MacBook Air Roundup (Feb 22)

A few MacBook Air articles that are interesting, from a critical point of view: Akihabara News points us to an article that’s part of a series on Tech-On!, MacBook Air Teardown: ‘No Waste Outside, Nothing but Waste Inside that looks at what happens when you … Read more

Solid State Drives – Increase in Capacity

CNET is reporting that large-capacity Solid State Drives (SSD)s should be available later this year, ranging in capacity from 120GB to 160GB. This is very important news for the ultraportable market, as this approaches the capacity of mechanical/spindle-based hard drives, as well as it should … Read more

PC World: MacBook Air Alternatives

PC World is running an interesting article, comparing three other ultraportables (one Toshiba, two Fujitsus) to the Apple MacBook Air with different display sizes (12.1″ widescreen and 10.6″ widescreens). Unfortunately there hasn’t been a chance to test and review the Lenovo ThinkPad X300, which is … Read more

Toshiba Dynabook SS RX1 / Portege R500 – New CPU

Akihabara News is reporting that the Toshiba Dynabook SS RX1 (nearly identical to the Toshiba Portege R500 – just different markets) is going to be receiving a CPU upgrade. They mention that it will be receiving an upgrade to Intel’s Penryn platform at some point, … Read more

More MacBook Air: SSDs, Battery Life

Yet more articles about the MacBook Air. Yeah, it’s kind of weird/interesting how much buzz the Air is generating. I’m sure a lot of Apple products generate a lot of buzz, but the MacBook Air seems to be generating a lot of interest in thin … Read more