The Toshiba Portégé R500. This thing is one heck of an ultraportable. The R500 sports a 12-inch display and a full size keyboard and yet still is able to weigh in at only 1.7 pounds.
The last Toshiba Portégé R500 weighed 2.4 pounds, to lose those ever important 0.7 pounds Toshiba removed the optical drive.
The Toshiba [...]
The Toshiba Portégé R500, 1.7 Pound 12-inch Notebook
Computers, Mobile, Notebooks, PC No Comments »Lenovo IdeaPad U110, 2.4lbs 11.1″ Notebook Shown On Video
Computers, Notebooks, PC, Video No Comments »Lenovo’s IdeaPad U110 is 2.4lbs, it features an Intel Core 2 Duo L7500 (1.6GHz) processor, 2GB memory, 120GB HDD, 11.1-inch widescreen WXGA display, Bluetooth, Wifi, dual-layer DVD burner, 1.3 megapixel web cam, and priced at $1,899.
The notebook looks to be very competitive with the MacBook Air (which I’m sure a lot of people will compare [...]
CTL Announces Ultraportable Notebook For $350
Computers, Linux, Mobile, Notebooks, PC No Comments »Here comes another one of those oh so popular ultraportable notebooks, this time it is made by CTL (maker of the Classmate 2) and is called the IL1 and is so far the cheapest ultraportable I’ve seen, priced at $350.
Via C7-M 1GHz processor
1GB RAM
7″ LED-backlit LCD (800×480)
Integrated graphics
VGA output for second monitor
4GB solid state drive
2x [...]
HP Mini-Note 2133 Unboxing Pics
Computers, Notebooks, PC, Photos No Comments »An Engadget reader received his HP Mini-Note 2133 in the mail and sent them some great unboxing pics. I’ll tell you what, I would really enjoy having one of these computer. It’s a great design and looks like it has excellent build quality, much better than the Asus Eee PC.
HP Mini-Note 2133 Unboxing Gallery
I figured [...]
Asus Eee PC 900 Shown Off on Video
Mobile, Notebooks, PC, Video No Comments »Here’s a pretty early video of the Asus Eee PC 900, you know the one with the 8.9″ screen. This version has a 900MHz Celeron M processor running at the full 900MHx (as aposed to the previous version which only ran at 630MHz).
The 900 also runs Windows XP which seems to work pretty good on [...]
HP 2133 Mini-Note PC Coming This Month For $499
Computers, Notebooks, PC No Comments »HP is expected to launch its new HP 2133 Mini-Note PC at the end of this month for $499. The notebook weighs in at a mere 2 pounds and features a 8.9″ 1280×800 LCD screen, VIA C7-M ULV CPU, full QWERTY keyboard, Wifi, Bluetooth, and an integrated web cam.
I absolutely love this little notebook, it [...]
Asus Releasing Eee PC 900 In May
Computers, Linux, Mobile, Notebooks, PC No Comments »According to DigiTimes Asus is pushing their upcoming Eee PC from June to May to help fight off some of the competition coming from the likes of Acer, HP and everyone else.
Remember that this isn’t set in stone yet but it would make sense that Asus would want to get their second generation product out [...]
Asus Eee PC Now Available With XP Preinstalled From Best Buy
Computers, Mobile, Notebooks, PC, XP No Comments »Best Buy has added a product page for the Asus Eee PC with Windows XP preinstalled.
This version of the Eee PC has a 900MHz Intel Celeron M Processor
512MB DDR2 memory
7″ 800×480 LCD
4GB solid state drive
Intel UMA graphics
Built in web cam
3 USB ports
802.11b/g
Priced at $399.99
The specs are identicle to the similarly priced Eee PC 4G, but [...]
