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Acer Aspire One 721 Review
The Acer Aspire One 721 is an 11.6″ netbook. The heart of the machine, is notable as it is not another Atom, and is the AMD K125 processor, which runs at 1.7 GHz. While it is a single core product, a year of architecture enhancements may put it on par with some other parts out [...]
Continue reading...AMD Stays the Course
6. June 2010 | by Jonas
While the Apple iPad has certainly shaken up the netbook market, one thing has not changed. While AMD got caught without any competitive offering to the Intel Atom processor, they are playing catchup. This will culminate with their Bobcat processor, due out for 2011. AMD has reconfirmed their commitment to the platform. While we all can [...]
Continue reading...AMD Bobcat
3. May 2010 | by Jonas
AMD has been on the sidelines of the netbook chip market. And with no competition, Intel is quite happy to keep the Atom performance about a decade out of date. Anyone who thinks we don’t need AMD, can point to this example of once again Intel resting on its laurels when no one else is [...]
Continue reading...AMD V105 Processor
19. April 2010 | by Jonas
For quite some time, Intel has dominated the netbook space with their Atom processor. During this time, AMD has focused on other areas, mostly the affordable higher end. However, it looks like AMD is getting off the sidelines, and getting ready to jump into the netbook space. The processor is expected to debut in an Acer [...]
Continue reading...Six Netbooks With An Extra Inch
30. November 2009 | by Jonas
While netbooks started with 7″ displays, users realized that the limit of these early devices was not the processor or memory, but rather the display. They wanted, make that demanded more screen real estate. Manufacturers responded, and the size of the LCD grew to 8.9″, and subsequently morphed into 10.1″. While this larger size is [...]
Continue reading...Deal of the Day: Gateway LT3103
12. November 2009 | by Jonas
For today, online clearance giant Woot has an attractive deal on the LT3103. This is the spiritual brother of the Acer 751 and they both have an 11″ screen. The difference is that the Gateway trades in Acer’s Atom Z520 chip and Win XP for an Athlon L110, and Windows Vista. Maybe the odd parts are [...]
Continue reading...MSI U210
31. August 2009 | by Jonas
Breaking the netbook mold, MSI’s U210 netbook is appearing stateside. While the $429 price may not appeal the budget buyer, don’t scratch it off till you see the stats as they are pretty good. Athlon Neo MV-40 1.6 GHz Processor 12.1″ LCD display 2 GB DDR RAM 250 GB SATA hard drive WiFi b/g/n HDMI (1) USB 2.0 (3) Windows Vista Home Premium 6 [...]
Continue reading...AMD Based Netbook
7. July 2009 | by Jonas
AMD has been staying away from the netbook space, and not surprisingly Intel has been dominating it. Slowly though, AMD’s chips are finding their way into this market segment. this model from Medion is an example. Proving that a netbook can be made without the Intel Atom processor, this Medion uses a Sempron 1.5 GHz chip. [...]
Continue reading...Gateway L3103u 11.6″ Netbook
29. June 2009 | by Jonas
The recently announced Gatewway LT3100 was not only spotted, but it was brought home and played with from a local Best Buy store. Turns out that Best Buy has it as the Gateway L3103u, probably some exclusive variant. The specs are along the lines of the mini-notebook, more than a pure netbook. The hard drive is [...]
Continue reading...Gateway LT3100
24. June 2009 | by Jonas
Gateway has waited to join the netbook party. They are introducing the Gateway LT3100. However, this is not quite a netbook, and more like a first cousin of one. Kind of like an affordable, ultraportable, then a full fledged netbook. Let’s take a look at the specs to see what we’re talking about. AMD Athlon 64 [...]
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