Archive for June, 2008
MSI Wind U100
Micro-Star announced the first two Wind-branded ultraportables laptops: the $499 MSI Wind U100-Windows and the Wind U100-Linux for $399.
The both laptops have a 10-inch 1024×600 display with LED backlight, the Intel Atom processor at 1.6GHz, and an 80GB SATA hard drive. The U100-Windows runs Microsoft’s Windows XP Home operating system and has 1GB of DDR2 [...]
NVIDIA GeForce 9M Series
NVIDIA announced the new GeForce 9M Series. The GeForce 9M Series is a first laptop’s graphics processors with support for a new and innovative NVIDIA Hybrid SLI technology.
“The new GeForce 9M notebook GPUs enable the world’s first notebooks with Hybrid SLI technology. The new technology enables two NVIDIA GPUs, one low-power and one high-performance, [...]
Sony VIA-based low-cost laptop
Sony announced a low-cost ultraportable laptop based on the VIA OpenBook design. A prototype model of the Sony’s laptop was shown at WiMax Expo in Taipei.
VIA’s OpenBook reference design features a 8.9-inch display, the VIA C7-M ULV processor, and the VX800 digital media IGP chipset. The OpenBook weighs around 2.2 pounds and will begin shipping [...]