UK Netbook Review

AMD’s new low power, moderate performance chips feature in the new Acer Aspire One 521 and Dell Inspiron M101z.  But, AMD is not content to leave it there.  Today AMD unveiled new details about its upcoming Bobcat platform for small, low power devices such as netbooks, nettops, and tablets. The new Bobcat is the processor [...]

Chip designer ARM has announced an agreement with semiconductor manufacturer TSMC that will seek to utilize 28nm (nano-meter) and eventually 20nm production processes. This should lead to smaller, more efficient, and more powerful chips to power netbooks, smartbooks, smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices. The current ARM and TSCM chips utilize 40nm technology, so you can see this will be quite a leap ahead.

Installing the Pixel Qi netbook screen is very much a DIY project we’re told and Engadget tells us exactly how to do it in five easy steps. Even better, they assure us that it takes no more than about 30 minutes, so check the entire process here.

So that first batch of Pixel QI screen sold out pretty quickly but we’re told there are more on the way, and we saw in action on video too. In the meantime, check out this this video of one customer installing the Pixel Qi screen on the Acer Aspire One netbook.

Predictably, a few daysPixel Qi started selling their display kits, we’ve have a video from one of the first users to have actually purchased one. Quick first impressions: installation was pretty simple, and incredibly good visibility in full outdoor light. Yes, on the outdoor setting it pretty much looks like a black and white screen, but most (glossy) netbook screens are completely unusuble in outdoor light. Then, there are the benefits to battery life, and it’s great screen for reading period.