HP Mini 1000 Vivienne Tam Edition netbook cloned

The HP Mini 1000 Vivienne Tam Edition netbook, one of the most expensive netbooks on the market when it was launched late last year costed somewhere around $700. HP had a simple reason for such high price:Red color and floral pattern on the lid of designer Vivienne Tam.

Although HP is no longer selling the Mini 1000 and the Vivienne Tam Edition, but you can get a cheap clone of it that is made by Qifang Electronics. The main differences lies in a 2.5 inch hard drive instead of a 1.8 inch HDD, and the clone costs about $300, or less than half the MSRP of the original.

Acer adds Series 8000 to its Timeline line-up

Acer has unveiled the 8000 series which is yet-another-model to its Timeline range of laptops. It comes with the average specifications. You get the choice of 13.3-inch, 14-inch, and 15.6″ laptops. Each model comes embedded with Core 2 Duo or Core 2 Solo ULV processor, 4GB or 8GB of RAM, a 160GB or 500GB hard drive (or even an 80GB Intel X25-M SSD). You also get the choice to choose between basic Intel GMA 4500MHD graphics or a ATI’s 4330 dedicated GPU. No information about its release date or price tag is known right now. But, expect it to be sub-$1000 notebook

New Chrome OS screenshots – Look Legit

Although the first set of of “leaked” screenshots of Google Chrome OS were fake, but the Download Squad has a new crop of “leaked” shots which looked just a bit more convincing and fleshed out, rather than just a hastily re-worked Linux desktop.

And Notable points include a single icon for “My Hard Drive and Files” and a majorly overhauled Chrome browser, along with some “partner” icons in the lower right and a single connection indicator (and possible launcher?) in the lower left. Of course, these shots could also be a re-working of a Linux kernel and desktop — that’s all Chrome would really be, of course — and we’re fairly doubtful that they’re legit.

Price of Sony Vaio P slashed to mere $690 in Taiwan

We know that Sony does not consider Vaio P as a netbook because of its certain features like resolution display packed inside a small screen. But, still it is a netbook despite its outrageous price tag.

Sony Taiwan has recently slashed the prices of its VAIO P models from $1000 to $690, which does make it a little more affordable than before. The same model retails at $899.99 in the US, which comes with 1.3GHz Intel Atom Z520 CPU, 2GB of RAM, and a 60GB hard drive.

Dell Latitude 2100

Dell has launched Latitude 2100, a netbook targeted towards young students. Unlike Dell’s other netbooks (Mini 9 and Mini 10), the 2100′s shell is made from brightly colored, grippy rubber, not slippery plastic. There is a light on the lid of the netbook that tell the teachers if the student is connected to the Internet. Also, the keyboard is anti-microbial.

The new Dell Latitude 2100 range starts at $369, which is pretty decent price for what you get. True, it is not a $100 netbook, but then it is much, much more refined.

• Intel Atom N270 processor
• Up to 1GB fixed RAM; Additional memory slot to accommodate up to 2GB RAM total
• Display: 1024×576 LED screen, optional touch screen
• Storage options: standard hard drive options up to 250GB; SSD drive up to 16GB
• Battery: 3 and 6-cell battery options
• Wired Connectivity: 10/100/1000Mb Gigabit Ethernet
• Wireless Connectivity: 802.11g standard, option 802.11n
• Ports: 3 USB, VGA, headphone/speaker out, mic
• Expansion slot: SD/ MMC card reader

In the following video, you will see how rugged the Dell Latitude is.

Commentary: Netbooks have become widely popular among businessmen as it lets them to carry less load with them. At the same time, netbooks have become surprisingly popular among students too. Netbooks take less space and weigh less than the laptops too.

HP Mini 1000 now with more storage options

HP have updated the storage options available for the HP Mini 1000 Series. It is now possible to get the netbook with SSD memory with either 16GB capacity or 32GB capacity, whereas the hard drive capacity has been upgraded to 80GB, which is quite minimal for most netbooks. Its other customizable options include 512MB or 1GB of RAM, 8.9 or 10.1 inch display and a choice between 3-cell and 6-cell battery.

EEEbox B208 HD coming to UK soon

EEEbox B208 HD, which sports the mighty Atom 330 dual-core processor will soon be released in UK at a price tag of 500 pounds! Ouch, that would hurt anyone’s wallet in such hard times. Anyway, here are its specs:

• Atom 330 dual-core processor
• 2GB RAM
• ATI Radeon HD 4530 graphics
• Wi-Fi support for b, g and draft-n networks
• HDMI-out video port
• 160, 250, or 320GB hard drive
• 10GB EEE storage

The overall package is pretty neat and you get a lot for 500-pounds.

[ASUS B208 HD webpage]