Frontier UX Netbook has Pine Trail AND DVD Burner

If there was one thing that I wish a little netbook has, it would be an optical disc drive. I want a small machine that fits into my bag, it’s thin, virtually weightless, but can also play DVDs. Pretty much like my laptop except… well, smaller. I’d like to watch movies, listen to music, maybe [...]

MSI Wind U123 with Windows 7 Starter Now Available, $380

Finally! A Windows 7-loaded MSI netbook. MSI put Windows 7 Starter on their 10.2″ MSI Wind U123 series, now available from Newegg.com and Buy.com.
Both variants have the following technical specs:

10.2” 1024 x 600 matte display
Atom N280 processor
1GB RAM
160GB HDD
1.3MP Webcam
802.11n Wi-Fi
9-Cell battery (7800mAh), up to 9.5 hours
Windows 7 Starter

The MSI Wind U123 is available [...]

Gateway Windows 7 netbook line-up

Similar to it’s sister company Acer, Gateway is selling it’s 10″ LT series of netbooks with Windows 7 starter. Read our full review of the Gateway LT series. Here are the different customizations and price points you can choose from at Amazon:

Range 1 – Fast processor, lots of storage, so-not-worth-the-price
1.66GHz Intel N280, 250GB HDD, 6 [...]

HP Mini 311 Review : Windows 7 Home, Nvidia Ion from Verizon

Latest news is that the Samsung GO will find itself in AT&T’s list of subsidized netbooks. The HP Mini 311 has been added to the list of Verizon’s subsidized netbooks, and while we’ve already reviewed the HP Mini 311 with Nvidia with Windows XP, we’ve yet to see how the HP Mini 311 with Nvidia [...]

Is it finally bye-bye to Windows XP?

With the apparent success of Windows 7, is Microsoft really ready to retire the decade old Windows XP?
Microsoft “has commited to offering [the OS] for another year”, according to The Register, which means that by 2011 (or as early as 2010), every new Microsoft machine will come with a version of Windows 7, and it’s [...]