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SSDs on the cheap from Intel and Kingston, your netbook will thank you
Jan 14th
One of the easiest ways to bump the speed of your netbook is to replace the hard drive from the platter-based HDD to a flash-based SSD. It gives you a speedier boot as well as faster application launching to keep its performance at par with your main computer.
Kingston announced that they will be including a cheaper, smaller SSD under the Kingston SSDNow V+ line. The SSD will be 2.5″ 30GB and will give you 180MB/s read speed and 50MB/s write speed. It’s going to be available in February and will be just $79.99 after rebates.
Intel is also offering a smaller capacity 40GB SSD under their X25-V Value line. It has a slower speed (170MB/s read, 35MB/s write) but it is already available now for ordering. You can grab it at Amazon for around $120.
A post from the Asus Eee PC blog.
SSDs on the cheap from Intel and Kingston, your netbook will thank you
AmazePC T10 Slate Tablet Hands-On
Dec 27th
Straight from Hong Kong comes another tablet by AmazePC. The T10 looks nice and sleek but the built is a bit rough. Here’s a heap of specs for this unit.
- Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz 533FSB
- Intel GMA950 graphics
- 10.2 “ 1024 x 600 multitouch screen
- 1GB RAM
- 8GB / 32GB SSD or 80GB HDD
- 1.3MP front facing camera
- 802.11b/g WiFi
- Bluetooth (optional)
- 3G (optional)
- GPS (0ptional)
- 1 USB Port, the regular type
- Built-in mic
- TV antenna plug
- SD card reader
- Internal 3200mAh battery
- Headphone and mic jacks
- 266mm x 180mm x 22mm
The TV antennae plug is likely for the 3G if you choose to have it built-in. It has no VGA out and no OS bundled in but Windows 7 Home Premium unlocked the multitouch capability in a snap. Hit the link to UMPCFever for a few more snapshots of this device.
source UMPCFever via jkkmobile
A post from the Asus Eee PC blog.
AmazePC T10 Slate Tablet Hands-On
The Eee PC T91MT with new pSSD drive
Dec 10th
Asus have revealed that their new Eee PC T91MT multi-touch netbook will feature the 32GB pSSD Gen2 drive from SanDisk. Asus chose this model from SanDisk’s offerings as it suits the netbooks low power needs and small form factor requirements.
As many readers would already be aware, this means enhanced durability for the T91MT because the SSD drive brings with it near 0% chance of mechanical failure as it contains no moving parts, is much quieter than other hard drives and uses far less power as well. It would also give a much, much less chance of data loss due to failure of the drive.
The Eee PC T91MT comes bundled with Windows 7 Home Premium and supports touch gestures such as rotating, pinching and swiping, let alone the fact that it can also be used as a tablet PC.
It also provides a 8.9 inch screen, weighs less than 1Kg and is of a very compact size. The Eee PC T91MT is quickly proving to be a very interesting and anticipated release.
It is currently available from Amazon in black for $532.
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