Monthly Archives: November 2008

Win a free Dell Inspiron Mini 9 here at the Netbook Lounge!

Hey guys, don’t forget that the Netbook Lounge (that’s us!) is running a contest where YOU can win your very own Dell Inspiron Mini 9 netbook. Want one of these beauties?

Okay, here’s all you have to do and you have until December 31st to get in on it – post on the forums. Yes, just [...]

Intel: Netbooks “fine for an hour”

Intel, who as you probably know develop the dominant Atom processor in the netbook scene, are apparently having doubts about the usefulness of netbooks. Stu Pann, vice president in the sales and marketing group at Intel, said some pretty revealing things at a recent conference. He firstly commented that Intel originally thought netbooks, with their [...]

MSI’s Wind U110 and U115 models on the way

MSI’s Wind netbook series has gotten plenty of coverage here in the last four days, with the announcement of the U120, an impressive liquid nitogren-assisted overclocking of the U100, and a slightly mysterious U120 unboxing video.
So, we have the MSI Wind U100 already out there and very popular, and now the Wind U120 announced, but [...]

Gigabyte to launch three netbooks with in ‘09

Gigabyte will launch a trio of netbooks in 2009, according to the DigiTimes. The mention was brief and specifics non-existent, but the main point of interest is that they will each have built-in 3.5G modems. Gigabyte currently have one of the priciest netbooks on the market, in the form of the $700 Gigabyte M912 that [...]

Techware Labs publishes handy netbook guide

New netbooks are arriving all the time in this ever growing scene, and it can be hard to keep up with them all. And so what the guys at Techware Labs have done is very handy for people not sure which netbook to buy or just wanting a refresher on what they CAN buy. They [...]

Indamixx, the netbook for music junkies

DJs, music makers, or just music junkies in general now have a netbook especially for them in the form of the Indamixx, a model that packs buckets of music software and editors into one efficient package. The usual 1.6GHz Atom-powered netbook but with a custom Linux OS called Transmission 2.1, it comes bundled with energyXT, [...]

Lenovo’s S10e netbook gets 6-cell battery

Yesterday I wrote about Lenovo Europe’s announcement of the IdeaPad S10e and S9e netbooks with QuickStart functionality. A day later and the guys at Eee PC News have posted a hands-on account of the S10e model with an interesting find.
The S10e has been shipping with a 3-cell battery that obviously limits battery life, but the [...]

Annnd… the Hello Kitty netbook unboxing

Okay, two unboxing posts in a row seems like overkill, but I couldn’t help myself with this one being a lover of all things Japanese and kawaii (that’s the Japanese word for “cute”). Remember the Hello Kitty netbook we posted about last Friday? Well, right out of Japan is another unboxing via Akihabara News, with [...]

MSI Wind U120 unboxing video

The guys at MSI Wind en Espanol have posted an unboxing video of the new MSI Wind U120 on YouTube. The U120 seems almost exactly the same as the model it succeeds, the U100, other than its improved specs. The video just shows the unboxing and booting up, and the most perplexing part is at [...]

Lenovo announces S10e and S9e with QuickStart

According to SlashGear, Lenovo Europe have announced that their IdeaPad S10e and S9e netbook models will be available at the end of November with Quickstart functionality. The specs on both netbooks are the same as before, with an Intel Atom 1.6GHz process, up to 1.5GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, and 8.9- or 10-inch [...]

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