Asus EEE PC

Asus is perhaps the most recognizable brand name in the netbooks category, and their Eee PCs have been dominating the market mostly because, until this point, there hasn’t been competition. Now that there is though, Asus is determined to retain their leadership position, and is offering Eee PC netbooks that are robust, versatile, and quite affordable.

The available configurations run the gamut from the barebones Eee PC 700 (also known as the 2G surf) all the way to the Eee PC 1000, which straddles the line between netbook and a traditional ultraportable laptop. While most models have a solid-state flash memory hard drive, the 1000HD and 1000H models have included a more traditional hard drive, with capacities of 80 or 160GB. Naturally, this adds a little bit of heft and bulk to the Eee PC, but if the thought of limiting yourself to a 2, 4, 6, or 16GB flash drive is simply beyond conception, the option for more space is available. The Asus Eee PC 900 seems like the most appealing series in the line, offering a moderately sized 8.9″ display, 1GB of RAM, and the choice between a Linux operating system or Windows XP (for roughly $50 more).

The Asus Eee PC 901 is a particular standout, as it comes with Intel’s new Atom mobile processor, giving it a slight advantage over the other Celeron based 900 models. Asus Eee netbooks typically cost between $250 and $500, depending on model.

Intel Core 2 Extreme X9000 Processor Coming Soon

Intel plans to release its Core 2 Extreme X9000 “Penryn” mobile processor in mid February. The CPU will be available in select notebooks in late February or March, Fudzilla reports.

“This is going to be the fastest mobile chip and it will definitely fill the gap for desktop replacement gamers who will finally get a very fast CPU,” the report says.

The Intel Core 2 Extreme X9000 belongs to the new 45-nanometer “Penryn” laptop CPU line and is clocked at 2.8GHz. It uses 800MHz front side bus and has 6MB of L2 cache. The X9000 is most likely overclockable.

According to earlier reports, the X9000’s price is $851 in 1000-unit tray quantities.

Intel’s performance tests show that the Core 2 Extreme X9000 has 4% and 7% better score in 3DMark06 and Cinebench R10 benchmarks respectively, than the 65nm Core 2 Extreme X7900 with 4MB of L2 cache and the same clock speed.

Pink ChicPetite By Extreme Notebooks

Well geeks, here is your new pink notebook computer, ChicPetite by Xtreme Notebooks. It appears that it will attract girls more but its features might arrest boys too, and if you’re a pink-hugger its time to add one more gadget in pink.

This bright notebook features 12.1-inch screen, weighs 4.2 pounds and is powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo T7600 (depending upon the configuration) and incorporates an Express Card reader, built-in 4-in-1 Flash Memory reader, WiFi, up to 2GB of RAM, up to 160GB hard drive and 802.11 b/g wireless.

The standard price is $1,349 (around £700), but you have to shell bit more for other powerful configurations.