Some details are beginning to leak out on the Samsung NC20, which is the follow up to the NC10. Judging from the leaked specs, this seems for the most part like your typical low-cost laptop, with one exception. The NC20 is expected to feature a 12.1-inch display, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, Wi-Fi more »

By now, we all know the standard specs for netbooks. So many companies use the Intel Atom CPU, it’s sometimes easy to forget there is another major competitor in the field. One of the few netbooks to use something other than Intel processors was the original HP Mini-note. HP used the VIA Nano CPU, partially because the Atom wasn’t available yet. VIA has recently shown where the Nano chips are going, but it is going to take a while.

The dual core version of the Nano isn’t due out until June 2010 according to VIA’s roadmap. However, there isn’t much information on the dual core Nano aside from the fact that it will feature a “new process technology” and it will be compatible with current motherboards using VIA Nanos.