- Author: admin
- Filed under: Laptops
- Date: Feb 9,2010
What do you do if your netbooks are starting to look so last season? Well if you’re ASUS, you hire a leading industrial designer like Karim Rashid to revamp it, of course. The Eee PC 1008P’s snazzy new design and removable battery certainly caught our eye at CES, but now so is its $499 pricetag.
Positioned as a designer netbook, the 1008P is a mixed bag of specs — it has got the now-typical Intel Atom N450 processor, boasts 2GB of RAM and larger 320GB hard drive, as well as a disappointingly small three-cell battery. So, are the 1008P’s slimmer body and eye-catching design enough to make you shell out $100 more than the typical netbook?
And how does the the smaller capacity battery compare to the $380 Eee PC 1005PE’s that lasts for eight hours on a charge? Follow on past the break for some answers. Read the rest of this entry »
- Author: admin
- Filed under: Laptops
- Date: Feb 9,2010
Fujitsu’s stylish little Lifebook MH380’s just popped up over on the company’s site for sale. The 10.1-inch, Pine Trail Atom N450-boasting netbook’s specs include 2GB of RAM, a 250GB HDD, built-in Bluetooth, six-cell battery and a 1366×768 resolution screen.
It also seems to be available in brown, white, black, and red — though the only one that seems to be available to buy on Fujitsu’s site as of now is the Glossy Red model. Let us know when that cute little brown number’s up for grabs and we’ll probably be back.
- Author: admin
- Filed under: Laptops
- Date: Jan 27,2010
Michael Dell may not be a fan of netbooks, but you wouldn’t know that from the newest Mini 10. Joining the current Mini 10v, Dell’s completely overhauled the chassis and added Intel’s new Pine Trail processor.
But that’s not all: come February the little laptop will be available with Broadcom’s Crystal HD accelerator, which promises full HD playback on a high-res 1366 x 768 display. But does the $425 package rid us of our tireless complaints that Atom can’t handle HD, and does it rival netbooks based on NVIDIA’s Ion platform?
And perhaps more importantly, can we count on the Mini 10 to be a valuable member of the growing Pine Trail netbook fraternity when it comes to battery life and ergonomics? Read on to find out! Read the rest of this entry »
- Author: admin
- Filed under: Laptops
- Date: May 11,2009
Toshiba’s 10.1-inch netbook — the Dynabook UX — hasn’t been on our radar terribly long, but already it’s beginning to make the review rounds.
Portable Monkey’s just gotten their hands on one and while they are fans of the design, think the over all build quality is a bit better than many netbooks, and also found the battery life to be pretty good (they got about 3.5 hours per charge), there are also a few drawbacks.
The keyboard is cramped, the built-in scrolling is none too responsive, and the volume of the speakers is extremely quiet. Read the rest of this entry »
