Guardian impressed with new Adamo XPS

Guardian technology blogger Jack Schofield, reporting from the CES, is impressed with Dell's Adamo XPS. Here's just some of the reasons...

- Nice unlocking system (you can just stroke the lid to open it)
- When opened, it sits at an angle which makes for better typing
- The motherboard and drive sit behind the screen, as opposed to under the keyboard. This means you can fit ports AND have a thin keyboard
- It looks original and stylish (hurray!)

Down points from Mr Schofield...

- Expensive (£1,750 RRP)
- Quite heavy (1.44kg)
- You can get laptops that are just as good with better battery life for a fraction of the price

Acer to launch new netbook with Google Chrome OS

Acer are to launch a new netbook using Google Chrome as an operating system. Chairman JT Wang says that Acer will be the first manufacturer to launch with a Google Chrome OS system, with an aim to release in November of this year.

http://www.mobilecomputermag.co.uk/news/091202/acer-to-launch-first-google-chrome-os-netbook-in-2010

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-10408031-260.html