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
Couple of quick articles on Intel and VIA CPUs for the netbook market. First off, DigiTimes mentions the impact the Intel Atom shortage is having on the netbook industry. They mention that because of the shortage, that LCD panel makers who handle the manufacturer of … Read more
Summary: Proof of Concept, announced May, 2008, 8.9-inch Widescreen LED Backlit display, 1.6GHz VIA C7-M VIA OpenBook Gallery Last Updated: June 2, 2008 Similar Laptops: – Replaces VIA NanoBook – Part of the “netbook / sub-notebook class of ultraportables
Glenn Reynolds who is a Contributing Editor for Popular Mechanics, as well as law professor, author, and writer for Instapundit, wrote up a review last week for Popular Mechanics on the 8.9-inch VIA-powered HP 2133 Mini-Note PC. It’s written from the perspective of somebody who … Read more
Yesterday, Sal Cangeloso over at Geek.com posted a new review of the 11.1-inch Lenovo IdeaPad U110, Lenovo’s high-end ultraportable laptop. The U110 was compared to the Lenovo ThinkPad X300 as well as the Sony TZ series and Toshiba R500 (performing better than the latter two, … Read more