How about focusing on the design?
“Netbooks” was introduced to the world late in 2007 and since then evolved from tiny laptops with 7″ screen and 2GB SSD to today’s larger newborns that sets standard at 10″ with larger HDD capacity. Some are even larger at 12″. But for a while now, I have not seen significant changes on these power and performance parts except for the battery, which now lasts up to 400% longer than before.
HP stylish netbook
Lately there’s also not much of interesting news on netbooks upgrades. Specially on Asus netbooks, which quite upgrades only the model name. Of course I’m exaggerating. But seriously, I think there’s not much. Also, for a couple of weeks already, the talk-of-the-internet was the new Google Chrome OS for netbooks and how Microsoft feels about it.
Dell stylish Netbook
What if we suggest netbooks manufacturer to focus more on enhancing the design of their products. And by design, I’m talking about how it looks from the outside; more on cosmetics.
Yes, some of them are working on how to make slimmer netbooks so people can carry it more easily. But I think it’s also not enough. Most netbooks today tends to prioritize the ‘business look and feel’ so how about making netbooks with hundreds of unique cool skin designs to choose from? -artistic, anime, nature, people, etc. At least we don’t have to change it ourselves. I know it doesn’t make much sense but just to be different. HP has been releasing Vivienne Tam Edition netbooks and I think it’s cool. Though the design is so feminine and the price is also higher.
Toshiba stylish Netbook
I have not thought of other suggestions yet, so if you think this would make sense, please let me hear comments.
This idea originates from The Moment.
What OS does your netbook run?
[UPDATE: Added Windows 7 on the poll.]
Since I got my first netbook which is an Asus Eee PC 701 in 2007, I have had tried different operating systems already like Ubuntu EEE (Easy Peasy), Tiger, Puppy, Mandriva, and many more. Xandros, which comes by default with the Eee PC 701 is one of the most user-friendly distributions, though there are a number of drawbacks with that OS before. I’ve liked every Linux OS I’ve installed but after a while I realized that since I require IE for specific applications I support, I decided to stick with Windows XP.
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Abe of Yugatech.com is receiving a bucket of inquiries regarding the best netbook choice, so he created a simple netbook guide which helps buyer decide which one to buy. He gathered several netbooks to compare and rate. Rating is based on features, design, battery life, price and value for money. Each netbook will be rated 0 – 10, 10 being the highest score.
Based on his results, I generated a chart that would hopefully illustrate the ratings/value better for each netbooks compared to each other. Overall rating favors the Asus Eee PC 1000HE which got the highest rating of 8.2.
Overall Rating
Of course you don’t have to consider the overall rating when buying netbooks. You could also rely on categories you only want. And the results are also available after the break.
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Netbooks Updates
Customizing Acer Aspire One GUI
While Acer Aspire One already has its cool user interface out of the box, it seems it still not satisfy everyone’s palates, because someone exerted efforts discovering a way to customize it. The process involves modifying an xml file, which seems to be easy if you follow the steps that are detailed on the article.
Netbooks and MIDs: How they differ?
Meanwhile, “Netbooks” and “MID” now have new definitions that pretty much define their differences. According to Intel, netbooks are “clamshells”, with 7 – 10.2 inch screens, built purposely for Internet use. While MIDs are pocketable devices with a 4 to 7-inch screen that take a clamshell, slider or tablet form and are custom built for “Internet-based targeted usages”. Seems like the Gigabyte tablet-convertible might not be considered as netbook in this sense. All these we learned from jkOnTheRun.
HP Mini Vivienne Tam Edition
HP Mini 1000 now has a Vivienne Tam Edition that looks very similar to its predecessor of the same edition. Options for specs upgrade are available and prices start at $699. The latter is now available for order.
Asus Eee PC 1002HA Review
Asus Eee PC 1002HA review has been published and Laptop is pretty happy of their experience. Pros includes its sleek design, multi-touch trackpad, wide keyboard estate and good wi-fi performance. While the right shift key positioning still draws for the cons, together with shorter battery life and no option for extended battery. Third party batteries might be under way, so don’t worry too much.
Raon Digital will have SSD-based Everun
Raon’s Everun Note has remarkably been the first netbook to have Dual Core processor with its AMD Turion 1.2G processor, and the combination of touch-screen, wifi, and bluetooth technologies. The company is also suggesting that Everun Note is best for Power Users, given its specs that surely tells you it’s powerful. The only thing they might have missed is using SSD instead of spinning HDD, which is not a big deal. And now to give better options, they are offering two new SSD-based netbooks.
The S16S, dubbed as the low-end version of the two, will sport 4GB SLC + 12GB MLC SSD, 1.2G Sempron CPU and will run in Ubuntu. Price is not confirmed yet but according to UMPC Portal, it will have $659 pre-tax retail price.
The high-end version D24S, will keep its original 1.2G Turion Dual Core processor and will still run in Windows XP. It will also have a total of 24GB SSD, one 8GB SLC and an 16GB MLC. We think it’s safe to assume that the OS will be on the 8GB. The price for this version will be $950 pre-tax, though not confirmed as well.
It’s always good to know that some companies are moving ahead according to demands, giving better options and alternatives to consumers. And while they have not yet considered the AMD netbook CPU, we guess they will soon do, to increase an hour or 2 on their current maximum battery life of 3 hours.
via UMPC Portal
AMD to Launch CPU for Netbooks
AMD has been playing in the field of fast CPU’s for desktops and laptops eversince, competing head to head with other CPU makers like Intel and Via. And if you’ve been wondering if AMD is going to jump into Atom bandwagon, it seems likely so, as they have announced they’re making netbook CPU’s and will be launching the latter later this quarter or first quarter next year.
Raon’s Everun has been successful with their netbook which is quitely a monster netbook as it’s faster compared to other netbooks, with its AMD Turion Dual Core, but it’s also hungry on power. Even hungrier if it does not have tha ability to automatically change clock speed depending on power supply.
AMD has been a better option for PC Buyers in the past years, as it is cheaper yet as powerful as Intel. Now that there’s going to be CPU for netbooks from AMD, we’re looking for cheaper netbooks coming their way as well. And as netbook sales spears high today, we are optimistic to see the sales spears much higher when AMD comes to play.
