netbooks

New netbook dual-core Atom chip announced by Intel

Published on: 10th March, 2011

Intel has officially announced the new dual-core Atom N570 netbook processor through CeBIT. The company’s new processor has been built on a 45nm process and it runs at 1.66GHz, which makes the processor a little bit faster than the N550, the first netbook dual-core Atom. Intel’s processor includes 1MB of L2 cache and supports DDR3 [...]

MeeGo 1.1 is going live

Published on: 31st October, 2010

The mobile MeeGo 1.1 operating system based on Linux and introduced in June is now in release phase and is ready to be downloaded. The new software is offered with a dual-boot option that either loads it or Nokia’s Maemo operating system. The OS is dedicated to the N900 smartphone, Nokia’s flagship, but can also [...]

Microsoft ceased preinstallation of Windows XP on PCs

Published on: 31st October, 2010

Following an announcement made this summer, Microsoft will no more allow PC manufacturers to preload Windows XP on new devices. Its decision refers to computer systems in general, but specifically to notebooks. The only possibility to get Windows XP on a new system will be, from now on, a downgrade option which will be viable [...]

Intel accepts iPad might affect PC sales

Published on: 18th October, 2010

During a call dedicated to the discussion of its summer results, Intel admitted that the iPad cold impact on computer sales but minimized the idea of a long-term effect. Intel’s officials said that the iPad was taking away sales situated “at the margin” because customers who do not have a large income always hat to [...]

Acer says netbooks will not die thanks to prices dropping to beat iPad

Published on: 5th October, 2010

President of Acer Taiwan Scott Lin said in a press conference that he expected netbooks to survive the offensive of tablets like the iPad in spite of general belief. He said that the dual-core Atom N550 would support the category as it provided fifty percent more performance keeping the price reasonable and giving users enough [...]

Acer and ASUS may have new netbooks only after mid-August

Published on: 14th July, 2010

PC makers from Taiwan Acer and ASUS currently wait to sell off current netbook inventories prior to ship new products, says a recent report. Unnamed sources from the industry told to Digitimes that this would not happen until mid of August. The companies are waiting to see the reaction of the market before committing to [...]

Dell and Google to have a deal for Chrome OS netbooks

Published on: 25th June, 2010

Dell has confirmed talks with Google for the implementation of Chrome operating system on netbooks. Amit Midha, Dell’s president of greater China and South Asia has acknowledged that such devices were in the development phase. Such references suggest Dell would be part of this year’s first wave. If Dell adopts Chrome OS, it would be [...]

Dual-core Atom from Intel boosts netbook prices

Published on: 19th May, 2010

Plans to launch Intel’s next-generation dual-core Atom processors dedicated to netbooks during this summer is said, according to new information, to bring up notebook prices. Current netbooks based on Atom 1.6GHz N455 or 1.83GHz N475 are meant to cost from $250 to $350 in the near future. The new N550 with 1GB of DDR3 RAM [...]

Apple’s iPad to jeopardize the netbook market

Published on: 16th May, 2010

Apple’s iPad already has harmful effects on the netbook market, as new research by analyst Katy Huberty from Morgan Stanley shows. The year-over-year growth in sales of netbooks began to dramatically decrease in January, at the same time the iPad was announced. In April, when the iPad shipped, they remained flat at five percent. According [...]

Apple on the top in 2010 Loyalty Index for notebooks and smartphones

Published on: 14th March, 2010

Brand Keys’ 2010 Loyalty Index reveals two important victories for Apple. Thanks to the iPhone, Apple is first in the top of the researchers’ smartphone ranks, while unibody MacBooks helped it be first in the full-size notebook computer category, ahead of Dell and other Windows PC brands. Although Apple does not make a netbook effectively, [...]

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