Asus has tried many different products with the Eee line that weren’t just netbooks, from keyboards to tablets. Now, the netbook maker is unveiling a new product for the Eee line, the new Eee Portable Hard Drive. It’s 1.8 inches in size, and has 30 gb of memory to work with. No official announcement was made, but the Eee Portable Hard Drive popped up on Asus’ Taiwanese site. It appeals to people who want to have extra storage space for things like backups and media, but don’t want to haul around a large hard drive on the go.
Since netbook keyboards and trackpads are rather cramped compared to full size laptops, it’s wise to get a wireless mouse and keyboard set. Some people can deal with their keyboard, some people can deal with their trackpad, but regardless, full sized keyboards and mice are still the way to go. I have an Inland Pro 70119 Wireless Optical Mouse (Mice) Keyboard set (click to enlarge the above image) that I got from Fry’s not too long ago. It’s relatively cheap, and can be found at around $20-$40. Is it any good? Read this first hardware review to be published by Netbook Network to find out!
0Posted by Brian Cui on August 6, 2010 at 11:38 am
Acer revealed today a netbook which allows users to make use of both Android and Windows XP. Although dualbooting on netbooks has been around for quite a while, there’s been very little Android/Windows netbooks to play with. But now, Acer is offering this new netbook at a relatively low price – the Acer Aspire One AOD255.
7Posted by Brian Cui on August 5, 2010 at 12:23 pm
Netbook sales have been notably decreasing over the year compared to 2009. Many people speculate the Apple iPad may have been dragging the netbook down. Are iPads better than Netbooks? I compared a 64GB iPad with Wifi with $50 worth of apps and media, and an Asus Eee 1005HA Seashell that has a Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade installed over Windows XP.
4Posted by Brian Cui on August 2, 2010 at 11:08 am
Pegatron has decided to compete with Steve Jobs’ iPad by unveiling a tablet prototype today called the MasterPad. At 14mm thin and sporting a 1366 x 768 resolution, the first impression is quite promising. The MasterPad has a 11.6 inch screen, two USB ports, a 1.3 megapixel webcam, a memory card reader, accelerometer, 3G connectivity, a 32gb or 64gb solid state drive, and runs Windows 7 Home Premium.
When the Asus Eee 1201PN hit the market, it didn’t have a key feature to its ION 2 Graphics processor called Nvidia Optiumus. The new 1215N will have such technology and high specs for netbook fans: a 12 inch screen and a dual core 1.8ghz Intel Atom D525 Processor – many consider it the true ION 2 netbook.
Here’s a neat little video that covers the gaming capabilities of the Asus Eee 1201N, which instead of having an Intel Integrated Graphics chip has a Nvidia ION graphics chip, which boasts up to 10 times the amount of performance of the Intel chip.
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