Asus Eee PC

Netbooks Come Into Their Own

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on November 5, 2008 at 6:10 pm PT

Walt reviews the latest entrants in the “netbook” category–devices that are between a laptop and a smart phone in size and versatility–and finds some compelling choices.

Pent-Up Demand for Vista Apparently Still Pent-Up

John Paczkowski in News on October 17, 2008 at 7:47 am PT

An interesting metric for you: Of the products listed on Amazon’s Top 10 Bestsellers in Computers & PC Hardware, five are Apple MacBooks. One is an ASUS Eee PC running Linux. One is a Samsung HDTV monitor. And the remaining three are netbook/mini laptops running Windows. Windows XP Home, that is. None run Vista.