11.6-inch ultra-portables in 2009

Concentrated their efforts in 2008 on mini-portable 10-inch and 9 performances that have matched the size of their screens and their prices, manufacturers of computers appear to be turning this year towards a compromise . AMD and Intel have launched new low power processors designed to bridge the gap left between the perennial Atom processors and traditional, and a new generation of affordable ultra-portable is about to emerge.

A new 11.6-inch diagonal measurement of risk and to survive in the coming months. Many laptops with screens of such components and low would someone actually planned major computer manufacturers.



Jerry Shen, chairman of Asus, has actually announced a new range of Eee PC was 11.6 inches for the month. It is anticipated that these machines represent 30% of Eee PC sales in 2009, against 50% for 10-inch models they do not substitute for it. Two ranges of ultra-portable Culver Intel processors are also planned for the month of July, with models of 13.3 and 15.6 inches respectively baptized XS13 and XS15.

Acer, for its part is about to launch the Aspire One Pro 751, an ultra-portable 11.6-inch housing a configuration similar to that of a NETBOOK. So an Intel Atom Z520 or Z530 and a graphics chip Intel GMA 500 to be loaded. By adopting Windows Vista, Acer, however, exceed the 1 GB of RAM and 160 GB of disk space limits imposed on machines running Windows XP.