What do you like about Slate's? Aren't they like a Kindle for reading
books or are there other ways to use them?
On Thu, 23 Dec 2010 15:00:58 -0600, Greg Sevart <[email protected]> wrote:
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
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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
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