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Toshiba NB100-11R

netbooks — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:16:33 +0000

This sleek and stylish netbook from Toshiba gives you the ability to connect to the Internet from anywhere with its wireless capabilities, but if you’re looking for more than that, you may want to pass on this model. The Toshiba NB100-11R only has 80GB of hard drive space, which isn’t unusual for a netbook but with less than 1GB of memory, you have to wonder how well the machine will run for you and just how much you’ll be able to do while using your netbook.

This Toshiba also comes with a screen that’s 8.9″, which while that also was once the standard in netbooks just won’t cut it anymore without a few features to pad it and it also has no optical drive so unless you have external storage, there won’t be any way to get your files from your netbook to your home PC. The operating system is not from a dinosaur’s age but certainly isn’t among the more impressive operating systems being put into other models – it’s the Ubuntu Netbook Remix operating system which will serve the purpose but will also take some getting used to.

This Toshiba really is a bare-bones machine and even for those who are just looking for the basics in their new netbook should pass on this model. For the price, there’s much more available that will let you do many more things with your netbook and get much better use out of it!

From: MicroWarehouse
Price: £210.73

Lenovo planning Ideapad S20 netbook

news — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:45:21 +0000

News is that Lenovo’s latest form Ideapad series is S 20 netbook. Reported by Digitimes, though there is no official confirmation yet; Ideapad S20, like the earlier model, Ideapad S10, it will be powered by Intel’s N280 processor but the netbook will have a 12 inch display. It is good news for those who find keyboards of 9” netbooks too cramped.

There is fierce competition among the 10 inch netbooks and so everyone is coming up with 12 inch netbooks now. What these 12” netbooks are also doing is eating up the laptop market. With a bigger display and more keyboard space these netbooks offer, lesser and lesser people are going to buy a low end laptop now.

Coming back to Lenovo, Ideapad is their consumer oriented mini laptops. S20 is an upgrade to the Ideapad S10, thus will be very similar. The build quality should be good as expected of Lenovo. The netbook will have a 12 inch LCD, backlit display. The S20 netbook will come with 1.66 GHz, Intel’s Atom N280 CPU and GN 40 chipset and loaded with Windows XP. The Ideapad S10 netbook had usual ports; BGA, Ethernet, headphone, mic, and 4 in 1 card reader. It had two USB ports, one lesser than normally given. It remains to be seen whether S20 will have three USB ports. Given, S20’s increased size; the keyboard is bound to be spacious.

Since it means that this would go against the Intel’s restrictions which state that netbooks can not be bigger than 10 inch, Lenovo will not get the preferential pricing which other vendors of 10 inch netbooks get and Lenovo will have to pay 10 $ premium for Atom chips. This decision of 12” netbook may surprise many but it may be because the competition is growing in the 10 inch category. In fact, this year itself Dell was the first one to come out with its Mini 12 netbook. Soon Samsung followed with its own 12 inch netbook but it is using Via Technologies chip instead of Intel. Looks like companies are trying to find a middle ground between very small netbooks and bigger laptops and most of the companies are going for 11 and 12 inch size screens.

The netbook will be priced at approximately $586 which is higher compared to Asus EEE PC 1004 DN, its direct competitor, which has N280 and Intel GN 40 chipset and t a much lesser price $ 379. No details yet about its availability.

Toshiba NB100-12A Netbook

netbooks — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:56:32 +0000

When you are looking for a netbook that you can take with you on the move, the Toshiba NB100-12A Netbook is compact enough that it will fill all of your ‘grab n’ go’ needs. Weighing less than 1 kilogram and having only a 8.9″ screen, this netbook is perfect for stashing away and is easy to pull out and use whenever you need it!
It runs on an Intel Atom Processor and has a hard drive with 120 GB. Additionally it also has 1024MB of memory so you can have several applications open without having the computer freeze up on you. And not only does it come with a Microsoft Windows XP operating system but there is also tons of additional software installed into this netbook. The built-in WiFi will ensure that you can use this Toshiba model anywhere without using any wires or cables and the built-in webcam can also help you keep in touch with family and friends no matter where you are! It also has a 3-in-1 memory card reader and 3 USB ports so you can hook up your MP3 player, a printer, or anything other important accessories that you need.

This Toshiba does not come with any optical drives so it will not be appropriate for those who often need to get information from CDs or DVDs and the hard drive and memory space while adequate for basic browsing, word processing, and checking email, will not be sufficient for those who need to store a lot of files on their netbook. But if you’re just looking for a spare computer, one for the kids, or simply a basic machine that will allow you to do basic things when you’re away from your computer desk, this Toshiba netbook could be just what you are looking for!

Price Found: £293
From: John Lewis