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Netbooks are not famed for having great hardware, but are mainly appreciated for their portability and autonomy. For the basic tasks that are associated with netbooks- browsing, some text editing, playing music and stuff- you don’t really need a fabulous Core i7 processor or something. Still, the basic hardware still used in netbooks- single core [...]

In order to properly run HD (high definition) content, you need an appropriate HD display on your computer. This type of display needs to have a minimum resolution of 720 px on the width of the screen in order to deal with 720p videos, which is the entry level type of content for the HD [...]

If you ask ten random people on the street about laptops or tablets, 8 out of 10 will probably tell you that the screen is the most important part of the entire machine. Sure, you need good hardware in order to run apps and a good battery to do that a lot, but if the [...]

Optical disc drives are almost an obsolete feature on portable computers, especially now, when we’re moving into an era dominated by ultra slim and ultra light computers like ultrabooks. Data can be moved around and obtained in more ways than one- you can download it, hold it on a USB drive or on an external [...]

If we think about it, the entire netbook frenzy was set off by a couple of netbooks for kids, built by Intel especially, named Classmate PC. The initial plan was to give kids at school their own laptop, with only a few basic features, but which would put them on the right path in the [...]

The Acer Aspire One Happy line is basically a visual re-branding of the Aspire One 10 inch netbook line, and it’s a try from the company to offer the same computer in a different package. It’s a move usually tried around the summer holidays, at the same time with blockbuster movies and other colorful distractions [...]

The Acer Aspire Revo AR3700 is a nettop from Acer, part of the successful Revo line. A nettop is a compact form factor desktop computer, meaning it’s smaller, lighter, takes in less energy and is more silent than a usual desktop PC. The AR3700 is a mid range computer when it comes to specs and [...]

The Elitebook 2760p is a new convertible computer from HP, launched around the same time as the 2560p. The 2760p is actually some sort of a replacement for one of the previous convertible computers (2740p, to be exact), but comes with improvements in terms of hardware, rather than with a design and size revamp. So [...]

The word on the nettop street is “how low can you go” in terms of power consumption and physical space required to store a form factor computer. And is what Zotac aims to do with their all new ZBOX, a very slim and light nettop that can deliver stunning HD performance. If you’re interested in [...]

The Asus Eee PC 1001PXD is another entry level netbook from Asus and tries to keep faithful to the low price, good performance philosophy they had with their previous netbooks. The 1001PXD looks good for an under $300 netbook, but don’t expect what you would get from a more expensive machine. This doesn’t mean it [...]