Ultra low-cost personal computers (ULCPCs) have been gaining market share as numerous consumers decided to cut their spending on primary or additional personal computers and wanted to have rather miniature and simple devices. However, as a recent poll of X-bit labs readers showed, 60% of technology professionals and enthusiasts consider netbooks and nettops obsolete. We decided to ask AMD, Intel and Nvidia whether they saw prosperous future for those product types.

Toshiba Company decided to start using a special SpursEngine processor based on Cell architecture. We are going to talk about the peculiarities of this processor with the help of a solution from Toshiba Qosmio series that usually includes the most expensive and functional models.

“Multi Dual Engine” slogan very nicely described the constructive peculiarities of the new ASUS gaming machine: two cores, two graphics cards, two hard drives, two 2GB memory modules, even two screens!

If your budget is limited and the only thing that you need is a portable mobile solution and not a desktop system, then you should definitely check out SOHO solutions. Today we are going to check out one product like that from ASUS…

ASUS U6Sg is a notebook with a lot of “first” features. It is a first 12-inch notebook with discrete graphics in ASUS product range and the first laptop in the fashionable U series with a built-in optical drive. It weights quite a bit, although as you will see from the review it is a pretty conditional characteristic...

ASUS M50Sv notebook turned out pretty interesting for two reasons. First, it was built with the new 45nm Intel CPU on Penryn core, and second, it featured a new Nvidia graphics chip inside. Read more in our review!

New ASUS F9E notebook features 12.1-inch screen and is very affordable in terms of pricing. But is a screen diagonal enough to place this solution a priori into a sub-notebook category? Let’s find out from our new review!

All unique features cost a lot of money; however, not everyone actually uses them. Most users will most likely be interested in solutions with average weight, sufficient performance and moderate price. The Toshiba notebook we are going to talk about today is one of them.

Our today’s guest is a notebook from SONY that differs from most of its competition by its color scheme in the first place. Instead of boring traditional greys and blacks, its case is of shiny pearl pink color. Read more about this solution in our new review!

Are you looking for thin and light notebook? Check out MacBook Air. And don’t be afraid of the Mac OS X, you can easily get rid of it if you like, which we are going to do within our today’s review.

This notebook has a robust case, balanced configuration, reasonable mass and weight parameters, neat and official appearance (which is important for a business machine), and long battery life. The Vostro 1400 is up to its positioning as a reliable companion for businessmen who travel a lot. Read more!

The U3S is an expensive product that delivers good performance and features broad functionality. From a technical standpoint, the U3S is a well-balanced solution in terms of weight, size, and power consumption. It is not a cheap buy, yet it won’t disappoint you if you choose it. Read more in our review!

Can Apple, Intel and Microsoft coexist peacefully? In this article we are going to talk about our experience with Apple MacBook Pro mobile system on Santa Rosa platform with a very usual operating system for this type of platform: Microsoft Windows Vista. Besides, we will also compare the performance of this solution against that of a classical Wintel system - ASUS Lamborghini VX2S.

Today we are going to review another great office solution from Asus. At first glance it is very similar to the X51R we reviewed earlier. The two models seem to differ on the outside only. So is it a new model or a slightly redesigned old one? Read our review to answer this question.

This notebook boasts superb ergonomic and functional properties. Targeted at active users for whom it will make a trustworthy traveling companion, the notebook features a reinforced case made of magnesium alloy and a waterproof keyboard. Read more about it in our review!

Why will you spend lots of money for a notebook if all you need is office applications and Web-surfing, for example? An ideal solution in that case would be a notebook that provides just enough performance for office applications and comes at a low price. The ASUS X51R, which we are going to discuss today, is an example of such a product

We will take three mobile computers – Asus A8Sc, Toshiba Satellite A100-906 and Lenovo Thinkpad T61 - and will investigate the features and performance of mobile Santa Rosa platform in Windows Vista operating system.

The U1 series is interesting for a number of non-standard solutions utilized in it. Particularly, the use of new materials (such as magnesium-aluminum alloy, robust carbon fiber, polished stainless steel), LED-based backlighting of the display, longer battery life, etc. Today we are going to take a real close look at this solution in our review!

Though it may not please lovers of the classic style, the modern notebook market is ruled by quite different trends now. Even such ultra-conservative products as ThinkPad have to change with the times. Read more in our detailed review!

We would like to introduce to you a truthful embodiment of the Origami concept. It is small, but offers high performance and a large selection of input and positioning devices. It’s got a lot of wireless interfaces as well. Read more in our detailed review!