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Microsoft wants to rename netbooks with absurd 5-word phrase

June 3, 2009June 4, 2009 Danny X Microsoft, netbook12 Comments

While cruising around the Internets today I came across an article on Boing Boing that was just so right on, I just had to repost it here. As we’ve been gushing about around the rgb offices lately, Microsoft is getting a lot more right than it is wrong these days…but t seems that mantra has yet to trickle down to the marketing department. Enjoy. Steven Guggenheimer, Microsoft’s General Manager of Application Platform and Development Marketing, thinks that the term “netbook” should be abandoned. Instead, he says, such devices should be…

Nvidia ION Platform Windows Certified – See It On Video

February 11, 2009April 17, 2009 Doug Groves HTPC, netbook, Nvidia, SSF9 Comments

Reference design image from trustedreviews.com Nvidia’s small form factor (SFF) computing platform has received Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) certification for its drivers. What makes this noteworthy is the new platform is both tiny, as illustrated above, and dirt cheap (starting at about $300 US when shipping) and a not insignificant amount of horsepower under the hood. This looks like a break out platform for the growing netbook/nettop device segment, as it provides significantly more graphics power than the current crop of Intel graphic chips ubiquitous to the low-end market….

On The Road With The Aspire One

January 27, 2009July 9, 2009 Doug Groves Acer, netbook, Windows9 Comments

I can’t imagine what Jack Kerouac’s classic would have been like if he had a 3G connection and a netbook. Would “On The Road” have been a hit blog, or would he have been too busy watching Youtube videos of some dope jazz beats? Anyways… A buddy of mine wanted to go on a road trip not long ago and called me to see if I wanted to tag along. I figured, what the hell. It would give me a chance to put my new Acer Aspire One to the…

Acer Aspire One Netbook Review

December 9, 2008July 30, 2009 Doug Groves Acer, netbook, review, Windows6 Comments

There’s been times I thought about getting a notebook, but decided against it for a couple of reasons. Lugging around a notebook everywhere I went never appealed to me because they’re big and bulky, and the need to do some serious computing on the go never seemed to come up. I couldn’t justify the cost/benefit ratio. Then Asus came out with their EEE PC netbook, and started a trend that shows no sign of slowing down. Nowadays, Asus alone seems to have about 100 different models of netbooks, even if…