The latest laptop news from around the web for April 27th:
- Micro Express JHL9050 All-Purpose Laptop (Washington Post) - Micro Express has done it again. Following speed demons such as the JFL9226 and the IFL9025 , the JHL9050 provides power and performance in spades. If only the company could iron out the lingering design faux pas, there’d be little to stop this unassuming $1199 all-purpose laptop from climbing to…
- NEXOC Core i7 Laptop Available in May? (Overclockers Club) – According to a German hardware retailer’s website , NEXOC laptops containing Core i7 CPUs will be available in mid to late May. NEXOC’s E806 17.1″ monster is listed with a Core i7 920 CPU, two 1GB sticks of DDR 3 1066MHz memory (it’s unsure at this stage why the memory isn’t in a triple channel configuration), and a GTX 280M backed by a 1GB DDR 3 buffer, just to name a few. The laptop starts …
- Stolen gov’t laptop has info on 1 million (UPI) – OKLAHOMA CITY, April 24 (UPI) — A stolen state government laptop computer contains personal information about more than 1 million Oklahoma residents, officials said.
- Computers are destroying our ability to ‘deep read’ – Belfast Telegraph – I blame technology. The internet, email — neither of which I use — and the accursed laptop. I curse the laptop for two reasons. Firstly because I use it. Secondly because it encourages hopeless authorship. It’s not that everyone with a laptop …
- Focus On – Toms Hardware – well.. my friend keeps telling me how nice his new PhotoFast G-Monster SSD V3 is on his Laptop. does anyone familiar with this company? because i don’t really wanna spend money on uncertain things. but it’s really as good as my friend told me, i …
- First Android Netbook to cost US$250 – CNET Asia – The first Netbook running Google’s Android operating system is expected to be available in the next three months and cost about US$250, according to a Computerworld report . The Alpha 680, as the laptop is known as, is going through final testing at …
- Alpha 680 to Be the First Android and ARM-Based Netbook – Softpedia – One of the most anticipated additions to the fast growing market of ultra-portable netbooks is a product that combines an ARM-powered platform with the mobile-focused Android operating system. This solution will offer PC enthusiasts a choice for even …
- Skytone’s Android netbook – Alpha 680 – to hit markets within 3 … – Top News India – With China-based Skytone’s Alpha 680 netbook sending ripples of excitement after its online spotting earlier this week by Computerworld blogger Seth Weintraub, Skytone’s co-founder Nixon Wu has confirmed that the netbook is going through final …
- HP dv2: Better than a netbook? – TG Daily – Opinion – Question: If you need a notebook for travel, and just don’t care for one of those 17” monsters that should not be called notebooks anyway, which one would you choose? I have been trying to find the perfect computer for more than 10 …
- Netbook parts and components in short supply, says DRAMeXchange (Digi Times) – The supply of up-stream parts and components for netbooks has become increasingly tight recently as white-box netbook vendors in China are ramping up output to meet anticipated demand from China’s 3G operators, according sources at DRAMeXchange.
- Gigabyte lands netbook motherboard orders from China-based vendor (Digi Times) – Gigabyte Technology has received orders for netbook-use motherboards from a China-based branded netbook vendor, and the company is approaching other white-box vendors for more orders, according to sources at Taiwan netbook component suppliers.
- Zen-filled Aspire One netbook makes VAIO P look cheap (Engadget) – Oh, right — we forgot that Sony’s not actually considering the VAIO P a “netbook,” but for all intents and purposes, it is . That being said, this highly decorated Aspire One easily blows the pants off of the aforesaid Sony, ringing up at $3,000 (minimum) on eBay. Why so pricey, you ask? No, there’s no liquid nitrogen-cooled Core 2 Quad within, nor will you find a CrossFireX graphics setup. …
- Toshiba’s 10-inch Dynabook UX netbook gets hands-on treatment (Engadget) – Toshiba’s Dynabook UX (or NB200, if you prefer) just popped on our radar last week, and already we’re seeing netbook craving individuals in Japan get their paws on ‘em. The 10-inch machine ain’t too different than the other alternatives out there — save for the N280 processor, which will never show its true potential without a GN40 chipset riding shotgun. At any rate, early impressions of the …
- Foxconn Wants to Build Apple’s (Unannounced) Netbook (The Mac Observer) - Foxconn Electronics is reportedly “in the running” to be the manufacturer for an Apple-branded netbook, according to Chinese-language newspaper Commercial Times via a translation from the English-language DigiTimes. The report cited unnamed sources in the component supply chain in Taiwan.
