Netbooks

by Rafael Hernandez on September 19, 2010 · 0 comments

The netbook segment has kept things rather cheap and cheerful in order to keep the cost of entry low which, in turn, has lead to its impressive adoption rate. HP’s Mini 5103 believes it’s time that things turned a little more professional and has clad itself in an aluminum casing to make it withstand the […]

Read more HP Mini 5103 keeps it portable and stylish

by Rafael Hernandez on August 15, 2010 · 0 comments

AMD finally decided to show up to the netbook party and is making quite the splash with its combination of low-power processors and chipsets with integrated graphics that, obviously, outperform the competition. The Dell Inspiron M101z “net-notebook” makes good use of the dual-core Athlon II Neo K325 processor and ATI Radeon HD 4250 graphics all […]

Read more Dell Inspiron M101z crams in even more power

by Rafael Hernandez on July 22, 2010 · 0 comments

Netbooks have been a great way to keep your computing on while taking up as little space as possible but some manufacturers want you to believe you’ve got a performance product in your hands despite energy saving (slow) processor they’ve been packing into these machines for the past few years. The Samsung NB30 netbook manages […]

Read more Samsung NB30 netbook keeps things sensible

by Rafael Hernandez on July 7, 2010 · 0 comments

Netbooks have been a bit of a weird computing device since it offers the type of battery life we want but it lacks the processing and graphics power to handle media rich content. Thankfully Gateway’s LT32 netbook makes fine use of the AMD Athlon II Neo K125 processor paired with the potent ATI Radeon HD […]

Read more Gateway LT32 Netbook packs some mobile power

by Rafael Hernandez on June 10, 2010 · 0 comments

Netbooks have featured nothing but Intel’s processors since, well, they started being made and while the Atom CPU is well suited for the job its graphics pairing isn’t exactly impressive. They’ve finally got some competition. The MSI Wind U230-040 Netbook makes its mark with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 L335 processor and ATI Radeon HD […]

Read more MSI Wind U230-040 pulls in the quicker equipment

by Rafael Hernandez on December 22, 2009 · 0 comments

Intel’s Atom processors popularized the netbook mobile computer platform but its shortcomings were starting to become glaringly obvious with the media rich websites becoming so prevalent. The Asus Eee PC 1005PE takes the familiar netbook dimensions and piles in the new Intel Atom “Pine Trail” platform which promises even better energy efficiency and improved performance. […]

Read more Asus Eee PC 1005PE gets the Pine Trail treatment

by Rafael Hernandez on December 14, 2009 · 0 comments

As is quite apparent by now Nvidia’s ION chipset provides a “good enough” dose of graphics performance to give Intel’s Atom processor some legs with multimedia playback. The HP Mini 311 makes good use of the chipset and combines it all into a slick looking package. HotHardware has a look at what it can do: […]

Read more HP Mini 311 wraps itself around Nvidia’s ION

by Rafael Hernandez on November 23, 2009 · 0 comments

Netbooks are all about the portability and battery life which is all good and dandy until it comes time to run some of your multimedia files then the integrated graphics Intel coughed up for their ultra-mobile platform starts to show its weakness. The HP Mini 311 uses Nvidia’s ION chipset which features a decent integrated […]

Read more HP Mini 311 wrangles in Nvidia ION graphics

by Pedro Hernandez on November 9, 2009 · 0 comments

Will HTC follow the lead of fellow handset maker Nokia and dive into the netbook market? Definitely maybe, at least according to James Kendrick of jkOnTheRun. At the HD2 launch this week, CEO Peter Chou let slip that the company is “carefully looking into [the netbook] category and how it can be part of that.” […]

Read more HTC “carefully looking” at netbooks

by Rafael Hernandez on November 9, 2009 · 0 comments

Seeing a high end brand labeled on products outside of their market usually means you paid more for that cologne or set of luggage…in other words nothing of value was added. This changes things a bit. The Acer Ferrari One Netbook switches things up by piling on some spirited hardware into an extremely tiny and […]

Read more Acer Ferrari One Netbook is actually speedy

by Rafael Hernandez on October 1, 2009 · 0 comments

Most netbooks are content to stick with the basics in order to get in at a low price but when you consider how much upgrading your new mobile wonder would cost you you might want to consider something that includes…

Read more iiView A2 12" Netbook, going all out