New Asus Netbooks Will Come with the Flare Design

Asus is re-designing their netbook line from the “seashell”-inspired design to the “flare” which will still feature the island-style keyboard with the flat keys. But unlike the old seashell, this will have a slightly raised palm rest area. This design has already been used in the Asus Eee PC X101 MeeGo netbook but will also [...]

Acer Aspire D270, Acer’s First Cedar Trail Netbook

The Lenovo IdeaPad S110 isn’t the only netbook coming with the new Intel Cedar Trail processor. Acer is also going to be releasing one, the Acer Aspire One D270 (AOD270) that will come with the 1.6GHz Intel Atom N2600 processor. There’s little to be said about the new netbook but it’s supposed to come with [...]

Asus Eee PC 1015PEM Review: Good, solid netbook choice

The Asus Eee PC 1015PEM comes with an Intel Atom N550 processor in an attractive package and runs for 8 hours in a singel charge. It’s a definitle strong choice for a netbook, and one you won’t regret getting. [Rating:6.5/7] Here’s why.

Netbooks Around the World: NEC LaVie Light BL550

NEC has just introduced their own 1.5GHz Intel Atom N550-ran netbook, the NEC LaVie Light BL550, in Japan. Here are the specs: 10.1 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel HD display 1.5GHz Intel Atom N550 dual core CPU 2GB memory 320GB hard drive Windows 7 Home Premium It also comes with SDXC support and WiMax but [...]

Acer Aspire One 721 Review: Good screen, bad Battery Life

The 11.6″ Acer Aspire One 721 has a faster AMD Athlon II Neo processor/ATI graphics pair-up than your average Intel Atom-powered netbook. Plus it has a larger display than your average 10-incher and a more comfortable keyboard. It is also, a little less expensive than an Intel netbook. What makes it also a little less [...]