Laptopmag received a Dell Mini 12 and decided to put it through some tests and find out what was so good about a 12″ netbook.  The verdict isn’t as good as you’d like it to be.
On the positive side, with a larger screen you have space to surf the web, read email and all of the other great things you’ll be doing with your netbook.  Instead of the usual 1024 x 600 resolution, you’ll be browsing at 1280 x 800.  As you’d imagine it’s thin and light.  Maybe not Apple …

First there was the EPROM, you’d put them on the circuit board and it contained the instructions needed to run a program.  They are still used today, but they were replaced by floppy disks as the media for distribution to consumers.  Floppy disk lasted a while with programs such as Windows 95 coming on a series of 14 disks.
Floppy disks were joined with the LS120 Superdrive, the ZIP and JAZZ drives.  Life was good, the air was crisp and tomorrow never seemed like it was going to happen.  The problem …

Pointing fingers never feels good.  It goes back to being in grade school and never wanting to be the tattle tale.  Still when something isn’t right you have to correct it.  Liliputing.com, a great site for all things computer related, posted a story about QVC selling the Dell Mini 9 netbook for $529 which should only be $449 by their count.

The problem is that when you look at what QVC is selling you realize that it actually isn’t a bad deal, as much as QVC usually seems like a ripoff …

As more time goes by, what is being said about Windows 7 keeps getting better and better. First, it came out that all you’ll need is 256MB of RAM and a 1Ghz processor in order for it to boot up.
Now it comes out that the new Windows operating system will allow boot time to be cut dramatically as well as extending battery life. If things keep getting better, Vista would have been worth it to get to this product.
Source: Engadget

This just came in. You can now snag a netbook for under $250 which sounds great when most of the new models coming out are priced at $600-700.

Here are the specs:
-Color: White
-Asus customized Linux operating system
-Intel Celeron M 900 MHz processor
-4 GB SSD (Solid-State Disk) internal storage capacity
-512 MB DDR2 SDRAM
-No optical drive
-No floppy drive
-Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900
-Integrated audio with built-in speakers
-Integrated 10/100 Ethernet
-Atheros 802.11b/g Wireless LAN
-0.3M camera
-Keyboard with TouchPad
-Built-in memory card reader
-7-inch LCD display (800 x 480 resolution)
The battery should last between 2-3 hours and it comes with …