John Scalzi, a prolific writer, both online and off, and author of several well-received science fiction novels (including some that have garnered Hugo Award nominations), has posted a couple of articles on his Whatever blog (online since 1998) about netbooks, specifically about the Acer Aspire … Read more
There are starting to be large price reductions for netbooks across all display sizes and manufacturers (and storage options). Among those seeing price cuts: – 8.9″ Acer Aspire One, both the SSD/Linux and HDD/Windows XP versions. – Asustek Eee PC 7″ Eee PC 4G Surf, … Read more
Truc Bui over at GottaBeMobile has put together a quick overview of a 12.1″ Lenovo ThinkPad X200T, Lenovo’s first widescreen “convertible” (converting between a normal laptop form and a Tablet PC form). They were impressed with the performance (this particular unit had an Intel Low … Read more
Just a quick roundup of several stories from the past week or so, related to netbooks. MSI has released a new BIOS for the MSI Wind. It’s version 1.0A and is supposed to fix the S4 Sleep Mode problem that some had encountered (download here) … Read more
John Ratsey over at NotebookReview.com has put together a user review of the 10.2″ Intel Atom-powered Samsung NC10. He’s compared it to the 12.1″ Toshiba Portege R500 and the 12.1″ Sony VAIO G11. Unlike some netbooks, they mention that their NC10 came with a recovery … Read more