Posts tagged netbook
Does your netbook have a free expansion slot for the NVidia Ion 2?
Jan 3rd
Is NVidia Ion 2 going to arrive in the form of a mini PCIe expansion card? All signs are pointing to yes right now. Will your netbook have room for one? Unless you’ve cracked open its shell, you may not have any idea.
As a general rule, if you purchased a 3G capable netbook without the 3G option, you’ll have at least one internal slot available. Beyond that, there’s a forum thread at Pocketables which sheds some light on the situation.
So far, the following netbook models have been listed as having at least one available mini PCIe expansion slot:
- Acer AOA110 and AOD150
- Asus 1000HE and N10
- Dell Mini 9 and Mini 10
- Gigabyte M912
- Lenovo S10
- LG X110
- HP Mini 1000, Mini 311, and 2140
- MSI Wind (all 9″ and 10″ models)
- OCZ Neutrino barebones
- Samsung NC10
- Toshiba NB100
Hat tip to Liliputing for the heads-up!
The Minifrag guide to enjoying games on your netbook
Jan 2nd
There are plenty of people out there – Intel included – who think that gaming on netbooks is just about one of the stupidest things you could ever do with your portable. Well, they’re wrong.
Netbook gaming is all about understanding what you’ve got to work with and getting the most out of it. The Atom (or CULV or AMD Neo) in your netbook isn’t as powerful as what runs larger notebook computers. And it’s nowhere near as beefy as the processor in a desktop computer.
That doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy playing games on a netbook. Far from it! Here are some guidelines that will help you get the most out of your netbook gaming experience.
(header image shows Spore running on an HP Mini 311, courtesy Liliputing)