The New York Times has a two-page article by Matt Richtel covering the rise of netbooks and other smaller PCs and notebooks, and the dramatic impact they are starting to have on the PC industry. In an article entitled “Smaller PCs Cause Worry for Industry”, … Read more
Liliputing has news (and photos) from a couple of German-language sites (Netbux.de and Heise Online) that Fujitsu-Siemens is planning on pushing their own netbook-style device out. It’s almost a given that it will be considerably cheaper than Fujitus’s current Lifebook offerings, the 8.9-inch Fujitsu Lifebook … Read more
In a follow-up to yesterday’s story about the M912V, Tim sent in a link to the official Gigabyte press release: Gigabyte.com.tw – Press Release They are calling it the “Netbook-M912V”. They have it weighing in at 1.3kg (just under 2.9 pounds), They also mention that … Read more
Amazon is running a special promotion – up to 20% off of select laptops from HP, Asus, and Sony, through July 8, 2008 (or until supplies run out, which some have already, and when they do, they drop off of the sale page). You can … Read more
Looks like Microsoft is backing off on some of their previous demands in regards to allowing OEMs to keep installing Microsoft Windows XP on netbooks. Microsoft had already extended the End-of-Life for XP on these devices (on June 30th, most manufacturers had to stop offering … Read more