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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Acer launching thin, Calpella-based notebooks this summer?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/acer-launching-thin-calpella-based-notebooks-this-summer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/acer-launching-thin-calpella-based-notebooks-this-summer/</guid><description><![CDATA[One inch isn't really "thin" anymore.  Especially as you pointed out if the rest of the machine is even bigger than that.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Leindurstit]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 26th 2010 8:59AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Acer launching thin, Calpella-based notebooks this summer?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/acer-launching-thin-calpella-based-notebooks-this-summer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/acer-launching-thin-calpella-based-notebooks-this-summer/</guid><description><![CDATA[@Leindurstit this is true. one inch is huge in the tiny gadget world for width anyways or whatever its called height]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[emopoops]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 26th 2010 9:07AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Acer launching thin, Calpella-based notebooks this summer?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/acer-launching-thin-calpella-based-notebooks-this-summer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/acer-launching-thin-calpella-based-notebooks-this-summer/</guid><description><![CDATA[@Leindurstit I do hope that's a typo and that it should be one inch at the thickest point! Especially for a 13-inch anything more can't be considered "thin".]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Weiman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 26th 2010 11:36AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Acer launching thin, Calpella-based notebooks this summer?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/acer-launching-thin-calpella-based-notebooks-this-summer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/acer-launching-thin-calpella-based-notebooks-this-summer/</guid><description><![CDATA[@Leindurstit The Calpella chip range will include Core i5 and i7 ULV processors, though it’s unclear which of these Acer may have in mind for its new ultraportable. More: <a href="http://bit.ly/acer-calpella-leaks" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/acer-calpella-leaks</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[sheenalyners]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 1st 2010 6:51PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Acer launching thin, Calpella-based notebooks this summer?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/acer-launching-thin-calpella-based-notebooks-this-summer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/acer-launching-thin-calpella-based-notebooks-this-summer/</guid><description><![CDATA[I had no idea Intel was doing a mobile spinoff of its Nehalem architecture.<br><br>Ooooohhh]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Prevacator]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 26th 2010 9:06AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Acer launching thin, Calpella-based notebooks this summer?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/acer-launching-thin-calpella-based-notebooks-this-summer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/acer-launching-thin-calpella-based-notebooks-this-summer/</guid><description><![CDATA[Do not try to tell me the average consumer goes to review sites and looks at benchmarks. I know that's not true; if Timelines aren't selling, there is another reason.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[futurepastnow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 26th 2010 9:10AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Acer launching thin, Calpella-based notebooks this summer?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/acer-launching-thin-calpella-based-notebooks-this-summer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/acer-launching-thin-calpella-based-notebooks-this-summer/</guid><description><![CDATA[@FuturePastNow <br>Exactly. Netbooks ARE selling, but the much better performing, only SLIGHTLY more expensive Timelines aren't?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 26th 2010 9:46AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Acer launching thin, Calpella-based notebooks this summer?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/acer-launching-thin-calpella-based-notebooks-this-summer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/acer-launching-thin-calpella-based-notebooks-this-summer/</guid><description><![CDATA[the only reason they're not selling is that people associate "small" with "netbook" - and they associate "netbook" with "should cost less than $400"<br><br>the timeline series is great if you're willing to go to the upper end of the spectrum and drop around $800.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[willow_twf]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 26th 2010 9:27AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Acer launching thin, Calpella-based notebooks this summer?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/acer-launching-thin-calpella-based-notebooks-this-summer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/acer-launching-thin-calpella-based-notebooks-this-summer/</guid><description><![CDATA[The trouble with these Acer's is they have very nice aluminum tops and cheaap flimsy plastic bottoms.  I know I have one.<br><br>Or wait am I confusing these with Asus...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[bob e]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 26th 2010 9:51AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Acer launching thin, Calpella-based notebooks this summer?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/acer-launching-thin-calpella-based-notebooks-this-summer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/acer-launching-thin-calpella-based-notebooks-this-summer/</guid><description><![CDATA[@bob e <br>How can you confuse it if you have one...?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriks7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 27th 2010 8:00PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Acer launching thin, Calpella-based notebooks this summer?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/acer-launching-thin-calpella-based-notebooks-this-summer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/acer-launching-thin-calpella-based-notebooks-this-summer/</guid><description><![CDATA[wanna make it really thin??<br>remove the vga port already! ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[darkstar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 26th 2010 10:02AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Acer launching thin, Calpella-based notebooks this summer?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/acer-launching-thin-calpella-based-notebooks-this-summer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/acer-launching-thin-calpella-based-notebooks-this-summer/</guid><description><![CDATA[Calpella is a platform that can include Arrandale CULV chips.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ENOTTY]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 26th 2010 10:21AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Acer launching thin, Calpella-based notebooks this summer?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/acer-launching-thin-calpella-based-notebooks-this-summer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/acer-launching-thin-calpella-based-notebooks-this-summer/</guid><description><![CDATA[I bought a 1810T Timeline with a Core 2 Duo to have as a throwaway alterna-netbook, and it works so well that I'm considering making it my main rig.  Granted I don't do gaming, but for day to day use its plenty competent.<br><br>The 1810T is perennially sold out, and is selling for more now than when it came out.  That smells under-supply and over-demand to me, so I really wonder about the notion that they've been unpopular.<br><br>But don't let the facts get in the way of a good storyline...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil H]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 26th 2010 12:04PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Acer launching thin, Calpella-based notebooks this summer?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/acer-launching-thin-calpella-based-notebooks-this-summer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/acer-launching-thin-calpella-based-notebooks-this-summer/</guid><description><![CDATA[So Engadet is admitting part of the reason why people perceive them as low performing.<br><br>But the problem is, they're not meant to be main computers. They're more like netbooks, but with performance that absolutely spanks the Atom. My Acer 1410 weighs about the same and is about the same size as many netbooks but absolutely annihilates them in performance.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reikon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 26th 2010 2:12PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Acer launching thin, Calpella-based notebooks this summer?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/acer-launching-thin-calpella-based-notebooks-this-summer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/acer-launching-thin-calpella-based-notebooks-this-summer/</guid><description><![CDATA[Only thing to beware of is if you get a super thin laptop make sure it has a metal case. I have a MSI XSlim netbook and it is plastic, after  6 months of use the flexing is really noticable.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 26th 2010 4:22PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Acer launching thin, Calpella-based notebooks this summer?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/acer-launching-thin-calpella-based-notebooks-this-summer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/acer-launching-thin-calpella-based-notebooks-this-summer/</guid><description><![CDATA[Poor sound quality from speakers,poor CPU performance and a price that is more than netbooks so who would buy this laptop??]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stylinexpat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 27th 2010 2:40AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Acer launching thin, Calpella-based notebooks this summer?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/acer-launching-thin-calpella-based-notebooks-this-summer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/acer-launching-thin-calpella-based-notebooks-this-summer/</guid><description><![CDATA[Calpella is not a processor.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[radarskiy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 27th 2010 7:35PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Acer launching thin, Calpella-based notebooks this summer?]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/acer-launching-thin-calpella-based-notebooks-this-summer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/acer-launching-thin-calpella-based-notebooks-this-summer/</guid><description><![CDATA[This has to do with Intel's own product line and making sure they sell what they have, launching new ULV chips would simple mean they would have to discount heavily, why compete with yourself in your own market ?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Major4Play]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 3rd 2010 6:41AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
