This picture sums up the mini-notebook frenzy at Intel's IDF in San Francisco – we’ve never seen so many mini notebooks in one place.

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Fingers crossed the mini Inspiron will be as cheap, and as good as Eee 900 and the HP Mini-Note. Here are the teaser pics.

We've had a quick play and can report that it's safe to go with Windows XP on the mini notebook. Read on for more specs.

The hot little seller makes the big leap from Linux to XP, with a small price jump.

With the Eee PC Seashell coming next week, Asus is lining up yet another netbook to make that decision even harder

The company that breeds netbooks faster than Nadya Suleman has updated its website to include the Eee PC 1002H, yet another 10-inch Eee netbook apparently due for launch in the near future.

The notebook giant is planning an ultra low-cost portable to join the ranks of the Eee PC and MSI Wind (though not necessarily a direct competitor, they say). Check out our pic, and first impressions.

So it'll probably be more expensive than the Eee 900, but take a look at the specs to see what's changed.

Asus’s new Atom-based Eee PC 901 is set to launch in June (say overseas rumours), and may feature Bluetooth.

Asus have launched their new 2009 range with a bunch of improved netbooks and laptops with better battery specs, better keyboards, touch screens and one model that disperses negative ions.

Is the Eee PC growing up? The upcoming 1004DN is the first Eee PC with an inbuilt optical drive.

The 1000HE could be our new favourite if ASUS’ claims of 9.5 hour battery life stack up.

Computer maker touts fully functional PC housed in a touchscreen keyboard.

Move over Eee PC, the new HP Mini 1000 reminds us all again why bigger keyboards still rock our world. This could of been the 'mini' notebook to beat all others, except for a few glaring omissions.

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Eee Box measures just 222mm x 178mm x 26.9mm.

The Eee PC1000H grows an inch, packs twice the battery power of its predecessor and might finally have a keyboard worth typing on. But is $699 too much to pay?

The laptop-world's mighty mini gets an overhaul - including 12GB solid state drive, 1GB RAM and bigger screen.

Another pretender to the Eee PC’s low-cost throne emerges, but this time with a few twists. If you're after a cheap laptop, keep an eye out for this.