Wednesday, July 2, 2008

EEE PC News - EEE PC 903, 904 and 905 vs MSI Wind U90?

I've heard of some new EEE PC models: 903, 904 and 905. Pricing unknown.
The main feature seems to be a bigger keyword (very welcome) and a 8.9-inch display. This would make them comparable to the MSI Wind U90.

More soon on EEE Journal

Monday, June 23, 2008

EEE PC Competition : Medion Akoya Mini (MSI Wind U100) for sale at Aldi (Germany)

I've already reported that Medion is going to bring to the market an ultra portable laptop built on MSI Wind basis.
My personal opinion is that MSI Wind is most promising/best ultra portable laptop announced so far: the best feature-set + very good price level.

Some more details about the Medion Akoya Mini: it will be sold/available starting from July 3rd in Germany (Deutschland) for 399 Euros with Windows XP Home, 10-inch display, 80GB hard disk and a 6-cell battery!
To be noted that the Medion Akoya won't include Bluetooth!

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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

EEE PC Competition - Dell E for sale in US on August - September

Informally known as Dell Mini Latitude now Dell announced the Dell E series, in direct competition with EEE PC, MSI Wind and all other subnotebooks recently announced by several brands.
With a very attractive entry price of $299, the Dell E will have a 8.9-inch display.

More news soon on EEE Journal

Monday, June 16, 2008

EEE PC Competition - Medion Akoya Mini E1210 a MSI Wind Clone

Medion presented a new netbook / subnotebook, the Akoya Mini E1210. It should be equivalent to an MSI Wind U100. Actually it is a MSI Wind with a different case.
Price EUR 399 in Germany.

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Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Feature Set Summary Table: Compare EEE PC vs MSI Wind vs Acer Aspire One vs Gigaset M912 vs other competitors

The subnotebooks market is growing rapidly, that's why now is time to make some order...

I've prepared a table to compare feature set of EEE PC, MSI Wind, Acer Aspire One, Gigaset M912 and other subnotebooks

I'll try to update the table with the latest information I have: price, weight, LCD size, HDD/SDD size, processor, interfaces and so on!

See this table

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Sunday, June 8, 2008

EEE PC Competition - Sony subnotebook

A first prototype for a Sony ultra portable laptop in competition with the EEE PC was shown at the WiMax Expo, an exhibition being held alongside the annual Taipei's Computex.
The subnotebook was based on the VIA C7 processor clocked at 1.6GHz (higher than current C7 EEE PC competitors), 8.9-inch display, 80GB hard disk and running Windows Vista.
The pricing is unknow.

More on EEE Journal

EEE PC Competition : pre-order MSI Wind at Amazon

Now it is possible to pre-order the MSI Wind at Amazon the 10-inch version with 80GB hard disk!
The ultra portable laptop costs respectively $399 for the Linux and $549 for the Windows XP version!
Direct links:

MSI Wind 10" Mini Laptop (1.6 GHz Intel Atom Processor, 1 GB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, XP Home) Black

MSI Wind 10" Mini Laptop (1.6 GHz Intel Atom Processor, 512 MB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, Linux Novell SUSE) White

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