June 11, 2010 | Laptops |
I can remember the point, some years ago, when laptop sales began to over-take Desktop sales. At the time, it was largely because of price points that had reached a balance between features vs cost. You could get a pretty decent Laptop, able to fulfill your computing requirements without breaking the bank. Granted, it was still a little more pricy than a desktop, but it was a premium worth paying. ...
May 28, 2010 | Laptops |
Remember the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative? An ambitious and well-intentioned project to: "develop a low-cost ($100) - a technology that could revolutionize how we educate the world's children. The goal is to provide children around the world with new opportunities to explore, experiment, and express themselves."A truly noble goal, which helped itself not one iota, with the XO-1 design, which was rolled out to third-world ...
February 18, 2010 | Digital Lifestyle, Laptops |
I'm sure that by now you no doubt have heard at least something about Apple's Tablet device. Something quite similar and yet also innovative is the Lenovo IdeaPad U1 Hybrid. Hybrid how? Well the IdeaPad can be used as a standalone tablet device for viewing media and/or e-books and listening to music using. When in its tablet form the IDeaPad makes use of Linux as an operating system. The IdeaPad will be ...
February 10, 2010 | Hardware, Laptops |
For those of you looking for a powerful 3D gaming notebook, look no further. The Asus G51J 3D gaming notebook is Asus' latest 15 inch gaming notebook. Clearly aimed at gamers looking for a mobile solution or if you need a notebook that can handle pretty intense 3D applications. But this is not this piece of hardware's most impressive feature.
As many ...
January 4, 2010 | Laptops |
An issue for most notebook and mobile PC users is battery life and the notebooks actual size and weight; the Acer Aspire Timeline notebook does a good job of addressing all of these primary needs.
The notebook weighs in at only 2.4kgs and boasts more than 8 hours battery life. As the notebook consumes less energy than most notebooks (around 40% less during ...