RunCore Product Announcement Dec 29, 2008– RunCore releases 1.8” Low Cost Zif PATA and Hyper Speed 256GB 2.5” SATA SSD.
RunCore is happy to announce the immediate availability of our Low cost 1.8” Zif/PATA SSD solution in 16GB, 32GB, 64GB (5mm) and a special 128GB (8mm). Retail pricing for these parts will be $69.99, $119.99, $199.99, and $389.99 respectively. This low cost upgrade promises to boost computer performance vs. the traditional 1.8” HDD by more than 400% with read/write speeds up to 75/40MB/sec. This will prove to be a life/computer saver for the hundreds of thousands of people who have bought computers running on a 1.8” HDD. The upgrade process is user friendly and rewarding due to our onboard USB slave port allowing for easy cloning with any off the shelf cloning software. This option will truly unleash the power of any compatible PC allowing for a much more rewarding user experience for both the personal and professional user. In many cases the speed gains seen are equal to that of a power desktop PC.
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MSI plans to showcase the newest models in its Wind netbook lineup at CES in January. The company first unveiled plans for the MSI Wind U110 and U115 about a week ago. Both computers include the Intel Atom Z530 CPU which consumes less power than the Intel Atom N270 chip used in many netbooks today. And the U115 has an unusual storage system, using both solid state and hard disks.
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The Eee PC 1000H has held a special place in our heart (hey, we even got it imported on our own from Taiwan) which is why we are a bit sad to hear that ASUS is going to replace the Eee PC 1000H with the Eee PC 1002HA on December 1.
While not good news for the 1000H, replacing the last zero with a 2 and adding an A to the end magically creates a very nice looking netbook. We got a peak at a pre-production 1002HA this morning (so pre-production that it didn’t have a hard drive). The best way to describe it: if the Eee PC 1000H and the Eee PC S101 had a night of passion (compete with Barry White music) and forgot to use the necessary protection the result would be a Eee PC 1002HA.
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HP, the leading manufacturer of portable computer systems, has decided it was high time to expand its MiniNote line of Internet-capable, ultra-portable computer systems. Following a series of rumors that made the rounds in the media, the company finally saw the market opportunity to launch its Atom-powered netbook in the form of the new Mini 1000 family, which will be available in three different versions. The new range of ultra-portable systems from HP also includes the fashion-ready Vivienne Tam Edition, which was first spotted earlier this year at the designer’s Spring 2009 collection show.
With the official release of the new HP Mini 1000 family, the Palo Alto, California-based systems vendors marks the debut of its first Intel Atom-powered netbook lineup, coming to join all the other major vendors on the market that have already announced their own systems based on this platform. Furthermore, having waited until now to finally release the new netbook, the company had more than enough time to see what improvements it could bring to its product, in order to differentiate it from those coming from the competitors.
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