Category: Laptops / Notebooks
Whoever owns the Commodore brand is getting in on the Netbook scene, with the UMMD 8010/F
Honestly, my dad’s got a Netbook coming out this Autumn. He’s pitching it against my mum’s, which is simply a lower-spec version of the one my sister put out last year.
The point is, everyone’s releasing bloody mega-portable Eee PC-alikes these days – even companies we all thought had long since stopped existing. Like Commodore here, with its all-new UMMD 8010/F, a netbook featuring pretty much what we’ve come to expect from one of these new wave mini laptops. Brace yourselves, the technical specifications paragraph is coming up next…
An update for the MSI Wind – bigger and pinker than ever
In the world of netbooks, everything moves rather quickly and the Wind has never been one to stand still – the MSI Wind, that is. The popular mini-laptop was updated yesterday with a new choice of colours, memory capacities and even operating systems…
Sony and Tosh top notebook PC reliability chart, third of Americans want Apple
A recent consumer survey by Which? magazine suggests that Sony and Toshiba top the pile when it comes to laptop reliability, both scoring 93%.
Perhaps surprisingly given how they’re used, and the belief that laptop computers don’t last as long, portable PCs scored better than their desktop relatives.
Apple tied with Dell and Compaq at the top of the chart for desktop computer reliability, with 86%.
Of course these results are based on consumer experience rather than scientific measurement, so it doesn’t mean those brands at the top of the pile are necessarily the best…
IFA 2008: Fortune Technology's Sound Base G1 – surround sound for your laptop
Dan’s been taking a look at a laptop dock from Fortune Technology called the Sound Base G1. You sit your laptop on it, plug it in via USB, and then you get to enjoy surround sound with your music. Simple, and attractive. No word on when it’s out or how much it costs…
IFA 2008: Hands on with the Samsung X360
Lucky Zara from ShinyShiny has just managed to get her hands on the Samsung X360 which we were talking about yesterday. Turns out that it’s just as attractive in person as it was in the promo photos (the laptop, not Zara).
IFA 2008: LG announces the X110 netbook
Netbooks are just too big a business for companies to walk away from these days and LG is the latest to be lured into the market with the upcoming launch of the LG X110 sub-notebook as announced at IFA today…
IFA 2008: Medion Akoya Mini E1211 – a 10-inch netbook for the market
No, this isn’t another of the endless teasers about the Dell E, this is actually about the Medion Mini as announced at IFA 2008 today. The only problem is that Medion didn’t bother sending out any pictures and, what with the famous Dell pencil, it seemed like the perfect image to get across the sense of what I’m talking about.
So, the market launch of the Medion Akoya Mini E1211 is planned for October…
IFA 2008 GALLERY: Medion broke its back lugging all these new PCs over
Medion has announced a pile of new PCs at IFA today, ranging from its AKOYA Nettop PC – a slimline desktop powered by Intel's fashionable Atom – to illuminated monsters like the ERAZER X7303 D Game PC, for gamers who won't even look at something unless its plastered in blue LEDs and has things measured in terabytes.
So here's a look at the whole lot of them. This is my first go at doing an image gallery, by the way. Please be gentle if it's a bit broken.
Click on the pic below to start the Medion range Interactive Tour. All aboard!
Dual core Atom chip in the works at Intel
The Atom chip is a low-power chip that powers the vast majority of the rapidly expanding netbook market of tiny, cheap computers, and Intel have just announced the arrival of a dual-core version…
