Impulse TNX-9500: “World’s Chepaest Laptop” isn’t that cheap, still not perfect

The title “World’s Cheapest Laptop” has been thrown around a lot these past couple of months especially since the netbook entered the scene. We’ve also seen several less known products lay claim to the title such as the Jointech JI7100 and the HiVision MiniNote though they never really managed to make it to the greater [...]

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Acer Aspire One with 3G selling for $100 at RadioShack

The OLPC program may have been the one who envisioned a $100 laptop being released into the market, but Acer and RadioShack are the ones responsible for making it a reality. Well, sort of. RadioShack is now offering the Acer Aspire One for just $100 provided you sign up for an AT&T 2-yr minimum contract [...]

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Buying a Netbook: Choose a VIA Processor Not an Intel Atom

There are so many choices these days if you are shopping for a mini-notebook. There are always new models popping up and this bounty is made worse by the enthuses participation of OEM companies that can offer netbooks, mini-notes, , mini-lappies sub-notes or whatever you want to call them at really ridiculously cheap prices. Perhaps [...]

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$99 Jointech Jpro Laptop-Jl7100 Rocks Internet Explorer and Beats OLPC in Pricing

� Jointech has done what One Laptop Per Child has promised but failed to do - mass-produce a laptop that will retail for $100 or below. At $99, Jointech’s Jpro Jl7100, is one cheap mini notebook or netbook. Though reading the Jl7100 specs make you think of a smartphone instead of a laptop, $99 retail is [...]

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Microsoft Surface Table Shipping This Year

Does anyone remember the Surface? You know, the multitouch table from Microsoft. It can sync with Zune and your Bluetooth cellphone that rests on top of it. The Surface recognizes the device instantaneously and displays it on the table content so you can gesture and multi-touch photos and videos as you like. Such technology, surely, [...]

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Asus Eee PC Official Specs

The Eee PC from Asustek of Taiwan is one of the cheapest laptops you can buy retail. There will be four models, The low-end 2/4GB Surf models with 256/512 of DDR 2 RAM and the higher end, which will have 8GB of storage and 1GB DDR 2 RAM and a .3 megapixel camera. The [...]

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OLPC Unleashes XO $100 Laptop to the World

What is computing power? Is it the speed of the processor, the RAM, the operating system. One Laptop Per Child Org has another definition for computing power, and it’s called rather succinctly: XO. Although the XO laptop will not be available for a hundred dollars, you can order one for a $188. [...]

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