Unbuntu Remix takes Linux and optimizes it for netbooks and the web.  Check out this video from Youtube.

Many may argue but there are two different types of netbooks – those with Windows and those without.  Whether it’s Apple, or Intel it almost doesn’t matter who makes the operating system if it isn’t Microsoft.  This may sound pompous until you realize why it doesn’t matter.
When you use Windows your computer is open to all of the millions of programs available to computers for almost a decade.  The user experience is reliable, and even if you may not like Microsoft you know what to expect when your computer turns …

Yes, this post is a little cruel but if you’re going to pay for people to click, you might as well say it the right way.

Synaptics rules.
They’re showing off a trackpad for use in netbooks which allow you to use gesture similar to how you’re able to do it on an Apple Macbook.  This would remove the need for having left and right mouse buttons which lends it’self to the small size and sometimes cramped space which plagues most netbooks.
You can read more over at Engadget.

Asus was busy over at this years Computex.  Among the many things they unveiled was the 11.6 inch 1101HA netbook.  Following the release of the 1008HA, the 1101HA is part of the Seashell series and here are some of the specs:
Features an 11.6-inch high definition widescreen LED-backlit display for multimedia enjoyment. These models all come equipped with 160GB of hard disk storage, as well as an additional 10GB of online Eee Storage, exclusive to Eee PC™ users. The Eee PC™ Seashell 1101HA features 11 hours* of unplugged computing time, with …

With the size of netbook getting past seven or eight inches and getting into double digit screen sizes it begs the question if netbook are pricing themselves out of favorability.
People, looking for value may like the portability of a netbook but not the pricetag.  Even with my own 1000HE, if I added an extra $50 or $75 dollars I would have been able to have gotten a full notebook with a 15 inch screen and a media drive.  While it’s true that many people use their netbook to connect to …

As the internet became full of the buzz that Dell would no longer be making or selling their Mini 9 many people wondered why.  It was heralded for being great at being hacked and turned into a hackintosh, it fit nicely in the lineup of other Mini netbooks from Dell – it just didn’t make sense.  Then it hit me, it must have to do with money!
Specifically the cost of compenents like screen, and memory must have made the Mini 9 unprofitable to keep making.  Oftertimes suppliers give the best …