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Dell release ultra portable 11 inch netbook

Saturday, October 10th, 2009

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Dell are the latest company to equip their netbooks with the CULV technology, giving Dell an ultra thin netbook, which like other CULV PCs adds netbook portability with laptop features into one ultra portable device. The company have released the CULV PC in Europe after a successful US launch. The Dell Inspiron 11z features an 11.6 inch display with Wi-Fi, 1.3 megapixel webcam and runs Windows Vista. The base model has a retail price of £349 and features 2GB of RAM and 160GB HDD. For £50 more you’ll get a Dual Core ULV processor and 250GB HDD. The netbook can be customized to include up to 500GB hard drive space and 4GB of RAM. It’s available in a choice of colors. Black is the standard color, or for £35 you can have the 11Z in White, Red, Green, Blue, Pink or Purple.

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MSI Wind U200 up for pre-order

Friday, August 7th, 2009

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MSI’s first CULV machine will begin shipping late this month/beginning of September. The U200 follows on from the popular MSI Wind U100 which has been rebadged for several companies, but the U200 takes the netbook to the next level with CULV technology. The U200 features the Intel 1.3GHz Pentium US2700 processor, a 320GB hard drive and 4GB of RAM. The CULV PC borders on netbook size with a 12 inch display. Also included in the U200 is a HDMI port, 1.3 megapixel web camera, 4 in 1 card reader and a 6 cell battery, which with the CULV technology is sure to last longer than it would on a standard netbook or notebook. The U200 is available to pre-order in Germany from Notebook.de for 629 Euros including VAT.

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CULV finds middle ground between netbook and notebook

Monday, July 20th, 2009

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The Eee PC 701 set the netbook craze alight. Affordable and very portable option for light web browsers and word processor users. The Eee PC came in with a 7 inch display, Linux and an 8GB SSD. The netbook became one of the most popular tech items of 2008. As time went on, the netbooks got bigger, featuring a 10 inch display and Windows operating system and larger storage options, in the form of 80GB, 120GB and 160GB hard drives. The once affordable netbook has doubled in price to $600 for higher specs, with some netbooks costing the same as notebooks with double the spec. But while demand and needs of netbooks have increased, some consumers are still not happy with netbook features and want it to be more like a notebook but with a netbook portability.

CULV is due to set the tech world alight all over again this fall. Lower end CULV PCs will start from $500 and work up to $1300, giving CULV the same price range as higher end netbook models. But the difference? CULV PCs are consumers options for something more than a netbook but more portable than a laptop. A CULV notebook will generally feature a 12-13 inch display, making it more usable than netbooks, but smaller and lighter than notebooks for around the same price.

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