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Photos: 10 of the best mini laptops
Photo While the idea of a mini laptop may have been around for donkey's years, it was Asus' Eee PC that really reinvigorated the concept. Netbooks have mushroomed since the Eee's launch in... [21 Sep 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Netbooks
Cheat Sheet The operating system under the bonnet of the original Asus Eee PC, and the OLPC's XO laptop, are versions of Linux. This device led the way for low-cost laptops intended for developing nations, but it... [08 May 2009]
HP netbook ditches Linux
News The fast-growing netbook market, which only got going in 2007, kicked off with the launch of Asus's Linux-only Eee PC 701. In early 2008, Microsoft announced a partnership with Asus to put Windows XP... [06 Feb 2009]
What's the difference between a netbook and a laptop?
News But Asus broke the category open for consumers in late 2007 with its Eee PC, at first equipped with a tiny seven-inch screen, solid-state memory and Linux instead of Windows. For the past year, when a... [19 Jan 2009]
Touchscreen tablet latest Classmate for Intel
News The original Classmate, which appeared in 2006, is widely seen as having kicked off the 'netbook' concept even before Asus released its popular Eee 701. As with most netbooks, it will run on Intel's Atom... [13 Jan 2009]
Photos: Asus grows eco cred with bamboo laptop
Photo Like many of Asus' netbooks the device uses Intel's Atom processor but the touchscreen tabletop Eee Top 1602 is no netbook. Also today Asus launched a new PC in its Eee... [31 Oct 2008]
HP to shake up netbook market with mainstream line
News At the time, HP was adamant this was not meant to play in the same arena as the consumer-oriented netbook from Asus, the Eee PC. It's a dramatic increase, and the difference is all coming out of Europe,... [29 Oct 2008]
Why green tech is more influential than ever
News Asus CEO, Jonney Shih and 31st placed Agenda Setter, made the cut partly for the fact that the mini PC technology his company has pioneered, the Eee PC, is also pushing the low power... [08 Oct 2008]
Gadget Watch: Asus Eee Box
Photo The Eee Box is rather a mixed bag. Tiny media-oriented desktop PC with Atom CPU It's not powerful enough to challenge the vast majority of desktops on the market and, as a Media Center... [29 Aug 2008]
Intel's Atom cracks into PC World
News Fennell said netbooks - a term initially promoted by Intel to identify low-cost, low-performance, ultraportable laptops, and epitomised by the Asus Eee - are "far more convenient [than laptops] when on the move and... [08 Jul 2008]
Latest Asus Eees announced
News Both based on Intel's low-power 1.6GHz Atom processor, the Eee 901 and 1000 should have better battery life than their predecessors, especially as they feature six-cell 6600mAh batteries as opposed to... [16 Jun 2008]
Photos: Five of the best mini laptops
Photo The Eee PC is arguably where the ultra-mobile, ultra-low-cost laptop craze started - although its spiritual home is the $100 laptop project proper. Asus Eee PC 900 HP's... [06 Jun 2008]