Acer Aspire One now in India
Acer has announced the launch of their Aspire One range of laptops in the Indian market.
The company aims to provide a cheap computing solution for the Indian customer through this new offering.
The base model comes with a Intel Atom processor in addition to 1 GB of RAM and [...]
Dell is now taking orders for Mini 12
Dell has began taking orders for their mini notebook model Mini 12.
It is placed somewhere between a Netbook and a regular sized notebook.
The shipping date is said to be around the second week of next month.
The prices of this new model starts at USD 550. It comes powered [...]
HP launches Netbooks
Hewlett Packard has become the latest player in the growing Netbook market.
The company is going to launch several models in this segment.
For now, they have on offer three models which would be made available in the retail market by January.
All of these models have a lot of stuff in common. They are all [...]
Windows 7 would have a version for Netbooks
Microsoft has announced that they plan to release a version of Windows 7 that would run fine on Netbooks.
Netbooks are laptops which are designed to be small in size. They come with less powerful processors and are meant to be used as second computer at home.
They are [...]
HP EliteBook 6930p can provide 24 hours battery backup
US based personal computer maker Hewlett Packard has announced their new notebook which when ordered with specific upgrades can provide the user with a 24 hour battery backup.
This new model is HP EliteBook 6930p.
HP said that this notebook when combined with the $189 optional 12-cell ultra-capacity [...]
OLPC XO Laptop to be sold through Amazon
The One Laptop Per Child Foundation is planning to sell their XO laptop through Amazon this holiday season.
The people behind the project hinted that this sale would be similar to the one held last year.
Customers would be paying for two units but would receive one. The other unit [...]
Micro-Star International to showcase Wind laptop in US next month
MSI has announced that they would start selling their much talked about Wind laptop in USA next month.
This Intel Atom processor powered low cost machine would retail for $549 for the Windows XP version.
It would come loaded with a 1.6GHz Atom microprocessor and would have a [...]
Charles Kane: One Laptop Per Child Project has a new President and COO
One Laptop Per Child Project has now announced the appointment of Charles Kane as their new president and chief operating officer.
He would now be responsible for day to day functioning of the organization.
Nicholas Negroponte added that he would now be focusing on the [...]
Eee PC 900 coming to US market for USD 549
Asus has announced that they are bringing the upgraded Eee PC 900 in the US market next month.
It would be launched on May 12 in the US market and it would sell for USD 549.
The pricing is same for both the Linux and Windows XP machines. [...]
Microsoft Windows XP to remain available for low cost laptops
Software giant Microsoft is considering plans to continue supplying Windows XP operating system to makers of low cost laptops.
The company currently has plans to stop offering this aging but still very potent OS in the market later this year.
An official announcement is likely to come from [...]
