Sales and Deals – Feb 12, 2009

There are some decent laptop sales this week, thanks to a couple of holidays/events in the US – President’s Day and Valentine’s Day. OnSale: – $25 Off – ASUS Eee PC 1000HE 10-Inch – 1.66GHz Intel Atom Processor, 1GB RAM, 160 GB HD – Blue … Read more

Samsung NC10 – With a Touchscreen

While it’s still not a “convertible” Tablet PC like the upcoming Asus Eee PC T91 Touch, some folks over at Netbook Mag have added a touchscreen to the 10.2-inch Samsung NC10. The conversion to touchscreen used a kit from fidohub, a company offering touchscreen conversion … Read more

PriceGrabber.com – Netbooks Are Small, But Big

PriceGrabber.com (and Market Reporter) have put together and released a “Consumer Behavior Report” for January, 2009, entitled The Netbook Trends and Solid-State Technology Forecast. It’s based on 1500+ respondents who completed a survey a few weeks ago. Among the data from the report PriceGrabber.com, 48% … Read more

Microsoft Extends Windows 7 Beta Deadline – Feb 10

The response to the public Windows 7 beta was huge – enough that they lifted the initial limits. The original cut-off date was going to be today, January 24th. A quick check of the Windows 7 Team Blog shows that yesterday they changed their minds. … Read more

Netbooks to Drop in Price Even Further

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