At Hewlett-Packard they want you to call their HP Mini 210 Vivienne Tam Edition notebook ($550) a “digital clutch.” But the netbook trend, launched by ASUS CEO Jonney Shih in 2007 when he showed the Eee PC, is being trumped by the Apple iPad, which has set the tablet world on fire.
Gateway is bringing its new Core 2 Duo powered 15.4-inchers dubbedNX570 all shined up for the holiday time. The high endNX570XL will come rocking a 1.83GHz processor, 1920×1200 display, and 128MB ATI Mobility RADEON x1400 graphics while the lower end NX570Xmodel goes down with a 1.6GHz processor, and a mere 1280 x 800 display.
A new Panasonic’s rugged notebook which the world’s lightest 12.1-inch lappy with DVD drive has been outed recently, called Panasonic Toughbook S9. It weighs three pounds and is rated to survive a 30-inch drop. This rugged notebook packs 2GB of RAM, 320GB of storage, and Windows 7 with an XP downgrade option.