Well, it looks like we’re about to get more powerful netbooks in the future. You see, the Intel Atom N450 (1.66GHz, GMA 3150 graphics core) is about to hit stores come January. But if you can afford to hold off buying a new netbook a bit longer, the Intel Atom N470 will be worth it, and it’s coming March next year. Read more…

If you don’t know, I’m a netbook guy. I go about my daily tasks all over the metro carrying my trusty Asus Eee with me, and when I find a nice (hopefully free) wifi hotspot, I sit down, grab a mug of hot coffee, and work away. But if I’m lazy to bring my netbook with me (admit it, even netbooks CAN get cumbersome at times), I have my trusty Nokia E63 always in my pocket, so if I need to make a quick Skype call, update Twitter, or check what my friends are up to in Facebook, it can suffice for my needs. Read more…

Laptop Magazine was able to get their hands on an HP Mini 311, and wowza, it won points for performance. Usually I belittle HP’s netbooks because the stuff running under the hood is no match against other, relatively uglier netbooks, but somehow HP Mini 311 seems to change the game.

11-inch screen goodness aside, the HP Mini 311 has a standard Intel Atom processor which every netbook worth its salt has been rocking since time immemorial. And we all know how limited the Atom is. But thanks to the powerful NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics, the Mini 311 trounces your typical netbook when it comes to video playback, video gaming, or the 3DMark06 benchmark. It also outperforms every netbook and some CULV powered machines in the more general PCMark05 test. And would you believe you can squeeze at least 5 hours out of this baby?

And seriously, for $399, you can’t do any better for that price range.

Apparently, Acer’s Android netbook will be available to the general public by November. The reported of the netbook is around $300 to $350, and it won’t be all that much cheaper than the current 10-inch Aspire One since it still runs Windows and will have comparable specs.

So now I’m wondering why install Android in the first place if Windows is still going to be running alongside it. I’d rather wait for the Google Chrome OS netbook, mind you.