Intel: Optimistic About Future Nettop Performance

Although Intel is optimistic about the sales performance of Atom-based nettops, some PC vendors doubt nettops will be as successful as netbooks.
According to Intel forecasts, between 2008-2011 netbook and nettop shipments will together see annual double digital growth. Netbooks are expected to see shipments of 47 million units over the three years, while nettops are [...]

Computex 2008: Intels Atom Rules And Taiwan’s Tiger Roars

Ricky Morris from Digitimes writes that Intel’s Atom-based notebooks (netbooks) and desktops (nettops) have opportunities in emerging markets as affordable devices for first-time PC users. For mature markets those devices are seen as an opportunity as a cheap PC for children … also 90% of the Atom-based devices currently announced are designed by Taiwan-based companies. [...]

Laptops: 16:9 ratio notebook panels soon mainstream

A report on Digitimes claims panel makers to push 16:9 ratio panels soon in 2008. Acer has already some pretty cool notebooks with 16:9 ratio in the market and decided now to open up all its notebook product lines to be based on that ratio. ‘Other notebook vendors are readying to push at least 14- [...]