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Cloned Acer Aspire One

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Laptop Pimp

A lot of mini laptops look similar in style and shape, but that does not mean that they are copies or anything, yet occasionally there comes along something that looks remarkably similar to another model and upon further inspection you realise that it is in fact a clone. That is what this JingWah Digital Fashion A10, look closer and you will notice similarities to the Acer Aspire One, even some of the specs are the same.

Features:

VIA C7M CPU

8.9 inch display

1 GB of RAM

Wi-Fi

160 GB HDD

No details on pr

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Fake Acer Aspire One Spotted

Posted on July 17, 2009 by Laptop Pimp

Clearly, this is going to be from China, as that does seem to be the place where clones pop up every now and then. This clone is known as the T26 and it is remarkably similar to the Acer Aspire One S101. When it comes to the price, it seems that the consumer in China may be tempted with the T26!

Both the clone and the S101 have:

10.2 inch

1024 x 600 pixel display

Intel Atom N270 processors

1GB of RAM

160GB hard drives

Windows XP

However:

Clone has 802.11b/g Wi-Fi

S101 has 802.11n Wi-Fi

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Laptop DIY – How to Make a Cup-Holder Laptop Stand!

Posted on July 15, 2009 by Laptop Pimp

Here’s a rather interesting laptop DIY where Mike has built a laptop stand that will fit perfectly snug in his car’s cup-holder using PVC pipes. This might beat the socks off many in-car laptop stands out there that cost big dollars. Heck, I am gonna go make one this week! Great DIY Mike!

The commercially made units also bolt to the floor and take time and tools to install and remove. I always thought there had to be a better way. One day I had a brainstorm. I figured out a quick and easy way to bui

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Great hack for Asus Eee PC

Posted on July 7, 2009 by Laptop Pimp

The are plenty of hacks out there for most laptops, but are there are not many around that introduce useful status LED’s that let you know what is happening with the computer. This could be to indicate charging, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and something that is really cool incoming messages.

The is what the netbook hacker known as Justblair has done, he has added an extra LED to the casing of his Asus Eee PC 901 and wir

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How to Overclock the Eee PC 1101HA!

Posted on July 3, 2009 by Laptop Pimp

It is not the normal thing to worry about, but according to Netbook Italia who recently got their hands on a brand new Asus Eee PC 1101HA and while they were messing around with the machine, they found out something very interesting. It can be overclocked by up to 32%, this makes the processor work faster, and in fact, they believe that it feels like an Intel Atom N270, which is great news.

Specs:

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Sensor creates a touchscreen display

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Laptop Pimp

For a long time, there has been a move by many people to hack their own laptops to turn them into a touchscreen device. But that is not for everyone as it can be highly technical and so requires a certain amount of knowledge as this is not for everyone it is great that with a simple device any mini laptop can be turned into a touchscreen device.

The Siso Tablo from Hantech comes in two parts the sensor that is plac

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Mac lookalike from RussianMac

Posted on May 22, 2009 by Laptop Pimp

There are a few firms around the world who sell products that resemble Apple computers, PhyStar is one and the other appears to be a company called RussianMac. Although Apple have no immediate plans to release a mini laptop yet, it seems that RussianMac do and have launched a Mac looking mini laptop.

On the RussianMac website they are selling a mini laptop that appears to be an Asus Eee PC 1000H or PC 901 that is r

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Mini laptops come with Malware!

Posted on May 20, 2009 by Laptop Pimp

It seems that there is no point in attempting to block malware and other viruses from attacking your new mini laptop. Because according to the anti software firm Kaspersky they recently found that a brand new $499 mini laptop running Windows XP already had malware inside.

Therefore, it is recommended that anyone who gets a new mini laptop or come to think of it any laptop should give is a scan before use just to ma

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