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Acer Aspire TimelineX 1830T is affordable for an ultraportable. It offers nice performance, has excellent highdef video playback, and runs for over 6 hours on a battery charge. But it also has some ergonomic quirks.

The laptop comes equipped with an Intel Core i5430um CPU, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, and a 500GB 5400rpm HDD. Gaming frame rates from the Intel HD Graphics (measured in frames per second) were unplayable, landing in the teens.
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A new Nettop PC known as the VOT125 by ViewSonic is now available.

This mini sized nettop is powered by one of four energy-saving Intel’s processors: Celeron SU743, Dual Core Celeron SU2300, Pentium SU4100 and Core 2 Duo SU7300.

Under the lid you can also find a 250GB HDD, 2GB of memory, 2X USB 2.0 ports, wired and wireless connections, DVI output, HDMI output and runs on Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium OS.

The starting price of Viewsonic VOT125 Nettop PC is $499.

HP intros a new 18.4-inch (1920 x 1080 Ultra BrightView LCD display) Pavilion dv8t featuring Intel Core i7-720QM Quad Core a 1.6GHz processor.

The laptop is packed with a NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M 1GB graphics card, a 500GB HDD,  4GB DDR3 RAM, Blu-ray and runs on Windows 7 64-bit OS.

The most amazing thing is that the Pavilion dv8t is available only for $949.99 shipped instead of regular price $1,449.99.

Here I would like to introduce Acer’s new 10.1-inch Aspire One D260 netbook which has dual-boot capability with Android and Windows, likely XP. An update to the Aspire One D250. At the same time, Acer revealed a netbook running on Chrome OS is also due in the summer of this year.

The netbook is powered by an Intel Atom CPU, 2GB of RAM, a 160GB of HDD. Aspire One D260 features a 0.3-megapixel webcam, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, a card reader and include 3G broadband support.

Intel’s new 40GB X25-V Value SATA SSD is now available at $125. Significantly, it is  lower than the company have been charging for their previous ones.

The biggest issue is capacity as the X25-M only packs 40GB of storage, which I think is low no matter whether you’re looking at netbooks or anything bigger.Intel are positioning it more as a dualboot drive, with the expectation that users will keep the SSD for the OS and core applications and then store their data on a larger HDD.

In fact, they reckon if you did that – with Windows 7, Office and a game – you could see up to 43-percent faster overall system performance or an 86-percent improvement in gaming experience.

The new machine is the basic HP Mini 210 adorned with a “Butterfly Lovers” design and gold color that goes along with Tam’s latest collection of clothing. Other than the gold color, which extends to the keyboard and other surfaces of the netbook and a wireless mouse, the rig is the basic Mini 210.

HP Mini 210 Vivienne Tam is powered by an Intel Atom N450 CPU and has 2GB of RAM. The screen is a 10.1-inch BrightView Infinity Widescreen unit and the keyboard is 93% of full-size. The golden hued 3-cell battery promises up to 5.5 hours of use per charge and the butterfly decorated mouse is an option.

Boasting Intel Core i7-620 UM vPro (1.06 GHz) CPU in a body measuring 229×187×29.4 that weighs around 0.93kg, the R series notebooks are also equipped with 2 GB (up to 4GB) of DDR3 SDRAM, 250 GB (Serial ATA) of HDD, 10.4-inch (1024 x 768) XGA TFT Color LCD, Intel QM57 Express Chipset (graphics card included), USB 2.0 x 2, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless LAN, Gigabit Ethernet, Type 2 PC card slot, SD/ SDHC card slot , Mini D-Sub 15 pin and runs on either Windows 7 Professional 32bit or 64 bit depending on your choice and has built-in Windows XP mode.

MSI introduces the Wind U160 netbook to the CES 2010. The U160 is also boosted by Intel’s new Atom N450 Pine Trail 1.66Ghz processor. The 10.1-inch netbook offers up to 9 hours of battery life.

MSI Wind U160 has a Fancy Gold Color Film Print coating. It comes with chiclet keyboard and a multitouch touchpad. It measures less than 1-inch thick and weighs just 1kg.

Australian company Pioneer Computers launches the DreamBook Light U11 laptop based on Intel’s CULV processor. Buyers can pick one from the five CULV processors, including Core 2 Duo SU9600/SU9400, Core 2 Solo SU7300, Pentium Dual Core SU4100/SU2300.

The DreamBook can get up to 4GB of DDR2 memory, a 2.5-inch hard drive and integrated graphics. It has a 11.6-inch 1366×768 LED-backlight display, a 1.3 Megapixel webcam, 4-in-1 card reader, Bluetooth, WiFi and optional 3G connectivity.

MSI provided early details of its first Wind netbooks running on Intel’s Pine Trail platform. The U130 and U135 both update to the 1.66GHz Atom and should get about 15 percent more battery life than previous Winds. They also get a minor aesthetic boost with touches such as a new trackpad.

Differences between the two are relatively minor and depend on storage and networking. Both have 10-inch displays and the same processor, but the U130 is similar to most netbooks with a 160GB hard drive and options of black or white colors; the U135 upgrades to a 250GB drive and color choices like blue, red and silver. Certain models should also have cellular broadband.

MSI should put these models on sale in January, likely from the 4th, and should be priced at about $350 for the U130 and $450 for the U135. More advanced U140 and U160 models are also believed enroute but haven’t been confirmed.