Agreed--I do hope 2011 becomes the year of the slate. It's the first form factor I can remember being excited about in a very long time.
Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Thane Sherrington > Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 1:30 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] Laptop suggestions > > At 03:04 PM 23/12/2010, Mini Me wrote: > >2011 is going to be the most exciting year for computer hardware in > >many years. Happy Holidays Thane! > > I agree. I think all the new tablets coming out are going to be pretty > interesting as well. I just picked up a Coby Kyros, and it's very cool. > > Merry Christmas! > > T > > > > > >On Thu, 23 Dec 2010 12:53:28 -0600, Thane Sherrington > ><[email protected]> wrote: > > > >>At 02:17 PM 23/12/2010, Mini Me wrote: > >> > >>>Acer is preparing to introduce its first AMD based netbook, the > >>>10-inch Aspire One 522. > >>> > >>>Sporting a classic Aspire One chassis in Futurama trademarked > >>>electric mucus green, the 522 is based on the C-50 processor, a 1GHz > >>>Ontario dual-core with a TDP of 9W. The C-50 features Radeon HD 6250 > >>>graphics with DirectX 11 and UVD3 support, something Intel's netbook > >>>parts can only dream of. > >>> > >>>Aside from the new processor, the Aspire One 522 also comes with a > >>>new > >>>1280x720 screen, which is a significant improvement over previous > >>>1024x600 > >>>units. It also has HDMI out, just in case you need more. > >>> > >>>Battery life is rated at six hours, which is somewhat less than > >>>similarly spec'd Intel-based Aspire Ones. > >> > >>Interesting. (Actually, the Aspire Ones come in two flavours - a 4 > >>hour and an 8 hour - so this is pretty similar.) I'm looking forward > >>to the new AMD CPUs. > >> > >>T > > > > > >-- > >Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ >
