Panasonic Let’s Note R9 10.4-inch mini laptop: A lot of company in Japan run on Panasonic Notebook for their performance, and now, Panasonic is adding an 10.4-inch mini laptop with an Intel Core i7 processor to its lineup, the Let’s Note R9 netbook. Panasonic Let’s Note R9 netbook has features a 10.4-inch (1024 x 768) XGA TFT Color LCD,  Intel QM57 Express Chipset, a choice of either a 1.6GHz or 1.2GHz Intel Core i7-620UM CPU, up to 4GB DDR3 RAM, up to 500GB HDD or 128GB SSD. The Let’s Note R9 runs on Windows 7 Professional OS and also configured with Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n, Bluetooth, card reader (SD/SDHC), 2X USB ports, Gigabit Ethernet and a 7.5-hour battery. It measures 229×187×29.4-42.5 mm and weighs in just 930g. No pricing was revealed, but expect the R9 to run between $1800-$2000.

Simmtronics Simmbook 10.2-inch mini laptop: Simmtronics Semiconductors has rolled out its own netbook, Simmtronics Simmbook, and the company plans to offer the Simmbook in the US, Europe, and other areas. The latest netbook is priced at 13,999 Rupees, or about $306 US. Right now, it’s only available in India. It is powered by a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU, 1GB of RAM (with support for up to 2GB), a 160GB hard drive (with support for up to 500GB), 802.11b/g WiFi, 1.3MP webcam, 10/100 LAN, SD card reader, a 3-cell 2200mAh battery that should be good for 4 hours, VGA output, and 3 USB ports. It has offers platform of Windows XP, 7, or Ubunto Linux operating systems.

There were rumors that Microsoft is planning to release a Service Pack of Windows 7 operating system. Windows 7 has already be recieved by many however this will only boat market share ratio as it will provide a sense of security for businesses, SP1 will make it better. We can not give you exact date of the release of Windows 7 SP1 but it is expected to be unveiled this summer. The SP1 of Windows 7 won’t be drastically different from the current version as there is not a great deal of issues to be fixed. Still, the Windows 7 SP1 could include couple of new features such as all of the Windows updates that have been released so far and support for USB 3.0 and other new hardware. SP1 isn’t just about implementing new hardware support (usb 3, etc), but also about bringing all the past patches into one patch.

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