Apple Inc has been known for long of its premium-price strategy. "We don't know how to make a $500 computer that's not a piece of junk," Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO, said in October implying the wave of affordable, reduced-size notebooks, often called netbooks, flooding the market this year. The strategy proves working really well for the company bringing in close to 20% profit margins in comparison with 6% or less for its competitors. And until October, Apple had enjoyed a successful ...

HP launched its multitouch-capable TouchSmart tx2 yesterday hailing it the world's first multitouch consumer notebook. TouchSmart tx2 boasts a 12.1-inch swivel display (LED-backlit), 3GB DDR2 RAM, an AMD Turion X2 dual-core processor, a bezel-mounted fingerprint reader, integrated webcam with microphone, Bluetooth / WiFi, stereo speakers, a 5-in-1 multicard reader and a LightScribe SuperMulti DVD burner. The notebook comes loaded with Vista Home Premium OS and HP's own MediaSmart 2.0 software. It weighs around 5 lbs and sells for $1149 currently. Here are ...