Black Friday deals from various companies/retailers (these should be active by the time you read this). I may update this during the day if I see anything else interesting. Unfortunately, most of these are for US retailers only. Note: Prices are subject to change as … Read more
Today is the one year anniversary / birthday of the 7″ Asus Eee PC which kicked off the whole netbook craze. Last year in Taiwan, the Asus Eee PC 701 went on sale and everything changed in the ultraportable market. Previously we were used to … Read more
Now that we’ve seen the new 13.3″ Apple MacBook and are reassured of Steve Jobs’ health, let’s take a look at what your $1,299 or $1,599 is going to get you. Be warned, I have a long-winded rant about the removal of the FireWire port … Read more
Some notes and thoughts about the notebook event that Apple held today. I like the new MacBook design, and keeping the price low enough was very important (redesigned MacBooks start at $1299, older-style at $999). Steve Jobs also left the door open for netbooks in … Read more
Almost everybody gives credit to Intel for popularizing the term netbook – when the Asus Eee PCs first started showing up, they were being called sub-notebooks, sub-laptops, mini-notebooks, UMPCs (which really confused things, as UMPCs generally had a specific form factor that they followed), ultraportables, … Read more