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Intel working on Oak Trail processor

Following on from the release of the Intel Atom Pine Trail processor, which is replacing the N270 and N280 CPUs found in many netbooks, the company appear to be working on another “trail” processor. This time round, it’s the Oak Trail and will replace the Z5xx series of processors. Currently, the Z5xx processors use less [...]

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Live in Germany? Get 10 Euros off N270/N280/Z520 powered netbooks

Intel Atom N450, aka Pine Trail is making it’s way to many netbooks, with most manufacturers announcing new models to include the latest processor. To boost sales of older models and empty the stock, Cyberport, an online German company are offering 10 Euros off netbooks until the end of February. The offer applies to netbooks [...]

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Fujitsu

Fujitsu LifeBook UH900 quietly unveiled

Fujitsu’s latest addition to its LifeBook range of mobile computing devices bears very little semblance to your average netbook. Why am I not surprised? Would-be netbooks these days are more ‘laptop’ or ‘smartbook’ than anything else. The Fujitsu LifeBook UH900 would probably fall into the smartbook category. It sports a WXGA resolution screen (1366×768) on [...]

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MSI X-Slim X320 now shipping in the US

MSI’s Thin & Light X-Slim X320 notebook is now available in the U.S. through outlets like Newegg. In case you’ve forgotten, the MSI X-Slim X320 features a 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z530 processor, 2GB of RAM, 250GB hard drive, 802.11 n Wi-Fi, built-in Bluetooth, 1.3MP camera, a 4-cell battery and Windows Vista Home Premium. Intel’s GMA [...]

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1.86GHz Intel Atom processors would be nice, except they’re twice as expensive as 1.6GHz ones

While you may be satisfied with what you’re getting in a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor-equipped netbook, did you know that you could have had the same netbook with a slightly better processor that’s clocked at 1.86GHz? Yes, a 1.86GHz Intel Atom processor is available in the form of the Intel Atom Z540, but manufacturers aren’t [...]

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