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 [...]
Standing out from the crowd of netbooks is not so easy, but Samsung’s tweaks to its N150 netbook caught our attention. The N150 Plus packs in a larger hard drive (250GB versus 160GB), a utility for waking the machine up faster and using less power in sleep mode, and a fresh, attractive appearance. The Samsung [...]
After much buzz, the first major update to Nvidia’s Ion graphics chipset is finally here. Nvidia calls it, prosaically, “Next-Generation Ion” (we’ll term it “Ion 2″ for short), and we got to test-drive it inside an Asus Eee PC 1201pn, a 12.1-inch netbook built around an Intel Atom N450 (Pine Trail) CPU. The Ion 2 [...]
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 [...]
Toshiba’s Tecra Series of laptops have traditionally been marketed as high-performance business laptops, designed to be capable of handling demanding tasks. Earlier this year, Toshiba announced the Tecra A11. The new Tecra A11 is thinner and lighter than its predecessor and features a 10-key numeric keypad. Designed as a desktop replacement, the Tecra A11 offers [...]
The Lenovo IdeaPad V460 is a laptop that’s built around portability and the fact it was created for professional use. Integrated with 2010 Intel Core processors, the laptop features switchable graphics that lets owners switch between modes to prolong the laptop’s battery life and has a 14-inch screen. It also has a OneKey Rescue System [...]
