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Ultra Light Delight

July 13th, 2008

Asus Eee hedging its bet

According to a post/report, Asus Eee feeling the pinch: Test of mettle, by Wily Ferret, at the Inquirer, Asus was only able to ship 1.7 million. They originally planned to ship around 2 million.
But which Asus Eee?
Shipping and selling are of course two different things. And it would probably be more prudent to wait till […]

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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 7th, 2008

Are ultraportables energy efficient

Came across this post at the Intel Blog. The post has en embedded video that shows or rather tries to explain:
1. Energy efficiency
2. Hoe to measure energy efficiency
3. And what is Intel doing to improve energy efficiency.
An interesting question would be in terms of notebooks and ultraportables does how will Intel make it more energy […]

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July 5th, 2008

Which one the Asus Eee or Aspire One?

If you were to buy any of these two Intel Atom powered ultraportables which one would you choose?
It has been said that the fight between the ultraportables is a competion a race or better yet a competion a boxing match between two ultraportables. Let us look at the Asus Eee 901 and the Acer Aspire […]

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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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June 22nd, 2008

What are your looking for in a ultraportable?

The parade of ultraportables is still going on and so far we have seen all sorts and types of ultraportables that would like to do what the Asus Eee 701 did. The list of ultraportables that want to be the next sensation is long and varied and often comes with several new features.
These new features […]

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June 22nd, 2008

Ultraportable shines without light

Recently, a typhoon struck the place where I live. There was no power for some time and worst of all no Internet. The desktop was stuck where it was. What was most useful at that time was the Ultraportable.
Assuming the ultraportable was fully charged. It was probably one of the more important tools on hand. […]

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June 22nd, 2008

An unfair thing about ultraportable reviews

As you well know there has been a parade of ultraportable these past few months. And as you well know as well most of the ultraportables that have come out actually out in one or two or three or even four types. And what I notice is that there are times that the product or […]

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June 7th, 2008

Microsoft also going for low cost pc

A news post I picked up at iT News reported that Microsoft confirmed that ir was extending its operating system or OS available to low cost computers - desktops and ultraportable.
Speaking at Computex Vice President for Microsoft’s original equipment manufacturing business Steven Guggenheimer said that everyone - distributors, retailers, and end-users - are looking for […]

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May 31st, 2008

Did the makers get lost?

The success of the Asus Eee 701 could be attributed to three things: First, It was fully functional computer that came bundled with a lot of productivity, communications and web applications; Second, it was light and compact; And third, it was relatively cheap - less than $400. This is why I think it was […]

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