Have you made the switch from a desktop PC to a laptop? Several people have and although they may be easier to carry around and travel with, they still need to be cleaned, don’t they? Laptops aren’t as easy to open up and clean as desktops are, but it still can be done. To get [...]
Sony’s Y series is the company’s new 13.3-inch notebook. It brings all the style you’d expect from a Sony laptop to the sub-$800 price point. This is made possible by using the CULV platform which has an affordable ultra-low voltage processor and lacks an optical drive. The combination allows for a computer that is thin, [...]
The R700 wears a businesslike suit — matte black being this season’s must-have — and aside from a couple of LEDs by the trackpad and some chrome highlights on the screen’s bezel, there’s not a whole lot of flashy stuff going on around the R700′s magnesium chassis. Note the fingerprint scanner, in case you need [...]
If you’ve read our article on the causes and potentially devastating effects of notebook heat, you know that thanks to external temperatures exceeding 100 degrees Fahrenheit, some notebooks can feel more like portable grills than portable computers. While inadequate heat dissipation is the manufacturer’s fault, users aren’t helpless. If your notebook is getting a bit [...]
HP today expanded its award-winning portfolio of mobile products with a new TouchSmart notebook and colorful netbooks, including the company’s first touch-enabled Mini. Building on HP TouchSmart software innovation, the thin, powerful HP TouchSmart tm2 updates the tx2 – the industry’s first convertible notebook PC with multitouch technology designed specifically for consumers. With the convertible [...]
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 [...]
