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blog.laptopmag.com - 12/16/2008

Intel-Powered Convertible Classmate PC: The Touch Netbook to Emulate

— blog.laptopmag.com — classmatelead CES 2009 is undoubtedly going to be the show for touch-enabled netbooks and leading the pack will be Intel’s Convertible Classmate PC. While MSI and ASUS have hinted at their respective touch-capable Winds and Eee PCs, Intel will ... (more) Intel-Powered Convertible Classmate PC: The Touch ...

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engadget.com - 12/12/2008

Acer Aspire One goes official on AT&T's 3G network

— engadget.com — Hey, remember that Acer Aspire One equipped with on-board 3G we spied in a Radio Shack ad the other day? Well guess what? It's real -- and we've got the PR to prove it. Just as expected, the netbook is being offered for the teensy price of $99.99 ... (more) Acer Aspire One goes official on AT&T's 3G network

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liliputing.com - 12/9/2008

AT&T and Radio Shack to offer $100 Acer Aspire One?

— liliputing.com — Want to know how to make a cheap notebook even cheaper? Bundle it with a 3G broadband modem and get a wireless provider to subsidize the price you pay up front for the computer. European and Asian mobile carriers have been offering discounted ... (more) AT&T and Radio Shack to offer $100 Acer Aspire One?

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Apple Mac Unit Growth Turns Negative In November
WSJ.com: Tech Trader Daily — ... The WSJ story notes that while Apple grew faster than the market in notebooks, it suffered a 35% drop in desktop sales in the month. It’s also worth noting that Apple’s 5% drop in Mac revenue for the month was not as bad as the 11% drop in overall PC revenues for the month. The bigger drop in PC revenues likely reflects the rise of low-cost netbooks: consider that the top 10 best-selling notebooks on Amazon.com includes 7 netbooks from Acer and Asus, one from Samsung, one Mac laptop and the One Laptop Per ...

Amazon’s Christmas bestsellers: Acer, Apple and Asus
Brainstorm Tech: Technology blogs, news and analysis from Fortune Magazine » Apple 2.0 — ... Look what Santa left under Amazon.com’s tree this Christmas morning: 7 Acer netbooks 7 Apple MacBooks 4 Asus netbooks 2 Samsung netbooks 2 MSI netbooks 1 OLPC (One laptop per child) XO laptop 1 Lenova Ideapad laptop 1 Toshiba Satellite laptop Can you spot the ringer on Amazon’s 2008 Christmas-day list of 25 bestselling notebook computers? You guessed it. It’s those seven premium-priced Apple (AAPL) MacBooks in a shopping cart ...

Tips for new netbook owners: how to get big results from your tiny machines [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network — ... The hot seller this holiday season has been the lowly netbook. Amazon has reported that of the 25 top-selling notebooks this holiday period 16 of them have been netbooks less than $500. We realize that there may be quite a few owners of new netbooks that are trying to get started with their little laptop and since we’ve offered up a lot of information about netbooks we decided it a good idea to compile some of this information here. ...

Apple looking pretty good at Amazon
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... In the electronics category, where computers and MP3 players sit, the Apple iPod touch was a best seller. Of the 25 best selling notebook computers, 7 were Apple laptops when I checked. (These numbers change hourly.) Only one other laptop that sells for more than 500 dollars made the top 25, a Toshiba for $599. The rest of the top sellers were all under $500 and included several netbooks. Are you listening, Apple? Netbooks are catching on. What is so interesting is that Apple users did not seem to be very sensitive to price, and the best selling Apple notebook was not the ...

Amazon’s Christmas bestsellers: Acer, Apple and Asus
MacBytes.com — Amazon's bestselling notebooks Xmas 2008 Look what Santa left under Amazon.com ’s tree this Christmas morning: Can you spot the ringer on Amazon’s 2008 Christmas-day list of 25 bestselling notebook computers ? You guessed it. It’s those seven premium-priced Apple ( AAPL ) MacBooks in a shopping cart dominated by stripped-down netbooks, heavily discounted Windows notebooks and a 2-for-1 “$100″ laptop. Except for the MacBooks and one $599 Toshiba, every computer on that list sells for less than $500. The seven MacBooks, by contrast, sell for three times as ...

MacBook back on top at Amazon
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13-inch Macbook Pro crashes the netbook party on Amazon
CrunchGear — In case you didn’t know, Apple refreshed its notebook lineup a few weeks back and rebadged the 13-inch unibody Macbook as a Pro model. Apparently the masses like it as that model now occupies the top spot in Amazons best selling laptop computer list and number four overall. It wasn’t that long ago that netbooks ruled that second list and the white 13-inch Macbook was the top selling Apple computer at number 14. But as Fortune’s Apple 2.0 blog points out, netbooks are returned nearly 30% of the time and ...