Two clever Intel engineers have managed to get an Asus Eee PC to boot up in 5 seconds flat.
The engineers demonstrated an Asus Eee PC that could boot to a Fedora Desktop in 5 seconds at a recent Linux conference.
They achieved the fast boot time by cutting out different boot elements that aren’t needed by netbooks or where the function is replicated elsewhere.
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Asus has announced that it will be adding built in 3G connectivity (3.75G) to its Eee PC line up.
Another day, another manufacturer announcing a netbook, the latest is Packard Bell with the ‘dot’ netbook.
The ‘dot’ netbook features the usual Intel Atom 1.6GHz processor, 1GB of ram and a 8.9 inch display with a resolution of 1024 x 600.
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Here we have another Netbook from another manufacturer, this time it’s Samsung with the NC10 Netbook.
The Samsung NC10 features a 10.2 inch WSVGA screen, with a resolution of 1024 x 600.
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It looks like we missed something yesterday when posted the details of the new netbook from Dell, the Inspiron Mini 9.
The Dell Inspiron Mini 9 will come with built in 3G, and mobile phone companies will be selling it, or giving it away with a 3G contract.
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Dell’s entry into the netbook arena is finally here with the Dell Inspiron Mini 9.
The Inspiron Mini 9 base model comes with Ubuntu 8.04 with a custom Dell interface, 512MB of DDR2 533MHz RAM, and a 4GB SSD.
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The latest company to enter the Netbook arena, is none other than Commodore, with the Commodore 8010/F Netbook.
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LG has entered the Netbook market with the LG X110 Netbook.
The LG X110 Netbook features built in 3G, and there is quite a bit of speculation that mobile providers could be giving away this new 3G netbook if you sign up to one of their mobile broadband plans.
MiTAC is the latest company to enter the Netbook Arena, with the MiTAC MiStation.
This new netbook features an 8.9 inch screen and is powered by a 1.6Ghz Intel Atom Processor.
For storage there will be a choice of either a standard 60GB hard drive or a 20GB SSD, and it will come with either a choice of Linux or Windows XP.
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Here comes another small but perfectly formed netbook, this time from Lenovo with the Ideapad S10.
The Lenovo Ideapad S10 comes with Windows XP and weighs in at just 2.4 pounds, and measures 9.8 x 7.2 inches.
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Intel has finally released details of their rumoured notebook PC, which will be called the Intel 2go PC.
This tiny laptop is manufacturerd by CTL and is aimed at the eductaion market and it will come with an Intel Celeron M CPU on top of the 915GMS chipset, 512MB of RAM a 9-inch LCD display with a resolution of 800 x 480 LCD display, a 40GB hard drive, 802.11b/g, SD / MMC reader.
It will come with Windows XP and will retails for about $400, the Intel 2go PC will go on sale around the end of May.
via Engadget
