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Archive for the ‘Ultraportable’ Category

July 21st, 2008

The Ultraportable War

Susanne Choney at MSNC wrote a piece about how in the US the ultraportables are fast becoming a favorite as an individual’s secondary computer. Here is the article and the link:
The market for skinny laptops gets fat: In United States, ultramobile PCs find favor as a secondary computer
By Suzanne Choney
MSNBC
And I guess this is as […]

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July 21st, 2008

Fujitsu’s Asus Killer?

Chris Davies post, Fujitsu 8.9-inch netbook photos leak: €400 and due this Fall, features the first (?) photo of an Asus Killer from Fujitsu. Check the post.
A lot of deductions and theories can be made from pictures and the post. One thing important is how much will it cost. According to the post, it might […]

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July 21st, 2008

Dell E to land this August fo 299 dollars

According to the Digitimes, Dell is set to introduce the Dell E this August. And its coming in US$100 cheaper than the Aspire One from Acer. Dell’s low cost computer will be priced at US$299. Digitimes further reported that according to its sources the notebook will be manufactured by Compal Electronics.
The article further revealed that […]

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July 21st, 2008

Lenovo’s ThinkPad X200

Have you seen Lenovo’s latest ultraportable? The ThinkPad X200. It weighs around three-pounds and powered by Intel’s new Centrino 2 mobile-PC platform. And Jamie Bsales of SmallBusinessComputing wrote Latest Little ThinkPad Delivers Big Performance is an interesting review of the X200.
X200 replaces ThinkPad X61. Bsales conducted tests that:
“… the X200 generally […]

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July 20th, 2008

MSI Wind finally arrived

The MSI Wind U100 has finally arrived in the United States. Read and view one of the first encounters with the Last (?) and much awaited ultraportable for 2008 here at Adam’s blog
Initial reaction at least from Adam’s viewpoint seems to be positive. His wife was satisfied with keyboard and the ten (10) inch […]

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July 11th, 2008

With Toshiba’s Portege M800 the music never stops

What is Candy Pink and has a radio?
If you are talking ultraportables it must be Toshibas’ s Portege M800. Toshiba has come out with a set of computers for the market. Nearly all comes in a Fusion Finish. This is Toshiba’s own a super-high gloss exterior that is made via a special manufacturing process […]

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July 6th, 2008

Nintendo DS as an educational tool

I saw this bit of news in the Associated Press. Anyway in Japan, They have been using the Nintendo DS as a teaching tool. This will come as no surprise to the average garden variety DS punter because on gets familiar with the different games on the console. A lot of the games played in […]

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July 5th, 2008

The $500 SSD question

Juan talks about the slash in the $500 cut in the price of the Solid State Drive (SSD) version of the MacBookAir (MBA) and asks the five hundred dollars question - Is it worth it?
Good question.
And it seems to be surrounded by several other questions like:
How does it affect the cost of the MBA […]

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June 30th, 2008

Panasonic’s Toughbook goes ultraportable with the Toughbook CF-U1

Meet the Toughbook CF-U1 a rugged and tough ultramobile pc from Panasonic’s toughbook line. It is worth around six Asus Eees but you will probably use up more than six Asus Eee pcs if you were working in a very harsh environment. And even if you were not it would be great to have […]

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June 22nd, 2008

Asus Eee meet the Dell E

They say that imitation is the sincerest form flattery. One has to admit the name has recall. And really brings to focus the goal of Dell with the Dell E. If this really is the case. And they come in two main forms one ultraportable and one ultraslim. [Source]

The Tale of the Tape of the […]

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