Asus N10 – Available in the US

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Asus N10 Three models of the high-end 10.2″ Asus N10 netbook have started showing up at online retailers in the US, including some carrying it in stock as we speak. All are powered by an Intel Atom CPU, and come with 1GB – 2GB of RAM, 160GB – 320GB HDD, and either Windows XP Home or Vista Business or Vista Home Premium.

The N10J features nVidia GeForce 9300M G graphics with 256MB dedicated graphics memory. You can actually switch back and forth between the Intel and nVidia graphics. All feature HDMI ports and Bluetooth.

The N10E might have just a 3-cell battery and it might not have a fingerprint reader.

Full specifications/links:

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Asus Eee PC 1000HD at Best Buy

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Asus Eee PC 1000HD Last week, I menioned that Asus EEE PC 900As were showing up at Best Buy. Yesterday, I was at another store, and they were preparing to put a Eee PC 900A on display as well.

In today’s ad, they have both the Intel Atom-based 900A and the CeleronM-based 1000HD listed. The 900A is retailing for $329.99 and the 1000HD is retailing for $379.99 (USD).

Keep in mind that these appear to be special versions for Best Buy – they don’t have webcams and the storage is different than what you see elsewhere (for instance, the 1000HD you see at Amazon has a smaller HDD, but does have a webcam – the Best Buy version doesn’t have a webcam). As far as I know it has the same 6-cell battery that other 1000HDs have, but I will be investigating this myself.

The model #s are also unique – in the case of the 1000HD, it’s 1000HD-BKBB1

I’ve included an image of the ad as well as specifications below (click “Read More” if you don’t see it) and links to check your store availability.

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Samsung NC10 Coming to US

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It looks like the 10.2″ Samsung NC10 netbook will be available in the US for under $500. liliputing has posted a couple of sites listed as selling the NC10 in the US for around $480 USD. Both are listing the NC10 as back-ordered. Bottom Line … Read more

Samsung NC10 Benchmarked

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The upcoming 10.2″ Samsung NC10 netbook has been unboxed and benchmarked by a Ukrainian site, Tech IT Easy. The design looks solid (which we’ve already seen), the sleeve for the NC10 looks nice. The comparison photos against 8.9″ Asus Eee PC 901 show that the … Read more

There Will be New MacBooks

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It’s now almost certain that there will be new MacBooks introduced in a few days at Apple’s October 14 notebook event. A PDF-format repair guide was accidentally posted on Apple’s website. It detailed how the Airport Extreme Card would be replaced, and it specifically said … Read more