Netbook Round-up: Lenovo, Asus, Acer and Smooth Creations

news · December 22, 2008

*Netbook Round-up: Lenovo Ideapad S10, Asus Eee 904HA, Acer Aspire One and

Smoothbook Slice*

It can't be argued that 2008 was the year of the netbook. Asus is credited

with officially bringing the first netbook to market last year with their

Eee PC, but as many first adopters will tell you, companies rarely "get it

right" on their first at bat and the Eee PC was no different.

A big second wave of netbooks arrived in mid-2008 and as expected,

improvements were made all around. These netbooks offered larger screens

capable of higher resolutions, better storage mediums (either SSD or

traditional hard drives), and the option to have Windows XP pre-installed.

Today we will be taking a look at four popular netbooks from four different

manufacturers: Lenovo, Acer, Smooth Creations and Asus. While all of the

netbooks here today share similar hardware specs, each is vastly different

and unique in its own right. Built quality, screen size, keyboard layout and

touchpad implementation are only a few of the many aspects that will be

covered in-depth.

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