Netbook popularity ‘waning’
Today the BBC has an article on their news website which reports netbook popularity is on the slide and that they will become redundant within a couple of years. Read on for our thoughts on the subject.
Archive for the ‘Netbook Features’ Category
The A to Z of Netbooks
From A to Z, here’s a glossary of some of the most important things in the netbook world.
A is for Atom
By far the most popular netbook processor, the Intel Atom. At the heart of a huge number of best-selling netbooks. At the head of our alphabet!
B is for Battery Life
The ‘killer app’ of the Samsung NC10 was its massive battery life. Ever since, netbooks have been measured by the ‘run a whole working day without recharging’ benchmark.
Atom N450 & N470 Specifications
Intel’s Atom processor has been a monster success for netbooks. Virtually every high-selling netbook released to date has featured one of the slim range of Atoms.
Intel recently announced 2 new additions to the range: The N450 & N470.
Gradually more details have come out about these, including clock-speed, and the possible lifting of Intel’s arbitrary rules governing how netbook manufacturers use their chips…
5 Things To Watch Out For in a Netbook Keyboard
[photo by zieak]
Here we go. The ultra-boring, mundane, drowsy, sleepy, ugly cousin of the netbook specification world: THE KEYBOARD! Not as exciting as the processor, OS, memory & hard drive. Not as beautiful as the case, or the display, or the size. But most definitely essential.
After all, the keyboard is the bit that actually lets you use the thing.
Without further pre-amble, here are 5 things to think about when it comes to Netbook Keyboards:
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