Showing posts with label Asus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Asus. Show all posts

Saturday, September 5, 2009

Friday, March 6, 2009

Top 10 Netbooks - PC World

Chart - Top 10 Netbooks - PC World: "Netbooks (aka mini-notebooks, mini-notes or 'laptots') are perfect travel companions and meet basic computing needs, including e-mailing, Web surfing, and document creation. Best of all, these low-powered machines cost less than the standard-issue laptop."

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Netbooks take center stage at CES

Netbooks take center stage at CES (Reuters) by Reuters: Yahoo! Tech

"Netbooks were everywhere and on everyone's lips at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, expanding as a category of small laptop PCs that are rewriting the rules for the struggling computer industry.

While nearly every major PC makers had a new netbook on display at the four-day show ending on Sunday, no two companies seemed to agree on what the rules are to define this segment of tiny, ultra-portable notebooks.

Some netbooks are stripped-down PCs optimized for Internet use and costing a relatively affordable $300-$400. But others are fancier, like Sony Corp's $900, 8-inch device with all the bells and whistles of full-sized notebooks."

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Rounding up the latest Netbooks


Rounding up the latest Netbooks - CNET Reviews

"The last couple of months have seen pretty much every big player in the PC market jump into the Netbook game with both feet. While we used to talk about Asus and MSI as dominant brands, now it's Dell, HP, and Lenovo.

The category continues to grow; after all, for around $500 (or less) you can take advantage of Internet access, e-mail, word processing, music playback, and even online video streaming. Netbooks do all of these things fairly well. We've got a video version of this roundup available as well."

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

ThinkFree launches office suite for Netbooks

ThinkFree launches office suite for Netbooks Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone - CNET

"ThinkFree, a company that specializes in 'next-gen' office productivity solutions, announced Tuesday that it has launched its ThinkFree Netbook solution, which will deliver word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation applications for Netbooks running Intel's Atom chipsets, like the Asus Eee PC or the Acer Aspire One.

According to ThinkFree, its Netbook Edition offers a simplified user interface and compatibility with Microsoft Office 2007 files. Most importantly, the software is optimized for a small screen and features integration with ThinkFree's online service that allows users to collaborate with each other and synchronize documents on-the-go."

Saturday, September 13, 2008

SHOW #053 - NerdBoyTV GADGETS: Dell & Asus Netbooks

The "netbook" is a new category of mini-laptop designed for easy portability that's primarily used for surfing the Internet and checking e-mail. In this episode, Ryan Yee shares C-NET product reviews on the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 and Asus Eee PC 900.