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The most interesting discussions at Intel's financial analyst day revolved around the new categories of products - nettops, netbooks, and mobile Internet devices. The new categories are just developing, so they have the most opportunity to show surprising changes.

A new sub-$500 PC is making the rounds at the CeBIT show in Germany: the ECS G10IL, obviously a competitor to the Eee PC from Asus.

Don't let the MacBook Air's limited wired connectivity cross it off your list—it can connect to plenty of wireless devices that will conserve its one USB port

Asustek computer, the world's top maker of computer motherboards, said nearly two-thirds of its Eee PCs shipped this year will be Windows-based as consumers embrace the company's low-cost laptop models.

Gateway has refreshed its M-Series 15.4-inch multimedia notebook line with the M-151X and M-151XL models. The Gateway M-151X features the Intel Core 2 Duo T5450 65nm processor at 1.66GHz and 2GB of system memory, while the M-151XL has the Core 2 Duo T8300 45nm CPU at 2.4GHz and 3GB of RAM. These preconfigured laptops include the [...]