10-inch Acer Aspire Ones – Acer’s Focus in 2009

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If you are wanting to buy something slightly larger than the 10.1″ Acer Aspire One, don’t get your hopes up anytime soon. Scott Lin, Acer Taiwan’s President, said Acer doesn’t plan on releasing any netbooks/ultraportables above 10 inches. He did note that even the 10-inch … Read more

Dell Inspiron Mini 10 – More Info, Hands-On, US Release Date

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Dell Inspiron Mini 10 The 10.1″ 16:9 Dell Inspiron Mini 10 is going to be one of the first mainstream netbooks/ultraportables available with an HD display (720p – 1366×768). As such, it’s garnered a lot of attention since CES 2009. Today, we finally found out quite a bit more about it, through a few different channels.

Direct2Dell and QVC have indicated that it will be available for order tomorrow through QVC’s shopping channel (and possible website). There were also details released about configurations available directly from Dell.com later this week or next week.

Dell has also posted a promotional video about the Mini 10:

One very important note – initial Mini 10s will have 1GB of RAM and will NOT be upgradeable.

$399 Base Model (Dell.com):
– 10.1″ Glossy 1024×576 (non-HD) display
– Intel Atom Z520 1.3GHz CPU
– 1GB RAM w/160GB HDD
– 3-Cell Battery
– Windows XP Home
– 1.3MP Webcam
– HDMI

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Samsung NC20 Battery Benchmarks

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NetbookNews.de has published some battery benchmarks of the new VIA Nano-powered 12.1″ Samsung NC20. Sascha has now had the chance to work with both prototypes and production models from Samsung. This is netbook/ultraportable that’s being followed closely by quite a few people, as it’s the … Read more

Apple Releases MacBook SMC Update 1.3

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Today, Apple released an updated firmware/SMC update, 1.3. The purpose is to improve startup performance on certain MacBook models when booting off of battery power. It affects 13.3-inch polycarbonate (“white”) MacBooks released earlier last month. Some of those had the following issue: …may display slower … Read more