Lenovo and Samsung both announced that they will be delaying the release of their next generation ION-equipped netbook until Windows 7 is released. This was made known due to the idea that this ION-powered netbook will run better on Windows 7 rather than Vista or Home XP. Windows 7 is the next flagship operating system by Microsoft that will be released...

I already owned three netbooks since february of this year but my desire to own new one hasn’t end. Last february, I bought an MSI Wind U100 for Php15,900.00. It was my first portable computer since I came to know the bits and bytes of digital world. The unit came with no bluetooth and has limited 80GB of hard disk space. Later on, after a month of craving...

May 20, 2009

Version 2 of Intel’s Moblin has arrived promising better compatibility and stability. Intel announced Moblin 2.0, a stripped-down distribution of Linux optimized for smaller screens on netbooks and mobile Internet devices (MIDs). The new Linux flavor is fine-tuned to run on Atom powered netbooks to maximize its power efficiency and performance. Netbooks...

Mar 30, 2009

It’s a fact for netbook enthusiasts that 2009 is the year when the inexpensive and lightweight sub notebook are being packed with more features previously only available on their bigger brothers. Last year we had MSI Wind, Acer Aspire One and Asus Eee to choose from. They were all equipped with the same basic features such as Atom N270 CPU, 1GB DDR2...

Asustek, the first company to conquer the sub notebook market with its Eee 700 netbook is about to launch another Eee brand netbook with built-in optial disc drive (ODD). The E1004DN will be the first netbook to be equipped with an ODD and will be priced around $531-590. This may be quite odd as this machine is already encroaching the low-cost notebook market....