Viewsonic are probably better known for their monitors, but it seems that there are so many gaps in the computer market these days that they have decided to bring their own products out. There are two mini laptops of interest, the VNB 100 and VNB 101 and they are quite interesting.
Features of the VNB 100 and VNB 101
10.2 inch & 102 x 600 pixel displays
2 GB of RAM
160 GB hard drives
802.11b/g Wi-Fi
Bluetooth 2.0
VNB 100 has a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU
VNB 101 has a slightly faster 1.66GHz Int
The mobile broadband provider AT&T has added more mini laptops to its subsidised range, as from now new customers will be able to pick up an Acer Aspire One, Dell Inspiron Mini 10, and Lenovo IdeaPad S10.
All three machines offer similar specs, 10 inch display, 1 Gb, 160 Gb hard drive, Windows XP and multi touch trackpad. The cost for the machines will $200 when taken on a two year contract at a cost of $40 per month
Finally the Dell Mini 10v has gone on sale, with a product page finally up and running on the Dell website, but despite all of the hype and talk about it. The best thing about this news is the price of the computer a Dell with all the features that you would expect for less than $300, it really doesn’t get any better than that or does it.
Features:
Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz CPU
1 GB RAM
10.1-inch wide-screen (1024 × 576)
120 GB HDD
Three cell battery
Windows XP
UPDATE:
This is a new model from Dell it is a Latitude 2100 and has been marketed for the schools sector. There have been rumours of this machine for a few months now and finally it has come out this Dell is similar to most of their machines with the exception of weight and thickness, these look as if they are built for a tough world, with rubberized cover and an anti microbial keyboard, sounds like a school machine to me!
Features of the Del
The two Japanese computer manufacturers Toshiba and Fujitsu have both brought to the market their versions of mini laptops the NB200 and NB100 from Toshiba and the M2010 from Fujitsu. It is a surprise that they have left it so long considering that the market is overloaded with mini laptops from almost all computer makers. The popularity of mobile broadband and Wi-Fi has increased the amount of users who like to be connected while they are out of the home or office.
Features:
The NB200 features Intel Atom N280 processor, 1GB of memory, 160GB hard drive and Windows XP
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There is no doubt that the computer maker Acer have been knocking out some seriously cool machines recently like this nine inch version and is probably the best one around for the size. It seems that this one could even be better than the ten inch version, because it is highly portable and has most the features too. The only problem with these mini laptops is that they take a long time to load up.
There are quite few offers on mini laptops around these days and Dell are right up there getting the deals out. Like this one for the Dell Mini 10 evolution model 1011, this is being offered at an amazing $299.
The 10v as it is also known as is a replacement for the z se
There has been a lot of talk over the recent changes to the IdeaPad S10-2; the casing has a more rounded feel to it, while there are some subtle changes to the keyboard, ports and LED lights. One interesting thing is the SIM card slot at the rear of the machine, it is a good idea, but is it safe?
Specs:
For anyone that can remember, Palm brought out the Foleo a long time before the mini laptop turned up on the scene; these hand held clamshell devices offered the user a full QWERTY keyboard. The only difference was that the Foleo had to be used with conjunction with the Palm mobile phone in order to be connected.
Asus have been knocking out new mini laptops like anyone’s business, the 1008HA is already appearing in the stores while the extra special 1008HA Seashell has been officially launched in Korea recently but no news of when it is going to appear on the shelves here. The details of the Seashell are still a little sketchy but there are some specs available to be getting on with:
