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Gigabyte’s M912X Runs Apple’s OS X

Modified netbooks running Apple’s OS X have been seen before, so we could say it has become somewhat of a trend for users out there to install an OS X operating system on a portable computer system that is gaining more popularity with each day. However, this is the first time we see a netbook with touch-screen capabilities running Apple’s latest version of OS X. We are talking about Gigabyte’s M912X netbook, which, like most other netbooks on the market, including ASUS Eee PC, MSI Wind or Acer’s Aspire One, runs on Intel’s 1.6GHz Atom processor.

The obvious fun factor in installing Apple’s operating system on Gigabyte’s M912X netbook is that users will be able to benefit from the functions provided by the OS X through a touch-screen interface. This is because the Leopard is known for coming with inking facilities built-in, including an on-screen keyboard and handwriting recognition, provided by InkWell, which can only further enhance the users’ experience with the small-sized, ultra-portable, non-Mac computer system. Put it all together and you will most probably ask yourself, yet again, why the Cupertino, California-based MacBook creator isn’t coming out with its own OS X-powered netbook or Mac tablet.

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ASUS Plans to Surpass Dell and Lenovo

part of the company’s CEO, Jerry Shen. Apparently, ASUS is expecting to ship 50,000 units of the new high-end netbook, the Eee PC S101, and this figure should be achieved by the end of this month alone. In addition, according to company sources, the Taiwanese notebook maker also expects shipments to increase once the new model is launched in both Europe and Japan, later on this month.

The stylish 10-inch S101 netbook is expected to count for an average of 10% of ASUSTek’s monthly Eee PC shipments by the end of the year, and to make up for approximately US$35 million of the company’s revenues. ASUS’ President, Jerry Shen, revealed that worldwide PC shipments for the first three quarters of the year reached 3.4 million units, adding that the company would ship 700,000 Eee PCs this month alone. Regarding the S101 shipments, the company expects to ship 200,000 – 300,000 units more of the new Eee PC before the end of the year.

The Taiwanese manufacturer is also expected to launch two new models of the Eee PC netbook, which should become available by the end of the year. The upcoming additions will be positioned between the S101 and the company’s 1000-series, coming with prices ranging from around US$551 to US$582. Also, the company’s president said that ASUS had no plans for releasing Eee PCs with panel sizes over the 11-inch mark.

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VIA Enters Notebook Market

VIA has announced its first notebook computer system that will be only be available in China through PC vendor Tsinghua TongFang Co Ltd. Branded as the S1 imini, the notebook will be powered, as you might have guessed already, by one of the company’s central processing units. Thanks to its technical specifications, the notebook could compete with various netbook systems currently available on the market, like the ASUS Eee PC, the MSI Wind or the Lenovo S10.

“VIA is very pleased to be working with Tsinghua TongFang to bring new, personalized ultra mobile products like the S1 imini to Chinese end-users,” said Vice President of Corporate Marketing for VIA Technologies, Inc., Richard Brown. “Customers care more about performance-per-watt, ease of use and portability these days, and VIA’s ultra mobile platforms are the perfect balance of low power and high performance.” Mr. Brown added.

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Eee PC 701 while 10-Inch Wind Gets Better Storage

The notebook market is certainly one of the most dynamic segments of the IT industry. As a direct consequence of that, each day brings more details about freshly released note books and other note book-related products. We, as regular consumers, can only attempt to stay up to date with the advances in the field by keeping an eye out for everything new that comes along.

Currently, netbook fans can choose from several such devices coming from a significant number of manufacturers. ASUS is probably one of the most successful vendors on the market, thanks to its vast Eee PC lineup, which currently counts no less than 12 models. Furthermore, users can get their Eee PC netbooks in various form factors, ranging from 7-inch to 10-inch. However, the 7-inch model can pride itself with being the very first of its kind, having been released back in the days when most users didn’t even know of Intel’s Atom.

Currently, the Eee PC 701 is the cheapest Eee PC you can find on the market. Although it doesn’t come with the same technical specifications as its 9-inch and 10-inch counterparts, this ultra-portable computer system can certainly provide you with the basics in computing technology. For a price tag of approximately $280 (for the 4GB version running on Linux), you will be able to surf the Internet, listen to music, check your emails, and more. This offer is available over at Expansys so, if you are interested in it, you should turn to its website for shipping details, as well as to order it.

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MIT’s US$100 Laptop

A With full contro versi about low price laptop.MIT’s will lounch their laptop. The price will become available increase. working prototype of MIT’s US$100 laptop will be presented at a UN technology conference this week. The production of the device is rumored to begin in late 2006 or early 2007.

The low-cost laptop created controversy for months. In spite of this, many countries expressed their desire to purchase it. Aimed at children in the developing countries, the US$100 laptop received attention from Brazil and Thailand especially, but nevertheless, the state of Massachusetts, USA, wants to spend over US$54 million and give a laptop to every middle and high school student in the state.

Many important companies like Google, AMD and Red Hat gave a helping hand in the development of this laptop, and Microsoft is also interested in joining the project.

Apple tried to help as well but MIT was not interested. Apple wanted to give free copies of Mac OS X for use in the laptop, but the company’s proposition was rejected, claiming that the OS is not open source.

It seems that the US$100 laptop will use Linux OS, Red Hat’s distribution to be more specific. The designers also said that the notebook will also run any operating system that supports AMD processors. The software that comes with it will include a word processor, a Web browser, an e-mail client and software development tools.

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