MacBook Air's SuperDrive requires special USB
Reports have emerged that Apple's new MacBook Air requires an over-powered USB port for its external Superdrive, recalling the days of Apple subnotebooks with proprietary connections.
View ArticleMacBook Air reviews are in (and Joyce, and Ken)
Finally it's Friday here at IT Blogwatch, wherein we learn what to love and what to loath about the newest Mac phenom. Not to mention Tino or Devastatin' Dave ...
View ArticleCloudBook here, but too soon?
As it promised, Everex's $399 mini-laptop is slowly trickling down to e-commerce stores, with Linux-focused ZaReason claiming to be first with the CloudBook. But the first Web reviews by Laptop...
View ArticleLatest Cloudbook availability details
Paul Kim, U.S. head of marketing at Everex, must be a very busy guy right now. But he found time to send me an update on CloudBook availability on Friday night. Here's the list:
View ArticleHow to build a better cheap mini-laptop
ATHENS, GREECE -- ASUS shocked the industry last year by introducing a good-enough, tiny PC that had what turns out to have been the killer feature: low price. Competitors scrambled to churn out...
View ArticleJapan's Eee PC killer now available in U.S.
SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. -- A week or two ago, a few gadget blogs covered the Japan-only mini PC called Kohjinsha SC. With built-in GPS, TV antenna and swivel-top tablet mode, the mini laptop is...
View ArticleDell targets 19-hour laptop at 'digital nomads'
SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR -- Dell launched new lines of Latitude and Precision laptops, some targeted -- like this blog -- specifically at "digital nomads." One of the systems boasts a whopping 19...
View ArticleConfused about subnotebooks? Database sorts them out!
SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. -- In the beginning, there was the ASUS Eee PC. That's all you needed to know. Now, there are many Eee PCs, ASUS notebooks that aren't Eee PCs, and a whole bunch of new...
View ArticleNew mini notebooks keep hands, air clean
SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. -- If you're like me -- freaked out about germs -- you might be interested in two new subnotebooks that keep things clean for you. One has a keyboard that kills germs on contact....
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EXTRA: Eee PC 900A netbook below $300
Welcome to a special IT Blogwatch EXTRA: Richi Jennings watches the plummeting prices of netbooks -- yay for the recession? Not to mention another literal 80's music video...
View ArticleCall it a 'sub-subnotebook.' New 'PC' is small as a cell phone!
SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. -- IMOVIO launched today a smaller alternative to a subnotebook -- much smaller. The new iKIT is about the size of a PDA from ten years ago, but has a QWERTY keyboard and connects...
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