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Re: Comprehensive list of low-cost ultraportables

warder — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:09:23 -0000

Wow... I had no idea there were so many sub-notebooks out or close to release. Thanks for posting such an in depth summary!

Re: Install Windows XP on a Mini-Note (USB stick method)

warder — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:47:14 -0000

Thanks for documenting all this stuff Brad. It helps a lot!

Do you know if you can under or over clock the cpu, or change how much memory the onboard video uses?

Re: Install Windows XP on a Mini-Note (USB stick method)

warder — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:07:39 -0000

lol, I know it... I'm getting the 1.6Ghz model and wanted to be able to under clock to save some battery. I just read over on the mininoteuser forums that there isn't anything in the bios you can change for video or cpu. :(

Thanks again!

Re: What to expect from Computex

warder — Sat, 31 May 2008 17:44:53 -0000

Interestingly, Dell and HP aren't on the exhibitor list for Computex. VIA, Acer and MSI are all though.

Re: What to expect from Computex

warder — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:42:22 -0000

It's kinda hard to say what's going to happen with them... I don't think HP will announce anything, but Dell probably will. At least a name and specs.

More food for thought, why did VIA announce Nano and the Openbook a week before Computex?? Do they have something even bigger up their sleeves?

I did an interview with a VIA rep earlier this week and the following day he asked me not to post it: "...I wasn't supposed to provide interviews regarding the content that I sent you earlier." Nothing in his replies to my questions seemed all that extraordinary though. So it's probably more of a media/press freeze for now... but it's still strange they announced early.

Re: Dell E specs leaked

warder — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:42:18 -0000

The only thing I have a hard time believing is that the name is really going to be E. I could see them going with Mini Inspiron. It would be a little weird with the Mini-Note and all, but it's still different enough.... but to just use E? I would imagine eee pc is trademarked and ASUS would have a strong lawsuit on their hands against Dell. I figured it would be called Inspiron 9xx, since their other models use screen size followed by a version type number. Wait and see I guess...

Re: Dell E makes its first appearance on Dell's web site

warder — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:00:44 -0000

Actually I think this is a different laptop series than the E (Mini Inspiron). If you view the link "Latitude E-series of laptops" it says these are 13.4 to 15.4-inch laptops and the picture looks way different than anything in the leaked stuff. (Notice the Mini Inspirons have a rounded edge on the lid while the E-Series are angled. Also all the MI's also have grey keyboard bezel while the other has a black.)

With this announcement there's no way the Mini Inspiron is being renamed to 'E'.

Re: HP starts sneaking lower res displays into Mini-Notes

warder — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:49:16 -0000

Nope you won't be able to just plug in a Nano chip unfortunately. It's soldered to the board in a special way called Ball Grid Array and would be a huge pain to change.

Re: HP starts sneaking lower res displays into Mini-Notes

warder — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:20:57 -0000

The new screen has LEDs for the backlighting, a different contrast ratio and decreased viewing angles: http://www.hp2133guide.com/hp-releasing-mini-no...

Re: HP spills the beans on the HP Mini 1000 netbook

warder — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:01:41 -0000

Any ideas on the OS that is displaying on that screen? I'd guess a customized Linux distro, and probably not Windows. The whole black motif looks pretty cool though.

Re: Windows 7 on the HP 2133 Mini-Note

warder — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:58:42 -0000

Yup, tried that and it didn't help :(

Tried the newest Vista driver from VIA Arena right off the bat, and then rolled back to HP's Vista Driver. They're just not compatible yet unfortunately.

Re: The HP 2133 and HP 2140 walk into a photoshoot…

warder — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:34:49 -0000

Yup, the batteries are the same and interchangeable. The power supplies are little different though - the 2140's puts out 0.1 amp more.

Re: High Tech Lawn Sign

warder — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:11:32 -0000

What would be even better is to leave it unsecured and redirect the first page view to www.barackobama.com.