The latest laptop news from around the web for May 22nd:
- Apple to avoid netbook, try tablet in 2010, says analyst (InfoWorld) – Apple will wait until next year to enter the netbook market, and then will unveil not a knock-off, but a tablet-like device priced between $500 and $700, a Wall Street analyst said today. Gene Munster, a senior analyst for Piper Jaffray, ticked off significant amounts of admittedly circumstantial evidence to back up his thinking on Apple’s move into the lower-priced market.
- Onkyo’s new Sotec DC204A3 netbook has 32GB SSD, no love for VGA or wired Ethernet (Engadget) – We like a good netbook that’s so small it doesn’t have room for any pesky, legacy inputs keeping you tethered to the wall (and thus The Man) — but we’re not sure we’d consign VGA and Ethernet to to the Closet of Obsoletion just yet. Onkyo seems to be opening the door, moving the two ports to a USB break-out box on its latest Sotec, the DC204A3. That wouldn’t really be a problem if the adapter …
- Report: Microsoft readies new maximum specs for Windows 7 netbooks – ZDNet Blogs – Microsoft is readying a set of maximum specs for Windows 7 netbooks –or, as Microsoft prefers to call them, “small notebooks” — that will likely dictate which PCs will qualify for lower per-copy Windows 7 pricing. The alleged Windows 7 …
- Acer Breaks Into Japanese Market With New Laptop (Manufacturing.net) – Computer maker aiming for solid growth in hard-to-crack Japanese market with new slim, lightweight laptop boasting an eight-hour battery life and cheap price.
- How to select the right Sony Vaio laptop – CNET Asia – When one thinks of Sony Vaio notebooks, the first characteristic which comes to mind is design. Instead of pursuing the budget crowd or early adopters who will scrutinize specifications, the Japanese maker looks at how portable technology fits into …
- Acer eyes Japan growth with new cheap laptop (San Francisco Chronicle) – Acer Inc. of Taiwan said Friday it plans solid growth in the previously hard-to-crack Japanese market with a new slim, lightweight laptop that boasts an eight-hour battery life and a cheap price. Japan has long been dominated by its own big-name electronics… Related: Acer – Laptop – Japan – Taiwan – Battery
- Asus Eee netbook with ATI graphics rumoured – The Inquirer – A RATHER CURIOUS Asus Eee netbook has tipped up online sporting an integrated ATI graphics card. Asus, which already has a raft of Eeeeees under its belt, seems to have wanted to make something a tEeeny bit different than every other netbook …
- Apple tablet is coming, analyst says – CNET Asia – Apple is likely to launch a tablet in the first half of 2010 that’s similar to the iPod Touch but larger, marking the company’s entry into the Netbook race, according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster. In a research note, Munster handicaps the …
- Apple likely to create bigger iPod Touch instead of netbook, analyst says (Seattle Times) – Apple may expand on its iPod Touch player instead of offering a low-cost netbook, a research analyst suggested Thursday.
- Cool Your PC or Laptop with Ionic Wind (Tom’s Hardware) – Tessera is developing a cooling system that charges ions to move air particles away from a laptop’s heat source.
