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Woot Has a 12.1″ Convertible – HP TX2513CL

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This probably won’t last too long, but if you are looking to pick up a fairly recent convertible laptop/Tablet PC for as cheap as possible, then you should head over to Woot.com. They are currently featuring a recertified HP Pavilion TX2513CL for $649.99. That’s a … Read more

MSI Wind U110, U115, U120, U300 Details

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A very good article was posted on LAPTOP Magazine’s blog concerning MSI’s upcoming plans for January’s 2009 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), as well as their general plans going into the first part of 2009. The information came from a discussion with MSI’s Director of U.S. … Read more

HP TouchSmart tx2z Hands-On (LAPTOP Magazine)

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With yesterday’s announcement of the HP Pavilion TouchSmart tx2 / tx2z, LAPTOP Magazine was able to get their hands on the AMD-powered convertible 12.1″ touchscreen laptop. They mention that it will in fact continue to be sold side-by-side with the current 12.1″ convertible HP Pavilion … Read more

HP Pavilion TouchSmart tx2 and tx2z Announced

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It looks like HP is rolling out a replacement to the 12.1″ HP Pavilion tx2500z. It’s the 12.1″ HP Pavilion TouchSmart tx2 / tx2z, and it’s the first true consumer notebook that takes advantage of multitouch navigation when using the HP MediaSmart software. It’s a … Read more

Windows 7, SSD Netbooks, UMPCs

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Windows 7 A couple of more ultraportables have had Microsoft Windows 7 pre-beta installed on them, with information / benchmarks listed.

UMPC Fever has a forum member who installed Windows 7 on a Fujitsu U2010, which worked great, from the included screenshots. They were able to use Vista drivers, and it was supported better than XP. They mentioned it was faster than Vista.

Ultramobile PC Tips had news of another forum user on a Spanish-language site who had installed Windows 7 on a Gigabyte UMPC U60. They reported that it booted faster than Windows XP Tablet PC Edition (SP3) and runs just about as fast overall. It also had no problems with the U60’s WiFi (Vista did). (via SlashGear)

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