DigiTimes has news of the Gigabyte M912, which will be Gigabyte’s entry into the low-cost netbook/sub-notebook category that’s becoming popular these days. They are reporting that it could be available sometime in June of 2008 (makes sense given that’s when the launch of Intel’s Atom … Read more
Summary: 8.9-inch display, 1.6GHz, Intel Atom CPU, Available July, 2008, LED Backlighting, Touchscreen
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
Yesterday, bit-tech.net got an early look at the upcoming 8.9-inch Asus Eee PC T91. The T91 breaks the conventional laptop form factor line that Asustek had established with their Eee PC line. It’s a convertible laptop/Tablet PC – the touchscreen display rotates on a swivel, … Read more
Doug over at CrunchGear has written a commentary about the state of netbooks and display resolutions. It’s more of a plea to netbook makers, and I agree completely. We’ve reached a point where outside of a new platform (NVIDIA Ion) or new CPUs (dual-cores), there’s … Read more