Hasta La Gadget!

With no sign of abatement in sight, recession-addled consumers continue to flock towards the small, low-cost, low-power laptops called Netbooks. According to IDC, Netbooks went from essentially zero to a full 8 percent of the portable computing market in 2008, making this a bright spot in an otherwise gloomy economy for PC makers.

Typically, a Netbook means a 10-inch display, Intel’s Atom CPU, 1GB of RAM, Windows XP, and a 160GB hard drive — but those lines are clearly beginning to blur. Some of the Netbooks in this roundup include new CPUs from AMD and Via, or larger displays (that some would say disqualifies them from being Netbooks at all — a position we can’t say we fully disagree with).

And beyond these current models, we have several potentially interesting new Netbooks on the horizon, including Dell’s Mini 10v, which intends to bludgeon the competition with a $299 starting price; and Asus’ Eee PC 1008HA, which reinvents that popular line with a slim, upscale design.

See our reviews of all the latest Netbooks after the break.

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