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Microsoft to giveaway HP netbooks

by David Allen on July 3rd, 2009
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Australians get all of the luck, nice weather, vast open spaces and Microsoft giving away 2,300 HP mini netbook that has been preloaded with Windows 7 for free, does it get any better than that? This is all to do with the Microsoft TechEd Australia Conference due to take place on the 8th to the 11th ...

The Archos 10s up close

by David Allen on July 3rd, 2009
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The thinner and lighter Archos 10s has appeared in the UK at only 0.86” thick that is thin and it weighs in at only 2.2 pounds. This machine can actually seen as the J & W Minix 811 this one was put on show the other week at the Computex 2009. As far as the specs go there is little change, in ...

Netbooks could be free

by David Allen on July 2nd, 2009
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The time may have come when netbooks are given away for free by the mobile carriers, according to the Head of a Linux advocacy group, the Linux foundation. He was speaking at a Beijing forum of prominent Chinese business people. Many companies such as AT&T already sell subsidised 3G netbo ...

Asus offers another reason to buy

by David Allen on July 2nd, 2009
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Like a sales representative that will not take no for an answer, Asus keep coming up with a reason for the consumer to buy an Asus Eee PC or even two. However, the thing is the computer remains the same it is just the look of the computer that changes. It is as if the design office at Asus ar ...

Dell to introduce GPS in the Mini 10

by David Allen on July 2nd, 2009
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As from next week, the Dell Mini 10 will have the option for GPS, this helps in two ways. The first is that if the computer is stolen and the thieves do not disable the device, it can be tracked. The second and a bit more like big brother is that companies who issue these computers to travelling sta ...

Manli gets fresh appeal

by David Allen on June 19th, 2009
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This is the Manli laptop as on display at the Computex 2009, this has been featured before but not with so much up close and personal detail. Hence, the repeat, but more information warrants it. We have to wonder though, will we ever see these computers here or is this just another brand that is lim ...

Hybrid netbooks cannot have XP

by David Allen on June 5th, 2009
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Fortunately, there are not too many hybrid laptops around, the only one that is popular and available is the MSI’s 10-inch Wind U115 Hybrid, this uses the 8 Gb solid state drive (SSD) and also at the same time has a 160 Gb hard drive (HHD). This means that the user can switch between the tw ...

Top five notebooks according to Lifehacker

by David Allen on June 1st, 2009
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The advantage of having a huge following is that it is possible to gauge customer feelings when it comes to certain products and get a good average view of what is popular. In this case, the product is netbooks. Lifehacker has produced a list of top five netbooks it is not in any order yet and the c ...

Asus launching into the Australian market

by David Allen on May 29th, 2009
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Asus are looking to enter the Australian market with the launch of the Asus Eee PC T91 convertible touchscreen tablet, the Eee PC 1008HA Seashell and the Eee PC 1005HA. These computers are likely to be available from the 1st July. The Prices of these laptops: The Eee PC T91 convertible touchs ...

What is so good about the Eee PC 1000HV

by David Allen on May 28th, 2009
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When Asus released the Eee PC 1000HV there was little known about what the HV actually meant, but the 1000 HV apart from everything that you think it meant. The 1000 HV comes with an ATI Raedeon HD 3450 video card that has its very own 256 Mb of memory and the Super Hybrid Engine, this means that th ...