Laptops
The machine must have nothing inside! When you lift it, you will not believe it is a functioning notebook. This is the lightest Ultrabook to date. The boot time is lightening fast and the battery lasts a long time.
This is a final breakthrough in the Ultrabook assault on Apple’s MacBook Air. Toshiba has corrected some problems plaguing other Ultrabooks on the market. Their trackpad is precise, not jerky, the keyboard is backlit, and the battery lasts much longer. The price is an easy competitive point, at $899 against Apple’s $1,299, or even $1,199 for the ASUS Zenbook UX31.
This is not a flashy notebook, by any means. Rather, Toshiba has opted for the subtle elegance that makes it feel like something noteworthy. The color is a unified gunmetal gray, brushed down for that chiseled look. The single, lengthy hinge is a step up from the double, fragile hinges often found on notebooks. +Continue Reading
MacBook Pro notebooks have yet another small revision coming out. An inside source at Apple gave up the word that a new version of MacBook Pro is coming by the end of the month.
The changes will be minor. Do not expect any phenomenal advances in the line of notebooks. These will be basically the same as the current ones, with only a couple of revisions. Both the 15-inch and 17-inch models will be powered by the Intel Core i7 processors, but the 13-inch model will have the less powerful Intel Core i5 processors.
Most of what Apple sells is the MacBook Pro, in spite of its newer, thinner, and lighter MacBook Air. The MacBook Pro is the only notebook that gives video professionals and power users who do not want to be tethered to a desk discrete graphics. It is also the only Apple notebook with a screen size larger than 13 inches, along with the graphics to power the additional screen size. The MacBook Air only comes in screen sizes up to 13 inches. +Continue Reading
Intel’s new laptop specifications are embodied in the Ultrabooks. They were all the buzz at the IFA 2011 tech show and Acer is jumping on the bandwagon with the new Acer Aspire S3. Other manufacturers have their own take on it, but at Acer it’s full steam ahead.
While the Aspire is not the thinnest Ultrabook, you could say it is an anorexic one, looking too thin and complaining how thick it is. Is 17mm thin enough? That is its thickest spot. How about 13mm? That should get you excited. Then add on top of that the 1.3Kg weight and the aluminum-magnesium chassis and you are whistling a happy tune. Slide that baby into a tote bag and the bag feels the same with or without it. +Continue Reading
A laptop for gamers must meet high requirements to be accepted among their special community. Asus G73SW-A1 is certainly strong enough to be a gaming laptop, no question about it. It is also attractive enough to suit anyone’s sense of fashion. The price, though, is steep enough to make one ask what’s so special about this one. Gamers are not so likely to lay their cash on the table without getting a good explanation. So let’s have a look.
The insides are the 2nd Gen Core i7 and the graphics are made of the Nvidia GTX 460M. Also, the screen at 17.3 inches does impart a feeling of value, but the big question is why the price is so high, $1700. +Continue Reading
The Acer Aspire 5750G is a decent middle of the line gaming machine, mostly because of the dedicated graphics and in spite of the slightly weak processor. So when the news arrived that they had produced a newer rendition people were scrambling to test drive it. Their enthusiasm was appropriately placed. The Acer 5755G Laptop is more than a CPU upgrade, it has a new chassis.
The looks are sleek, with the gunmetal colored body and the black textured lid. But you are not likely to be impressed by that. So let’s look closer. Ports abound on this model, with a USB 3.00, two USB’s 2.00, an HDMI output, a multi-card reader and a DVD reader. It lacks Blue-ray and the construction is not the best. However, for Acer it’s a step up, including a bit of give in the keyboard that improves its portability. The overall impression is that there is an improvement over previous models by Acer. +Continue Reading
Intel is going for the jugular! They are trying to pull the stool out from under the Tablet Industry by offering $300M to further develop the potential of ultrabook technology. Ultrabooks are light and thin laptops that compete as an alternative to tablets.
Technically, according to Intel’s creation of the term ultrabook, the laptop must be thinner than 20mm, lighter than standard laptops, and less that $1000 in order to qualify for the classification. The company hopes ultrabooks will meld together the performance of laptops and the handy features of tablets, though they are unclear what these special features are, aside from touchscreen. This is where the release ventures into the arena of propaganda.
The money will go toward companies that advance either software or hardware for ultrabooks. +Continue Reading
To those who have been waiting, Verizon Wireless has finally made it clear that their Compaq Mini CQ10-688nr netbook with 4G-network capability is available online market from August 4. If you’d like to place your order, simply log on to www.verizonwireless.com.
The Compaq Mini, which was unveiled during CES 2011, has been tried and tested to deliver a proper equilibrium between style, size and performance. Video streaming, web-cam chatting and mp3/mp4 downloading, photo sharing and video recording will be an ordinary task for the slim and genius netbook. With the 4G LTE capability of the Compaq Mini, accessing the HP Cloud Drive (similar to Skydive), an online mini database for all your files, will be quicker to access anytime and anywhere. +Continue Reading
The machine must have nothing inside! When you lift it, you will not believe it is a functioning notebook. This is the lightest Ultrabook to date. The boot time is lightening fast and the battery lasts a long time.
