 12 netbook. Yes, a 12″ display is really pushing the definition of just what a netbook is (and this is the first 12″ netbook). It’s pushing it more than even the Asus N10 and its dedicated NVIDIA graphics chipset.

For the first time, faster Intel Atom CPUs are being offered: The Z520 (1.33GHz, 512KB L2) and Z530 (1.6GHz, 512KB L2), both of which may have some hardware virtualization capabilities (depending on whether they are enabled or not). Windows Vista Home Basic is the OS of choice for the initial launch model, but Ubuntu Linux and Windows XP Home will also be offered later on. Dell claims a battery life of three and a half hours.

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Samsung NC10 Photos (Korean)

LAPTOP Magazine has posted nine photos of the upcoming 10.2″ Samsung NC10 netbook. They are having a Korean version shipped over for them to take a look at. They did get a brief hands-on with the NC10 during the US launch event. Some of the … Read more

ASUS Eee PC S101 Review (LAPTOP Mag)

Yesterday, LAPTOP Magazine published their form review of the high-end 10.2″ Asus Eee PC S101 netbook. High-end as in $699, ultrathin (for a netbook), with a better looking display, a larger touchpad, and multi-touch (an ElanTech touchpad). Speaking of the touchpad, it’s quite a bit … Read more

Lenovo ThinkPad X200s Review (LAPTOP Mag)

Last week, LAPTOP Magazine published their review of the 12.1″ Lenovo ThinkPad X200s. As the review points out, the X200s is more expensive than the ThinkPad X200, however it has better battery life – it’s powered by an Low Voltage (ULV) Intel Core 2 Duo … Read more