Murmurings of an Acer Aspire packing Intel’s new Pine Trail N450 processor have been doing the rounds for a while, but finally pics and more specs have been leaked, cementing the existence of this still-unofficial model.
A couple of new netbooks have hit the “just announced” pool, and while MSI’s Wind models don’t usually grab me, the U130 and U135 do, thanks to the inclusion of Atom’s new Pine Trail processors.
A bunch of great netbook upgrades are on the way—next-gen Intel processors in January; smooth HD video playback—but to spare you the brain hemorrhage of keeping track, we’ve laid it all out. Here’s what you need to know.
Digitimes has it from one of their annoying anonymous, sometimes accurate “industry insiders” that Intel’s next-gen Pine Trail Atom processors, which boast built-in GPUs and memory controllers for slightly improved graphics performance and massively improved battery life, will ship in Q4, in October at the earliest. [Digitimes]
