The Toshiba Satellite M645 is a new 14 inch laptop that promises a lot in terms of both style and performance. While certainly not the cheapest notebook in its class, does the Satellite M645 have what it takes to stand out from other mid-range laptops currently on the market? At first glance the Toshiba Satellite [...]
On the surface Acer’s 10.1-inch Aspire One 521 and 11.6-inch Aspire One 721 appear to be fairly run-of-the-mill netbooks — or ultraportables for those that are morally opposed to calling a laptop with a 11.6-inch display a netbook. They’re rather small machines, measure just about an inch thick, and ring up at under $430. But [...]
While many laptop buyers will gravitate toward specialty machines–such as a tiny Netbook for travel or a massive desktop replacement for gaming or video editing–there are still plenty of people who need a traditional midsize laptop. We call these 14-, 15-, and 16-inch systems members of the “mainstream” category, and they are the workhorse backbones [...]
Who says travel has to be boring? HP aims to make it as entertaining as possible with the Pavilion dv5t, a notebook built as much for games, music, and movies as for everyday computing. To that end, HP stocks it with high-end, Centrino 2-powered hardware and media-friendly goodies such as a Blu-ray drive and a [...]
MSI announced the new X-Slim X350 laptop that uses the Intel CULV (Consumer Ultra-Low Voltage) energy-saving platform and a high-performance Intel Core 2 Duo processor. As you would expect from its X-Slim name, this 13.4-inch notebook features an ultra-slim design that measures less than one inch thick and weighs just 1.5 kg (approximately 3.31 pounds). [...]
Fujitsu’s LifeBook MH380 provides a few unique aspects to the netbook market including a standard 1366×768 resolution display panel and a new scroll wheel funtion. While these provide a different experience for users than the average netbook, performance and battery life are very average. The fact that it is larger and heavier doesn’t help in [...]
