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Archive for January 20, 2009
HP Mini Note 2140 Up for Grabs Online
Jan 20th
Well folks, HP fans particularly. This is the moment you’ve been waiting for HP’s follow-up to the HP Mini 2133, an equally stunning 10-inch HP Mini 2140. Up for grabs at the HP online store with starting price point at $499 and going up to as high as $799 depending on your chosen specs.
The basic HP Mini 2140 listed at the HP site boasts of the following specifications:
- Intel Atom Processor N270 (1.60 GHz, 512 KB L2 cache, 533 MHz FSB)
- 10.1-inch diagonal HP Illumi-Lite LED SD
- HP 3D DriveGuard
- 1 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
- 160 GB HDD
- Integrated VGA camera
- WiFi
- Bluetooth
- Windows XP Home
OS upgrade from XP to Vista is available as well as RAM upgrade option from 1GB to 2GB.
What are you waiting for HP Mini Netbook fans?
A post from the Asus Eee PC blog.
HP Mini Note 2140 Up for Grabs Online
Consumers Not Happy with Netbook Performance
Jan 20th
While netbooks may have taken all of us by storm, it seems that not everyone who have taken the plunge and got themselves a netbook or two were not really happy with their purchase.
This is how we interpret the findings of an analysis conducted by Biz360, a provider of media and market intelligence solution, on consumer electronics review websites including Amazon, Best Buy, CNET, Newegg, PC World, Circuit City and CompUSA. The study was conducted from May 15, 2008 – November 15, 2008. Using its new media measurement solution in analyzing online comments and reviews of consumers who bought various netbooks, Biz360 that net advocay for netbooks is 40 percent lower than net advocacy for the regular laptops. Net Advocacy is defined a factor of the positive and negative sentiment aired through the individual consumer comments and the impact of the source where each comment was made. This would indicate the referral value of the product in the marketplace.
The study also revealed that consumers look for three important attributes of netbooks and laptops when making their purchase – performance, display and features/accessories. Also, the study found out that performance net advocacy for netbooks is quite low.
And one of the highlights of the study was regarding the Acer Aspire One, which despite of leading the netbook market sale in Q4 2008, still could only manage a low 34% net advocacy which is lower than the average net advocacy for laptops. Interestingly, according to the results of the said study, majority of Acer Aspire One owners were not satisfied with the performance of the AAO.
If you’re interested to find out more about the results of this study, you may want to tune in to a webcast happening on the 22nd of January.
A post from the Asus Eee PC blog.
Consumers Not Happy with Netbook Performance
Acer to Release the 10-inch Aspire One in February-March
Jan 20th
It looks like it’s all systems go for the much awaited 10-inch version of the Acer Aspire One. If the photos of the 10-inch AAO that leaked out a couple of days ago left you in awe and is now eagerly awaiting its release, then you don’t have to wait that long. Acer has just ordered 4 million units of the said netbook from OEM Compal Electronics.
Reports had it that Acer has ordered three models of the 10-inch Aspire One from Compal and one additional orders for another model was made from Quanta Computer.
The new Acer netbook will now be officially called Aspire One 103 and will feature leaf hinges that differentiate it from the original Aspire One. Additionally, the Aspire One 103 will have the standard Atom processor, SD card slot, 3 USB ports, and a multitouch keypad.
A post from the Asus Eee PC blog.
Acer to Release the 10-inch Aspire One in February-March
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