Their slogan is “Beautiful, powerful and easy? You think is better.” Is the TC-line “beautiful?” It’s nice to see, but “beautiful” is a bit of stretch. The back of the 14-inch 16:9 LCD Looks great, with either a red or black shiny surface. The keyboard has the brushed look. The rest of the PC a little bulky.

How powerful is it? Both models, which TC7306u and TC7307u have 2 GHz Intel Pentium Dual-Core processors, and both the 64-bit version of MS Windows Vista Home Premium, it can take advantage of the 4 GB of RAM installed. A 320 GB SATA hard drive is a good size, and they also come with eSATA ports if you have more memory. Gateway even threw in 802.11b, g and Draft-N compatibility. The 14-inch display has a resolution of 1366×768, so you can have up to 720p HD video. It looks like you have the opportunity to improve the laptop from a DVD burner to a Blu-ray drive. This set of data is not bad.

The TC is a bit heavy for “light” to 5.3 pounds each. What is the big difference between the models? It seems as color and where each will be available. The TC7306u has a black finish and will be on Tiger Direct, and the TC7307u Burgundy with its end.

via TWICE

Dell recently announced on its Direct2Dell blog that the customer can order for the Dell Mini 10 Netbook. But instead of heading to the Dell website when you place an order, you need to visit QVC.

First, the Dell Mini 10 will only be available through QVC, I think they wanted to try to draw the attention of the average person. Of course, they plan to work him on the regular Dell site, which already is scheduled for 26 February. Finally, is that the Mini 10 title can expect that the Netbook to start shipping out next month. ” As of now, the Mini 10 is only for those in the U.S. market, but it was pointed out that the world “in the future.”

Here is what you can expect with the Mini 10: It comes in black, white Aplin, pink promise, cherry red, ice blue or jade green. The Mini 10 will ship with a 3-cell battery and a choice of either an Atom Z520 or Z530 Atom processor.

Other features of the Mini 10 and 1 GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, 802.11g Wi-Fi, 1.3 megapixel webcam, HDMI out, three USB ports, an Ethernet jack, a four-in-one card reader and a row and a mic-in port. The Mini 10 has a 10-inch display with the first models with a resolution of 1024 x 576th They are also planning a 720p display in the future. Currently, the operating system is Windows XP, with a future option allows the user to choose Ubuntu Linux.

The word Netbook is a general term that many consumers and computer manufacturers have since 2007 to describe the hordes of small, cheap notebooks on the market. Intel uses the term in advertising, like many other manufacturers such as Dell. I have a few weeks back that Psion was successful in proving to Google that they owned the trademark on the term Netbook.

Dell stands for the right to use the term Netbook together with all others with an application to claims that the mark Psion is not good. According to Dell, the brand is not good for three reasons. Dell says that Psion has the brand and does not intend to bona fide trade with the brand.

Dell also says that Psion was fraudulent in its application to the mark, because Psion used false pretenses to the mark, which is knowingly false statements and a false model of the product. The last reason is that Dell says the term is now generally accepted in the industry and consumers to describe a class of small and low-cost notebooks. I have with Dell, it seems, Psion Just wait until the word was popular Netbook and is now trying to some money from an old brand.

via Laptop Mag

Here’s another fun USB gadget for all Steam Punk fans out there who Rusted Steampunk USB Drive.

This fun Steampunk USB is handmade and with laser-cut design and rusted.

It comes with 2 GB of memory.

We now have some rough chuckles on internal Microsoft documents in the process “Vista Capable” – remember when we heard that MS lowered the system requirements for Intel what management infighting?

These good times! – But it looks like it’s all over: Judge Marsha Pechman case stripped of his class-action status yesterday, which is essentially the teeth out of him. Microsoft to convince the judge that people are confused about the meaning of the Vista Capable sticker is not “on the various aspects predominate, which is quite remarkable that even a VP of Windows product was “personally burnt” by a bad purchase by the program.

Consumers who are also deceived or individually sue and the case continues, but we guess this means that a quick solution, and we never hear about this again.

Anyone with a valuable lesson learned, really?

via CNET

It seems that Workhorse PC wants to be serious in the Netbook market with the release of another Netbook.

The new Workhorse certeza MC10 has

• Intel Atom N270 1.6 GHz processor
• 10.1 inch display at 1024 x 600 resolution
• up to 2 GB of RAM
• Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity
• WiMAX and 3G Wireless Options

Workhorse PC with the MC10 certeza with a choice of Linux, Windows XP or Windows Vista Business operating systems. The Netbook will also be offered with a 4 – or 6-cell battery.

via Liliputing

The MSI GT627 is the latest 15 “gaming notebook with an elegant brushed metal surface and a simple overclocking Turbo button. Located within the stylish exterior is a NVIDIA 9800M GS graphics card, paired with an Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 with each modern game, the user can throw at them. The notebook is directed against the other low-cost gaming platforms such as the Gateway P-series offers high-end gaming performance

MSI GT627 Specifications:

• Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 (2.26GHz, 1066MHz, 3MB Cache)
• 4GB DDR2 memory
• Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit, SP1)
• NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS graphics (1GB GDDR3)
• 15.4 WXGA Glossy Display (1280×800)
• DVDRW-SuperMulti
• 320GB hard drive (7200rpm)
• 802.11 b/g/n Wireless LAN with Bluetooth
• 90W (19V) Power Supply
• Battery: 6-cell
• Weight: 5.6lbs
• Size: 14.09″(L) x 10.24 “(D) x 1.06″~1.22″(H)

via talklaptops

We have it in LG, to its new Netbook, the LG-X120 in the ongoing Mobile World Congress. While all others is the introduction of new mobile phones, LG demoed its Netbook instead. But we understand the logic for this.

LG wants to market the X120 Netbook as part of the mobile world, pure and simple. And what the time is ripe to move from one device on the market as a mobile device, but during an event at which mobile phones in the spotlight. So, if our previous hands-on report about the LG X120 left you yearning for more information on this new Netbook, let’s LG deeper into the announcement and see what new things we could get from him.

So what we want here? A 1.3 megapixel webcam, 10-inch display with LED backlight, 1.3kgs Weight, 160GB HDD, SRS WOW XT and TruSurround HD for playback, smart-link technology and USB cable connectivity, MP3 player, Photo viewer and a number of mobile Internet applications. These are fairly standard Netbook features.

Of course we also have an essential feature of the LG X120, which is probably the reason why these LG Netbook of WMC in Barcelona 3G HSPA connectivity features. Also worth mentioning is the quick-loading smart-on interface, which loads the Netbook applications menu in five seconds. Design-wise, the LG-X120 sports a soft, textured white surface with a fingerprint and scratch-resistant matte finish.

LG also said that the X120 has an improved battery life of 3.5 hours for the 3-cell battery and 7 hours for a model with 6-cell battery. If such use is lure enough time to make the X120 Netbook, you must wait until March, when the LG X120 releases in Europe.

Sorry guys, LG has no price of the X120 Netbook yet.

The V12 dual-LCD design concept, known as Canova is an odd-looking laptop from the Italians, but it happens to have the LCD in the keyboard and trackpad would be on a conventional notebook.

It is certainly a crazy looking laptop but obviously not so crazy, because the word is that they have managed to adapt to an American company, Estari, to ensure the V12 Dual-LCD laptop design makes it to production lines.

Technical data and all data are scarce, but we are at the hearing that ultimately, on the streets should command a price tag of around 400 U.S. dollars. Other than that, just wait and see what develops.

via notebookitalia