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Netbook on the road

But the quality of this little netbook has cost Apple the sale of the 13-inch MacBook Pro I was considering buying to my replace my very sluggish first generation MacBook Air.
via davidhewson.com

Found this really interesting. I've lately found the battery life of my various machines lacking (15" macbook pro, Dell Studio XPS 13). But at the same time the early netbooks (Dell Mini 12) I tried seemed too slow for me, or screen was too small (Dell Mini 10v). I'm sticking with the machines I have for now, but I will be looking at battery life in the future very carefully. That leaves out Apple as a contender, considering the machines they currently have to offer.

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Posted 3 months ago

PC Perspective - Intel Atom 330 Dual-core Processor Review

What was more surprising was what we found under the hood of the ION reference design that NVIDIA sent us - a dual-core Atom 330 processor that we have yet to see in any other products to date.  While all current generation Atom CPUs from Intel are single-core HyperThreaded designs, the Atom 330 has two physical dies on one CPU substrate, each of which is HyperThreaded for a total of 4 threads of CPU power
via pcper.com

Haven't heard of this processor before. And more interestingly in a netbook.

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Posted 3 months ago

Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows: The Windows 7 Netbook Experience

Also, like most netbooks, the NB205 includes an integrated SD slot, so I inserted the 16 GB SD card there and configured it to use 4 GB of space for ReadyBoost.

Hint: You will want a recent, fast SD card if you intend to use it for Windows ReadyBoost. The one I purchased was a "Class 6" unit, which is currently thnye fastest version.

via winsupersite.com

I haven't really tried readyboost, does it really work? How well?

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Posted 4 months ago

Will Netbooks Become Obsolete Courtesy of Intel’s CULV Platform?

At the end of the day, Mark makes a compelling argument for this sector to start displacing netbooks. The product gains performance, offers more screen real estate yet is still easy to tote around and offers solid battery life. While we’re expecting the Intel PineTrail Atom devices within the next month or two, I think Mark’s final point is accurate: “[i]f you can nab a fully capable ultraportable for less than 400 bucks, I think traditional netbook prices will have to sink even further if the category is going to stick around.”
via jkontherun.com

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Posted 4 months ago