As a master of the build-to-order PC, it’s no surprise that Dell has managed to create a reasonably customizable version of the Netbook. While most vendors offer them as one-size-fits-all solutions (or with only very minor options, such as color and hard drive), the Inspiron Mini 10 has plenty of ways it can become the [...]
Standing out from the crowd of netbooks is not so easy, but Samsung’s tweaks to its N150 netbook caught our attention. The N150 Plus packs in a larger hard drive (250GB versus 160GB), a utility for waking the machine up faster and using less power in sleep mode, and a fresh, attractive appearance. The Samsung [...]
After much buzz, the first major update to Nvidia’s Ion graphics chipset is finally here. Nvidia calls it, prosaically, “Next-Generation Ion” (we’ll term it “Ion 2″ for short), and we got to test-drive it inside an Asus Eee PC 1201pn, a 12.1-inch netbook built around an Intel Atom N450 (Pine Trail) CPU. The Ion 2 [...]
HP today expanded its award-winning portfolio of mobile products with a new TouchSmart notebook and colorful netbooks, including the company’s first touch-enabled Mini. Building on HP TouchSmart software innovation, the thin, powerful HP TouchSmart tm2 updates the tx2 – the industry’s first convertible notebook PC with multitouch technology designed specifically for consumers. With the convertible [...]
When we associate media playback and computers, netbooks don’t come to mind as the ideal merging of the two. On many netbooks, 720p videos play like slide shows, and you can forget about 1,080p. Even Flash-based media can stutter or look jerky, which is pretty serious, since Flash is one of the Web’s most pervasive [...]
After the success of the N140, Samsung took another step towards creating the ultimate netbook with the NC10. The N210 takes all of the elements that contributed to the success of the previous two models: matte plastic for the screen and the inside of the case, a comfortable keyboard and, most importantly, battery life, which [...]
