Several Netbook/Laptop Deals (March 25)

This week, there have been a few decent deals on netbooks as well as laptops, including a refurbished HP Mini 1030NR for $279. OnSale.com: – Lenovo IdeaPad S10e – $299.99 after rebate (through April 30, 2009) – Acer Aspire One A110-1588 – $249.99 Intel Atom … Read more

11.6-inch Acer Aspire One This Year?

We’ll treat it as a rumor for now, but macles* has had good information in the past. As macles* points out, up until now, most “new” Acer Aspire Ones were just a slightly larger version of the original 8.9″ AAO, including the 10.1″ Acer Aspire … Read more

Xandro Presto Beta Hands-On (LAPTOP Magazine)

Last week, Xandros released a beta of Presto, a Xandros-based Linux distribution designed for laptops/netbooks and ultraportables as an “instant-on” OS environment. It’s considered a “pre-boot” environment that works with Windows XP and Windows Vista-based systems. It allows you to quickly boot into an environment … Read more

MSI Wind U115 in March, U123 in April

It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything significant about the 10-inch MSI Wind U115. It was officially announced back at CES in January of this year. LAPTOP Magazine is reporting that the U115 will be released towards the end of March, and will feature … Read more

MSI and Asustek to Showcase CULV Laptops at CeBIT

We’ve known about the MSI X-Slim X320 since CES 2009, although not too much, at least as far as pricing and release dates. We also know that MSI has been showing off the X-Slim X340 and X600 ahead of next week’s CeBIT 2009 in Germany. … Read more