Tag Archives for netbook
Samsung RF511
Samsung’s latest laptop is pleasingly priced for those who are after a do-it-all solution for the living room or bedroom, as it is an all-round laptop aimed at general users, rather than road warriors, gamers or remote worker. It’s reasonably fast and will be advanced enough for mainstream users, but in the face of tablets,…
Packard Bell : Dot S
Now that we’re living in a post-iPad 2 age where everyone seems to have gone tablet crazy, one wonders how much longer the humble netbook will continue to find favour, especially as the smallest notebooks are becoming increasingly more powerful, lighter and less expensive. That said, Packard Bell’s Dot S makes every attempt to be…
HP Mini 210 3000sa
Will tablets sound the death knell for netbooks? There are people with strong views on both sides. For the moment, though, enough people want Windows and a keyboard to keep these low-powered laptops afloat. HP is committed to netbooks and recently updated its Mini line – the entry-level product in which is the HP Mini…
Samsung Series 5 Chromebook
The Samsung Series 5 Chromebook is such an annoying product. It’s nicely made, and the idea behind it is clever. But for all its good points, it’s expensive and, quite simply, it doesn’t do enough. Head in the cloudThe idea behind the Samsung Series 5 Chromebook is that people don’t really need anything stored locally…
Toshiba NB520
Netbooks haven’t moved on much recently. Their place has in part been usurped by the iPad 2 and Android tablets, while their general specifications have languished in a sort of limbo as other laptop computers get faster, and feature an array of increasingly sophisticated features. Manufacturers peddling netbooks now have to work much harder to…