The latest laptop news from around the web for April 6th:
- Microsoft airs second laptop ad, same as the first (Macworld.com via Yahoo! News) - Microsoft’s new ad campaign continues with a second installment of an average Joe—or, I guess, an average Giampolo, in this case—looking for a laptop. Unlike previous candidate Lauren, Giampolo bills himself as “technically savvy,” so Microsoft offers to buy him whatever laptop he finds for $1,500 or less. Where does it end, Microsoft? Will you buy a laptop for everyone in the world?
- The Anti-DSi: Commodore 64 Laptop [Mods] (Gizmodo) – We were a little more technically impressed with Ben Heck squeezed an Xbox 360 into a laptop case, but his new Commodore 64 laptop scores at least a few points for nostalgia. The laptop houses…
- Acer Aspire One D250 Gets Early Unboxing – Softpedia - Late last month Acer officially rolled out the new Aspire One D250 netbook, a 10-inch system that further expands the company’s line of small-sized, low-power portable PCs. Unlike previous Aspire One netbooks, the new model provides users with …
- The 10-Minute Guide to Buying a Netbook (Small Business Computing) – Here’s a quick, efficient look at what you need to know to make a smart netbook purchase.
- New Microsoft Ad Says Being Sexy Isn’t Everything (Tom’s Hardware) – Microsoft has released the latest installment of Laptop Hunter, the company’s advertising campaign which endeavors to find customers a laptop that meets their requirements all the while keeping within a certain budget.
- T–Mobile lining up Android home phone and PC – Stuff.tv – With HP apparently planning to shove Google’s Android OS into its netbook s next year, it comes as no surprise that the most talked about mobile operating system is about to weedle its way into even more diverse gadgets. Word on the street is T …
- Dell ‘Leaked’ Laptop Roadmap Seems Fishy to Me (PC World) – Documents alleged to reveal Dell’s notebook roadmap have surfaced on the Web. Are the specs real or bogus?
- Dell Leaks 2009 Product Road Map: New Mini 11 to Come – Eflux Media - The product road map of Dell, the biggest personal computer maker in the world behind HP, shows that the company’s upcoming netbooks for this year. If the leak is to be believed, it actually confirms the evolution of the already-on-market Dell …
- ASUS Eee PC T91 Touchscreen Convertible Netbook Clears FCC – Softpedia – Earlier this year, ASUS showcased a new addition to its extensive line of Eee PC netbooks, coming in the form of a new convertible touchscreen tablet netbook, the Eee PC T91. Despite it being showcased on several occasions, including at the CeBIT …
- ‘3 Sweden, Acer, VT4 offer netbook with HSPA and VoD services’ – TMCnet – Apr 06, 2009 (DMEUROPE via COMTEX) — 3 Sweden partners with Acer and Swedish commercial TV station VT4 to market Acer netbooks including 3′s mobile internet and plus VT4′s video on demand service. The bundled package costs SEK 349 a month including …
- Crucial N125 64GB SSD netbook upgrade (The Register) – Expand your little laptop’s storage capacity Review The de facto standard for netbook storage might now have become the hard disk, but that still leaves rather a lot of machines out there with solid-state drives, some fast, some slow, all low capacity, at least when compared to HDDs.…
- Technology Rumor of the Day: Nokia – Street.Com – Nokia’s ( NOK Quote – Cramer on NOK – Stock Picks ) going nutty for netbooks. Nokia, the No. 1 mobile phone maker, has sealed its plans to enter the netbook race, according to people familiar with the company. Some if not all of the production of the …
- Not Even Microsoft Employees Agree with Microsoft Slapping Apple Over … – Softpedia – Microsoft’s “Windows – Live Without Walls” went laptop hunting at the end of March 2009, slapping Apple over the price of Mac computers. The latest installment of the Windows “Laptop Hunters” video advertisement manages to easily add insult …
- Ben Heck’s Faux-Retro Commodore 64 Laptop – Wired – Though he’s most notable for putting the latest and greatest gaming hardware in lap-friendly enclosures, Ben Heckendorn’s latest project is decidedly retro. Fittingly dubbed the “Commodore 64 Original Hardware Laptop,” Heckendorn’s modification …
