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Apple Tablet Computer and/or Apple Netbook

The speculation continues, and this time another site I don’t generally go to for my Apple rumors has suggested we may see an Apple tablet computer (sort of an Apple netbook, too, given the size) next month. Shockingly, it’s a damn good idea and possibility, and it somewhat goes along with what I’ve been hoping for. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9000 and More

Intel this week has released five new processors that you should be seeing on the market soon, and even be seeing them in some upcoming products. While the slew of dual core CPUs is moderately interesting, the curious one is the Intel Core 2 Quad Q9000, a low-price, low-power quad core CPU that you’ll be seeing a lot of soon. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Apple Netbook At Macworld

It must be the middle of December because the Apple rumor mill is up and running. While there’s certainly no shortage of Apple rumors to be found, this one is a pretty well thought out one that I thought others might be interested in. Talk of an Apple netbook or an Apple tablet isn’t new, but Ezra Gottheil has put his brain to use and come up with a pretty compelling rumor. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Asus Announces Eee Box B204/B206 With HD

I’ve had a bit of a rough week with a variety of things going on, and the next will be the same, but here’s a worthwhile post for those who haven’t kept up on what Asus has been doing in the last week. If you’re familiar with the Asus Eee Box B202 nettop, then you’re pretty much going to be familiar with the Asus Eee Box B204 nettop and Asus Eee Box B206 nettop, only it’s even better than ever. No, seriously! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Intel No Longer In Love With Netbooks?

According to word coming a recent a conference Intel attended (IT Supply Chain — sounds boring, doesn’t it?), it would appear that the silicon giant had a few interesting, and surprising, things to say about netbooks, namely that they seem unconvinced that this is going to be a large market. This seems to be the exact opposite of what we, as consumers, have been seeing for the past year, but maybe Intel’s sages have wisdom we do not. [Read the rest of this entry...]

MSI WIND U120 Netbook Specs

The original MSI Wind netbook, otherwise known as the MSI Wind U100 netbook, was a huge success, and likely still is. The Wind has developed a reputation as one of the better overall netbooks out there for a variety of reasons: value, construction quality, flexibility, and a nice keyboard. So what’s the solution to a mostly non-existent problem? Make it better. [Read the rest of this entry...]

eMachines Laptop With AMD Athlon 2650e - $299

I was poking around doing a little follow-up on some of the more active stories we’ve had in the past and found that out one of the first machines to be sporting the AMD Athlon 2650e is actually out in the wild, and man what a price! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Dell Inspiron Mini 12 First Impressions

It looks like Dell has been busy and they’re starting to get their new 12″ netbook. the Dell Inspiron Mini 12 netbook out to reviewers. Of course, I don’t rate high enough on the list to get one, but I’m happy to tell you what others have been saying about the Mini 12. [Read the rest of this entry...]

VIA and nVidia Getting Out of Netbook Business?

I’m not sure how to read this, exactly, because it may be easier to overstate what is actually happening. Remember VIA and how I keep mentioning their Nano? The Nano is their CPU that actually puts up a fight against the Atom, and in many cases, eclipses it. Well, it’s been taking a long time for it to come out, and in light of HP dumping them for Intel, VIA’s netbook possibilities may be under fire. [Read the rest of this entry...]

HP Mini 1000 Netbook

So it was just last week that Dell decided to let the world know that they’re going to be releasing what looks to be a compelling netbook, the Dell Mini 12 Netbook / Dell Inspiron 1210 Netbook, and this week we have HP re-entering the market with their HP Mini 1000 netbook. What separates this from the original HP Mini netbook? Well, let’s take a look. [Read the rest of this entry...]