MSI BRINGING 14-INCH X-SLIM X400 LAPTOP FROM THE ORIENT

This does not seem at all unlikely since MSI has been copying a few pages from the venerable ASUS play book. In any case MSI leaked in their company event in Japan this weekend that a 14-inch variant of the X-SLIM laptop line will be coming.

LENOVO 14-INCH IDEAPAD Y450 NOW SHIPPING

We told you that the Y650 had begun shipping last month, and now Lenovo has handed out the second system in their new Y series line. This14-inch model comes with some pretty solid specs. 4GB of DDR3 RAM comes standard, as well as 320GB HDD, DVD writer, and $679 for the 2.1GHz Intel Dual Core T4300 system and 4829 for the 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 system.

GATEWAY UNVEILS 14-INCH LAPTOP SYSTEMS

Forgive us if we get too excited over this announcement, but if you haven't noticed, we have been deprived of proper laptop news thanks in part to the advent of netbooks. So please understand why we would get hyper over a 14-inch netbook with integrated graphics (9300) and 1.5 inches thick.

Yeah we're not sure what makes it so great seeing that it starts at $649.99 and weighs 5.3 pounds. But at least it beats all the netbook news we've been hearing.

As for the rest of the specs: the model will come in 14 and 15 inch flavors (TC7306u and TC7307u respectively). A 1.3 megapixel webcam is included as well as standard Ethernet, Wi-Fi 1366 x 768 resolution panel, built-in multicard reader, 3x USB 2.0 ports and Intel's Core 2 Due processor along with dual-layer DVD and 6-cell battery.

As we said, not too impressive but than again its meant to fit the spot between an ultra portable and a full 15-inch notebook.....if there is even such a category.