The latest laptop news from around the web for June 24th:
- HP’s aluminium netbook gets OLED screen (TechWorld) – The swankiest netbook in the world. Number one PC vendor HP has announced an updated Mini netbook.
- HP Introduces New Mini 5101 Business Netbook (CIO) – Seeking to cement its lead in the business-oriented netbook space, Hewlett-Packard today announced an updated Mini netbook.
- HP expands netbook range with Mini 5101 (PC Advisor) – Device features OLED screen and larger keyboard HP has unveiled the Mini 5101, the latest device to be launched in its netbook range.
- HP 5101 netbook thinks it’s a notebook (TG Daily) - It had better be good at this price, but HP’s new Mini 5101 netbook, launched today, ticks the right boxes.
- ‘Acid test’ for Ubuntu on a netbook (ZDNet) – A friend asked me to configure her netbook to my WiFi system so I decided it was time to replace the outdated operating system with a new Ubuntu Netbook Remix. At the end of last week I got the opportunity to start an “Acid Test” of the latest Ubuntu…
- How to select the right LG laptop – CNET Asia – Truth be told, LG is not one of the first brands which comes to mind when buying notebook. Though it’s a major player in the Korean market, in the rest of Asia, the Korean chaebol only offers a handful of machines as its main focus lies in the …
- Acer Aspire Timeline 5810T offers 9-hour battery – PC Advisor – In the interests of topicality, we won’t dwell too much on HP’s tiny dv2 laptop, which was announced back in January. We’ll simply nudge your memory by mentioning that this 12in portable runs the low-power AMD Athlon Neo 64 processor and sits in the …
- Lenovo Thinkpad T400s review – PC Advisor – The Lenovo ThinkPad T400s (the “s” could stand for “small” or even “surprising”) is an evolutionary step up from the ThinkPad T400 , which is itself a good all-purpose business laptop. So how did Lenovo improve on a laptop that already offered a …
- Toshiba Adds Full Lineup of New Satellite Laptops – Softpedia – Irvine, California-based Toshiba has just announced a couple of new portable computer systems, part of the company’s Satellite family of notebooks. Following the announcement regarding the updated Satellite L-series , the PC vendor has decided to …
- Lenovo Looks for a Laptop Sweet Spot (BusinessWeek) – I spent more than a year tracking Lenovo’s designers and engineers as they developed the innovative X300 laptop computer, which was released in March of 2008. This work produced a cover story for BusinessWeek and my book, The Race for Perfect . The X300 was lusted after by corporate laptop aficionados—especially the X301 version, which came out last August and had a more powerful microprocessor.
- Kate Moss Destroys Boyfriend’s Laptop In Fight (TheCelebrityCafe.com) – Kate Moss destroyed her boyfriend’s new songs by throwing his laptop into a swimming pool.
- Gateway Launches Athlon-powered Netbook – Toms Hardware – Gateway has officially announced its LT3103u netbook packing AMD’s Athlon 64 L110 and we have to admit, this netbook has us excited. Weighing in at 3.04 lbs. and 1.03 inches thick, the LT3103u packs AMD’s Athlon 64 L110 single-core CPU (1.2 GHz …
