Lenovo ThinkPad X301 – First Look (GBM)

Warner Crocker over at GottaBeMobile has put together a first-look inkshow covering the new ultraportable 13.3″ Lenovo ThinkPad X301. He’s working with an evaluation uniot that has the Intel Core 2 Duo Ultra Low Voltage (ULV) U9400 (1.4GHz), with a 64GB Solid State Drive (SSD). … Read more

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 – 2GB RAM, Q&A, Video, Expandability

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Some interesting articles from LAPTOP Magazine about the 8.9″ Dell Inspiron Mini 9 netbook have popped up.

First-up, Avram Piltch in the LAPTOP Magazine blog takes a look at the expansion options available for the Inspiron Mini 9. This is, to me, the most impressive thing about the Inspiron Mini 9. Dell has went out of their way to make it easy to access everything – there is a cover on the bottom that allows you access (another LAPTOP Magazine article covers RAM upgrades, including 2GB). The panel covers the memory slot, two mini PCIe card slots (one is filled with the Dell WiFi card), and the Solid State Drive (SSD).

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Dell Inspiron 910 in the Wild, With Ubuntu

Somebody over at Engadget has spotted the 8.9″ Dell Inspiron 910 in the wild and they’ve posted a few photos. Interestingly enough, it appears like it has a new keyboard than what we’ve seen in the past (although still lacking the function keys, which were … Read more

More Asus Eee PC HD and XP Models

Asus Eee PC 904 Well we knew about the 8.9-inch Asus Eee PC 904HD (and that it would have both Linux and Windows XP options), but it looks like there are other HDD (and Solid State Drive) and Windows XP versions of some of Asus’ other Eee PCs that are going to be coming out. All are going to start with 1GB of RAM (a welcome change). Obviously the 1000HD will have a 10.2″ display while the others have an 8.9″ display. Only the 901 lists an Atom CPU (The 900 series is powered by older Celeron Mobiles). Colors shown are Purple and Cherry Red.

Eee PC 1000HD XP
– 80GB SATA HDD
– Bluetooth
– About $550 USD
– 6-cell Battery

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Dell Inspiron 910 – More Specs, Dates

Gizmodo has the 8.9-inch Dell Inspiron 910 (formerly the Dell Mini Inspiron or Inspiron Mini) available later this week – August 22, 2008 to be precise. They’ve also leaked some specifications and photos, some of which sound really cool and some of which leave us … Read more