Apricot's first attempt at cracking the increasingly lucrative netbook market could bee one of the thickest options out there but with the company's choice to go with a VIA processor rather than one of Intel's offerings means that without the extra space the system could run too hot.
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"Apple Macbook laptop computer"
Published on: 10/2008
On test: Apple MacBook (10/2008)
Apple's latest update to their consumer notebook range is more than a speed-bump, the whole chassis has been redesigned and now hewn from a single sheet of aluminium, looking more like the MacBook Air than the white iBooks of old.
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"Asus Eee PC 1000 10in Linux netbook"
Published on: 10/2008
On test: Asus Eee PC 1000
Considering the small screen and cramped keyboard of the original Eee PC, the system's massive success came as something of a shock to the technology world. The follow-up, the Eee PC 901 addressed one of the general public's main concerns, namely the small screen and bumped this up to 8.9-inches, however, the cramped keyboard remained and, in what can be seen as either a slick marketing ploy on the part of Asus, or an example of the company's genuine concern for criticisms on the part of its customers, yet another model was released, this time adding another inch to the screen and more importantly, widening the keyboard to allow people to put away the Bic pen lids they had been using as finger extenders and get some work done.
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"Asus Eee PC 1000H"
Issue: 11/2008
On test: Asus Eee PC 1000H
Asus's original Eee PC took the world by storm but with a number of pretenders to its crown and a raft of new technologies begging to be integrated into the manufacturer's new great white hope, could the 1000H be the best Eee PC yet?
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"Getac E100"
Issue: 11/2008
On test: GETAC E100
Rugged notebooks are typically heavier than the average portable, but weighing it at only 1.4kg, the E100 from market mainstays Getac looks to buck this trend.
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