I know, I know, one of the first things they tell you when you purchase a netbook is to forget gaming. You see, netbooks aren’t made to handle games. Sure, it can handle web browsing, watching non-HD movies, and maybe a little Photoshop (yes, I know of a few people who do that on their HP Minis), but gaming? No way, they say.

Well, we wouldn’t expect much from our netbooks in the gaming department. Most of them are running on a 1.6 GHz Atom processor, 1 GB RAM, and of course no video card. Those specs alone could make Firefox choke in the middle of watching a video on YouTube. Read more…

I’ve been totally excited about Chrome OS for some time now, and I was eagerly looking forward to the big yesterday. But the screenshots that came out left me with a feeling of “that’s it?!”

Okay, I knew all along that Chrome OS will be cloud-based and that you won’t be able to do much with it without an internet connection. Fair enough. I just wasn’t expecting that they’d turn out this uninspired design that looks no different from Chrome, the browser. Read more…

Google’s much-awaited Chrome OS will be getting its first public demo on Thursday, Electronista reports. An event will be happening on that day will include a complete overview of the web-centric OS, including its technical underpinnings as well as demos.

Now the whole world has waited with bated breath as to what Chrome holds for us netbook owners. I mean, Windows is really the dominant OS right now for netbooks, and Linux can’t seem to go beyond the dedicated community of developers. Maybe Chrome will be the OS to actually challenge Microsoft. I can’t wait to see what happens.

So the world waited with bated breath this November for Michael Arrington’s much-awaited $200 internet tablet, the Crunchpad. And it never arrived. In fact, the way it just disappeared from the zeitgeist made people speculate about its premature demise.

Well Arrington came out and said that no, the CrunchPad is not dead. In fact, it’s going to be out sooner or later and it’s going to cost between $300-$400, with sponsorship (probably like Google sponsoring Firefox by being its default search engine). Read more…

I never knew wind resistance wasd a big factor in netbook design, but I guess when you’re travelling and you keep your netbook in front of you, the less wind resistance you get the better. Read more…