Netbook Reviews

When the Alienware M11X mini laptop gaming rig / netbook was first announced it certainly kicked up a lot of attention.

At the time of it’s announcement, it’s exact specifications and pricing were unknown. Alienware have now announced that the M11X will be available from $799 from March 2nd. While it won’t ship ’till then, you can get your order in if you wish.

The Acer Aspire One 532h is the very latest model in the popular Aspire One range, and also Acer’s very first Intel Atom N450 (Pine Trail) CPU powered netbook.

Every major netbook manufacturer have released an Atom N450 powered netbook on to the market, and Acer have priced the 532h very aggressively to undercut the other manufacturer’s models.

MSI’s wind range of netbooks is joined by the latest model the U135. As with all the netbook announced this year MSI Wind U135 features the latest Intel Atom N450 processor which uses less power and boosts performance slightly.

The MSI U135 is available in two models, the first with a 160GB hard drive, and the second with a larger 250GB version.

The Gateway EC14D netbook might not be called a netbook by Gateway, as it features an internal DVD drive, but apart from this defining feature, it is a true netbook at heart.

The netbook has an 11.6-inch LCD display with a 1,366 x 768 pixel resolution and of course the DVD SuperMulti 8x optical drive. While it is almost a defining feature of a netbook to not feature an optical drive of any sort, the Gateway EC14D breaks this trend.

With a vast number of netbooks on the market today, and with that number growing all the time it can be hard to keep track of them all.

This is why I have created the netbook comparison database. It makes it easy to find and compare different netbooks by their key specifications and price.

The database can be sorted by any column, such as hard drive space or battery life, along with being search and filterable.

Well well, the long rumored and speculated Apple tablet has now been officially announced as the Apple iPad.

Looking unsurprisingly similar to a large iPhone, the iPad has a 9.7-inch multitouch display with a 1024 x 768 resolution, measuring 9.56″ x 7.47″ x 0.5. It will be available in three different storage capacities (16GB, 32GB and 64GB). Rather than using an Intel Atom CPU or similar Apple have gone with their own 1GHz Apple A4 ARM based processor.

As soon as the Asus 1005PE was first announced I knew it would be a very popular netbook. I believe this as I feel that the Eee PC 1005PE offers exactly what the mass netbook audience is looking for in a netbook.

Building on one of the most popular netbooks, the Asus 1005HA, the new Asus 1005PE has taken this successful netbook and upgraded it with the latest generation Intel Atom 450 processor (Pine Trail, hence the “P”), and made a number of tweaks along the way.

The HP Mini 5102 netbook is HP’s latest business orientated netbook, which is a slight upgrade over their previous model, the 5102.

The HP 5102 is aimed at business professionals, and while this might be the case, an every day user who appreciates the professional design and high build quality of the 5102 should consider it.

Samsung N150

You may, or may not have noticed that there are very few photos of the newly announced (and available) Samsung N150 and NB30 netbooks around.

The only images of these netbooks that I have seen available are some shots taken at CES, which don’t do the new 10.1-inch netbooks justice. Even Amazon don’t seem to have any images available.

I have managed to obtain the official press photos for both models, where you can see both netbooks in all their glory.

One of Samsung’s latest four netbooks, the “ultra durable” NB30 is now available and shipping in the US for $369!

The Samsung NB30 was announced alongside the N150 and N210 / N220 netbooks earlier in the month. The NB30 and N150 have identical internal specifications, but the NB30 has a tougher design with a rubberized chassis that is scratch and mark resistant. Say goodbye to finger prints all over it!