Netbook India

Dell is a very popular brand in India. Lately, it has launched slew of mini laptops, popularly known as netbooks in India. The most anticipated is the mini-laptop being the Dell Insipron 11z, which has more powerful specs that what you normally see in the netbook market. Here is a quick glance at its specs: 

• Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
• Intel Pentium SU4100 (1.3GHz, 800MHz FSB, 2MB Cache)
• Intel GS45 + ISH9M chipset
• 11.6" WXGA LED-backlit display at 1366×768
• Intel X4500 Integrated Graphics
• Dell 1397 ABG Wireless
• 2GB DDR2-800 SDRAM (1 Slot)
• 250GB 5400RPM Hard Drive
• 65W (19.5V x 3.34A) 100-240V AC Adapter
• 6-cell 56Wh 11.1v Lithium Ion battery
• Dimensions (WxDxH): 11.5" x 8.43" x 0.92-1.8" with 6-cell battery
• Weight: 1.57kg with 6-cell battery
• 2-year limited warranty

Design
The Dell Inspiron 11z retains a very simple design. It can clearly be seen that Dell wanted the design to be as sober as possible. Although there is nothing fancy about the design, we still found it be very elegant.

Build quality is average and chassis feels durable.

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A netbook based on yet  to come Atom N450 has been planned by Gigabyte. It will be rolled out in the end of this year or in the beginning of next year. The Atom N450 is the true successor of the Atom N2×0 as it is powerful (not as weak as Z-series) and power-frugal at the same time.

Gigabyte also has in mind to launch some ultra thin in the market.

HP’s couple of designer netbooks based on the HP Mini 110: “Studio Tord Boontje” edition and “Vivienne Tam designer” edition was made public couple of months back. As published here, “We have come to the ‘Studio Tord Boontje’ edition is now available with Windows 7 Starter edition”. Also quoting the words, published on the website which says, “Frankly speaking, if you ask us, we won’t recommend you to buy this netbook as it runs Atom N270 which is, by no means, the most advanced and power-sipping processor. Secondly, the machine is over-priced for what it offers. 160GB HDD, 1GB RAM coupled with N270 makes the overall deal look awful.”

Priced at Rs 21,000

Acer’s Android netbook is available at Amazon.com for pre-order. 10.1” Acer Aspire D250 netbook with two operating systems: Windows XP and Google Android. Has an Intel Atom N280 processor, 10.1-inch display with 1024×600 resolution, WiFi b/g/n, 160GB HDD, 1GB RAM and 6-cell battery.

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According to news published on the website gadgetmix, which talks about the profit margind earned by manufactures. and for this Shanzai folks practically grilled each and every part of popular S30 type netbook. And they then calculated to found out that to make a popular S30 type netbook, which has typical N270 Atom processor, 160GB HDD and 1GB RAM, it costs the manufacture $198.91 and guess for how much it retails at? Mere $205 and this gives the company a meager $6 profit.

This Lenovo Ideapad U150 got noticed at CEATEC Japan. Instead of the usual Atom,it uses an Intel Core 2 Duo processor. It comes with 250GB hard disk, 2GB RAM, Intel GMA X4500 graphic chipset. And it weighs around just 1.35kg and is 13.5mm thick only making it very comfortable to carry. It has a full size keyboard and has decent-size touchpad.

There with a leather palm rest and patterns all over its body. Certainly, a rare thing to see.

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Acer is to release their Acer Android netbook in the month of November. Though earlier it was known that it would be running Windows XP and Android, but it will be replaced with Windows 7 as its coming later this month.

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MSI has started-off shipping of its Wind U210 netbook and is available with the few online retailers including Amazon and NewEgg. It runs on Windows Vista Home Premium. Tagged with a price of rs 25,000 ($430) and undoubtedly pretty good deal for such powerful specs. It is available in black and white color.

Here you go down the list of the specs:

• AMD Athlon Neo MV-40 @ 1.6GHz clock speed
• 12.1-inch 1366 x 768 display
• AMD Radeon X1250 graphic chipset
• 250GB HDD, 2GB RAM
• HDMI port
• card reader (4-in-one)
• Wi-Fi (b/g/n)
• 6-cell (5200mAh) battery

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Aero by Windows Vista is proving quite attracting to its users. Though some might still stuck with their old OS (Windows XP), and trust me trying their hands on this little application, FastAero is of no harm at all, which (tries to) mimic Aero effects offered by Vista.

I just tried it on my netbook and it is takes just 12MB RAM to run! Try it! Installation is simple too. Just unzip the zip file and run the EXE.

[Link to FastAero]
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So here is the good news for all you people out there. Now manufactures can install any of the Windows 7 version. Earlier they were forced to cut down version of windows 7, but now no prohibition of such kind will be enforced on the netbook manufactures. Earlier, 3 application limit was removed from the Windows 7 Starter and with this big news, we are very sure that most of the netbook manufactures as-well-as buyers will show sign of relief.

To keep the cost as minimum as possible, the netbook manufactures for sure stand with the Windows 7 starter or Windows 7 Basic version.

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The MILEAP series seemed quite a delusion, to put it straight for the HCL lovers. The MILEAP MH 04 is another venture that goes down to face its even tougher netbook counterparts, that are quite advanced to handle. It is said to be an MSI Wind under the veil. The HCL with MH 04 tries to upgrade by providing a larger view with a bigger screen(10 inch, 1024 X 600 resolution) and a better processor- Intel Atom (1.6 Ghz).

One thing that may attract you is the Windows XP Home Edition CD allowing you to re-install in case of discrepancies. Turning to the memory portion now, RAM is 1GB DDR2 (extendable up to 2GB) and Hard Disk is of 80 GB SATA. The netbook comes with a 2200 mAh 3 -cell battery(allowing you about 3hrs uninterrupted work if used without WiFi)  and isn’t too hefty with almost 1.2 kg weight. However, netbooks in this category offer much more. Most of the netbooks offer more hard disk space, better and higher capacity battery. HCL MiLeap MH 04 disappoints in this area.

It is bluetooth and Wifi enabled with Ethernet connectivity as well. A 1.3 MP web camera is situated right above the screen enabling easy video calls and chats. And about the USB Ports, it has 3 of them, one of them on the right and other two on left. (more…)

Manufacturer from China has come up with with the replica of the popular Acer Aspire D250 netbook. And this replicated netbook is launched and now sold with name of Suncu 12. As its name says, a 12-inch netbook resembles much like the Acer’s Aspire D250. It comes with an Atom N270 processor, 1GB RAM, 160GB and 6-cell battery (4400mAh). And has 12-inch display with 1280×800 resolution which is pretty common in laptops.

Bigger screen results in bigger frame, which actually allowed the company to fit in a bigger keyboard too.

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