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Hot pink for the Dell Mini
Eric Franklin | Nov 21, 2008
(Credit: Dell)
The recently released Dell Inspiron Mini 9 is getting a face lift. Depending on your taste, that is. What I'm trying to say is that if you like hot pink, you're in for a treat.
On Thursday, Dell launched new colors and graphics designs for the Mini 9. OK, not just hot pink, but you'll have your choice of cherry red as well. If, however, you'd actually like to leave the house with your computer, Dell is also offering Mini 9s with art by "designer toy" designer Tristan Eaton.
I must say, a couple of the Tristan-designed cases are cool-looking, but personally I'd probably stick with plain, boring colors to match my plain and boring life. Now, if I was Paris Hilton or Seen it's possible that I'd be more excited.
Via CNET Crave
BenQ's shock-resistant Netbook
Darius Chang | Nov 20, 2008
While NEC's Netbook makes its claim to fame by being able to handle 150kgf of pressure, BenQ's first attempt at this market heads for a similar vein. Similar to a G-Shock watch, the BenQ JoyBook Lite U101 is tested to withstand drops of up to 76cm.
But that is not all. The Taiwanese maker is also claiming to be the first Netbook with a 16:9 aspect ratio screen. Granted not many will be using the 10.1-inch display as their primary entertainment machine, but it's nice to know that this UMPC can double as a portable movie player if it has to. Its other specifications include:
The machine has a recommended retail of S$888 (US$594.26) and will be available in Singapore during the upcoming SITEX show. Other Asian markets will also be rolling out units at the end of November.
Mac OS X Snow Leopard coming early?
Mike Ricciuti | Nov 20, 2008
Apple's OS X Snow Leopard may be on tap for the start of the new year, slightly earlier than expected.
The update appears to be slated for debut in the first quarter of 2009, according to a slide presented by Jordan Hubbard, Apple's director of engineering for Unix technologies, at a conference last week.
Snow Leopard, or version 10.6 of the operating system, is expected to be optimized for multicore processors, include QuickTime X, and offer built-in support for Microsoft's Exchange 2007 software.
A slide presented on Friday by an Apple executive.
Apple previewed Snow Leopard in June. At that time, Apple said that Snow Leopard was "scheduled to ship in about a year."
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AMD says no to Netbooks
Darius Chang | Nov 19, 2008
The upcoming Congo and Yukon platforms have been hailed by many as AMD's answer to the Intel Atom platform. However, the chipmaker has come out and said, categorically, that it does not plan to compete in the Netbook arena and that its new chipsets are meant for ultra-thin-and-light machines like the MacBook Air (pictured).
But if we take a look at the market, the very definition of what makes a Netbook is changing. Not only is it hitting screen sizes previously reserved for ultraportables, there is even talk of putting a discrete graphics card into an Eee PC. The low-cost factor of Netbooks is also slowly being thrown out the window with some machines going over the S$1,000 (US$669.21) mark. Bahr Mahony, director of AMD Notebook Product Marketing also commented that the high return rate of Netbooks in Europe show that users were not satisfied with the performance of this class of machines.
On the other hand, with dual-core Atom chips already used in Nettops, it is only a matter of time when Netbooks hit a performance envelope close to that of full-fledged ultraportables. Will AMD eat its words then? Only time will tell.
Another "inter-departmental" sleeve for ultraportable fans
Michelle Thatcher | Nov 19, 2008
If you're still chuckling over Steve Jobs' manila-envelope trick during the Macworld 2008 keynote, this one's for you.
The white Italian leather of the Inter-departmental Mail Computer Sleeve from Kena Kai is embossed with the address blocks found on a typical interoffice envelope. For thorough verisimilitude, the sleeve also incorporates a button-and-string closure.
One way the Inter-department Mail Computer Sleeve stands out among its many competitors: it's available in two sizes.
The larger size accommodates ultrathin 13-inch laptops, such as the Apple MacBook Air and the Lenovo ThinkPad X300, as expected. But Kena Kai also sells a smaller version that's designed for Netbooks, such as the ASUS Eee PC 901 and the HP Mini 1000.
Via CNET Crave
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