Show notes
This week, Scott joins us to talk about netbooks, new triple-core Phenoms, and his recent trip to AMD Austin, where he got a chance to see six-core Opterons and HP's new Athlon Neo-powered laptop. Scott signs off for the second half of the show, and Matt Butrovich returns by popular demand for a round-table discussion about lawsuits, future Microsoft retail outlets, his new MacBook, and Newegg's shipping policies.

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Tech discussion:

Dell prepares to ship 10-inch Inspiron Mini 10 (0:01:30)- Read more

8.9-inch Eee PCs to disappear this year (0:09:28)- Read more

Scott gets a look at the new HP Pavillion dv2, which includes an AMD Athlon Neo (0:13:30)

AMD's Socket AM3 Phenom II processors (0:20:26)- Read more

AMD puts on the ritz with six-core Opteron demo (0:32:44)- Read more

AMD: Fab spin-off will be complete by March 2 (0:42:11)- Read more

Matt talks about this new MacBook and light box (0:49:39)

Vista Capable suit loses class-action status (0:55:13)- Read more

Microsoft sued over XP downgrade prices (0:58:55)- Read more

Get ready for Microsoft retail stores (1:01:49)- Read more

Nvidia, Intel fight over chipset licensing (1:11:50)- Read more

What the heck is Egg Saver Shipping? (1:14:46)- Read more