Netbook Reviews

Wow that didn’t take very long! The very recently announced Samsung N210 and N220 10.1-inch netbooks are now available for purchase from Amazon UK just days after they were officially announced at this years CES.

There has been some confusion over how the Samsung N220 different from the N210, and to be honest I’m still not 100% sure, but it appears to just be to do with the color options.

LG have been showing off three netbooks at this years CES. The ultra slim LG X300 has gained most of the attention over the past couple of days, but the LG X200 netbook has it’s own fair share to offer.

They were displaying the 10.1-inch LG X120 (which has been available for some time now), the LG X300 ultra slim, and the 10.1-inch LG X200 with Pine Trail CPU and HD display.

The Asus EB1012 is one of the few netops that we have been keeping a keen eye on. If you can remember back to the start of September last year, Asus announced the Asus Eee Box EB1012 nettop, calling it “High Definition Entertainment in a 1L-Sized PC”.

Ever since it’s announcement we have hard nothing of the EB1012, until today! It has shown up for order at Amazon for $387!

LG have just officially announced their very impressive looking LG X300 netbook to the world!

It looks to be the same netbook, with a few tweaks, that we saw leaked at the end of last year, when it was known as the LG X30.

The LG X300 looks very stylish and very thin at just 17.6mm thick.

Not much to go on just yet, but this should definitely be interesting / exciting. Alienware, who are better known for producing highend gaming desktops / laptops have just announced the Alienware M11X 11.6-inch netbook!

The Alienware M11X netbook features an 11.6-inch LCD, Nvidia GT335M switchable graphics and a rumored battery life of 6.5 hours. The battery life does drop down to “over 2 hours” in gaming mode though.

Gateway have just announced their newest range of netbooks to the world at CES. The Gateway LT2119u, LT2118u and LT2120u are all part of the new Gateway LT21 series.

All though there are three model names, each one just represents their specific color, and the hardware in each remains the same.

All three are Intel Pine Trail netbooks using the latest Intel Atom N450 1.66GHz processor and Intel GMA 3150 graphics.

HP have just announced their latest business orientated netbook, the HP Mini 5102.

They have built on the HP Mini 5101 model, updating the hardware and adding optional touchscreen. The HP 5102 has similar design to the 5101, which in my opinion looks great, and professional.

I’m sure most of you know, but for those of you who don’t, CES 2010 starts this year on January 7th.

CES stands for the consumer electronic show. It’s a non public trade show where tech companies show off their very latest hardware and gadgets for 2010.

Although January 7th is the official start date, many manufacturers are so eager to get their product announced they start appearing in the days leading up to CES.

Over the last few days a number of new netbooks from leading number manufacturers Asus and Acer have gone on sale.

All three netbooks run the very latest hardware, and feature the latest Intel Atom N450 Pinetrail processor. This new CPU provides a small performance increase, but uses less power than the previous generation, enabling them to have even longer run time.

I have just received an email from Dell notifying me of a new Dell Mini 10 netbook.

The popular Dell Mini 10 has been updated to feature the new Intel Atom N450 1.66Ghz processor, along with a new design and longer battery life.

You can identify the new models by their white edges.