Got a spare netbook and some spare time? If you’ve been hooked up into the latest trend of downloading Windows 7 RC and testing it out, then it looks like here’s an opportunity to do the same, but on your netbook. John from Gizmodo has written a nice post on how you can install the recently released Windows 7 RC on just about any netbook.
The main problem encountered so far has been the fact that netbooks don’t have a disc drive and their small capacity SSDs don’t offer much help neither. The solution you’ll see if you hit the link below is that you’ll need to boot from a USB drive of at least 4GB of free memory and do make sure that your netbook has at least 8GB free from its SSD!
[via Gizmodo]
By the way, you’ll need to have already downloaded a copy of Windows 7 RC before you can begin!
We’re very jealous, the folks over at Pocket-Lint recently got to play with the Acer Aspire Revo nettop which should already be out in the shops near you (since 5th of May). The Aspire Revo nettop is unique as its one of the first of its class to be equipped with new Nvidia ION chips allowing its Intel Atom powered core to display 1080p footage as well as playing games in 3D.
As you will see in the pictures, if you opt for the third option with a pricetag of £299.99 (options here). You’ll get to mount your Aspire Revo onto the back of your PC monitor using its VESTA mount and receive a wireless bar shaped game pad (will cost about £50 on its own) which looks much like that of the Wii’s.
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This is definitely the world’s first. The Spanish technology company iUnika announced last week a series of lightweight and eco-friendly netbooks. While it must be admitted that these are not suited for those keen on gaming, the GYY netbooks would just about do everything else the average user requires.
To hit the European market this summer, in June. The netbooks come with a low energy demanding 400MHz CPU, 128MB of RAM, an 8-inch screen a max resolution of 800×400 and a 64GB SSD drive. Although the iUnika GYY netbooks don’t seem to be capable of pushing out much juice, one thing is for sure, it does have quite a large capacity of memory for a netbook.
We will still need to confirm whether this will be a Japan exclusive. But for 398,000 Yen (that’s €3080, £2758 or $4180) the latest in technology 19.5mm x 25.5mm Toshiba Dynabook SS RX2/WAJ sports a Core 2 Duo SU9400 (1.40GHz) processor, 3GB of RAM, Intel GS45 Express, DVD Super Multi and a 12.1” WXGA LCD and a 512 GB SSD (may be that’s what the price is for?). Of course, along with this price tag you will also get WiFi a/b/g/n, Bluetooth, etc. According to Toshiba, this massive 512 GB SSD runs eight times faster than a 5400rmp 2.5” HDD.
Designed for phones like the iPhone, iPod Touch and other popular mobiles like BlackBerrys, the iZel cell phone stand is a multifunctional mobile phone stand. Great for supporting landscape and portrait mode, just snap here and snap there and you’ve got a stand in seconds. Though the iZel is made of grippy material, it still looks as if the iPhone in the video can easily fall off, thus I’m not too convinced in that respect.
Sony shows you how BRAVIA WE 5 presence sensors work
Leaked: Shots of latest RIM BlackBerry Storm 2
Official: LG Viewty Smart GC900 arriving UK this month
Leaked: Photos of Playstation 3 Slim
New tool downgrades your iPhone 3G’s baseband in a single tap
Rumor: PS3 redesign – “PS3 Slim” in the making?
Apple outs another brilliant ad: Megan just wants something without viruses!
Android app Google Sky Map tells you which constellation lies above
Demoed on video: Google Squared
Video: Google Wonder Wheel, the timeline, and other new google search options
Samsung launches 32GB memory card using 30nm class NAND
Sony X-series OLED Walkman on sale in the UK now!
Dell ST2010 20 inch HD widescreen monitor launched
Amazon Kindle 2 gets ColorWared
New Google features: Google Search Options, Google Squared, Rich Snippets, Sky Map for Android
Leaked: Revised second generation T-Mobile HTC G1 called Bigfoot
Video: Samsung i7500 Android hands on
Phonedog shows you cool widgets from latest Android 1.5 Cupcake update
Sony Ericsson rethinking PlayStation phone to stay in the game?
Retro flip watch by Fatman and Circuit Girl
New Panasonic Fukitorimushi worm like robotic hoover looks creepy
Gallery: Camera test – photos taken with Nokia N97
Top 49 free, addictive games to waste time
Video: New world’s smallest car soon to be crowned
Hope everyone has had a good weekend so far, the above were some of the gadgets and tech we featured this week. Its not always possible to talk about them all here at GadgetLite so the list of links from our neighbouring friends’ blogs below hopefully gives you a bit more for your craving needs! If you own a tech, gadget blog yourself you can always Twitter us some links to be shared and featured in this list, for now have a good weekend everyone!
Geeky Watches – Diesel DZ9044 Watch | Geeky Gadgets
ASUS Eee Keyboard to launch by end of June
Study ball keeps you not to run away from your study
iPhone App allows Barcode Scanning
Cool-er Ebook Reader | Geeky Gadgets
Skate 2 Takes Back The Streets Of London
Fujitsu launches new service – ‘Business Process Discovery’
Toshiba Consumer Products Launches EPiServer-based Website with State-of-the-Art Product Selector
Vodafone enhances Grant Thornton’s client service in £2m deal
Remember the Sony BRAVIA WE5 which had very clever presence sensors that could switch themselves off? Sony has probably realised that many don’t actually believe this (including a mate of mine!), so they’ve created this infographic so that it can be explained more clearly.
