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Monday, November 30, 2009
- 10:14 pm | Smartbook AG Offers Netbooks with Swarovski Crystals. Smartbook AG Begins to Sell $3000 Netbook
Saturday, November 28, 2009
- 12:12 pm | Netbooks to Get Larger Screens, Discrete Graphics – Report. Netbooks with 10” and 12” Panels Set to Become Mainstream in 2010 – Manufacturers
Friday, November 27, 2009
- 12:28 pm | Lenovo to Buy Back Mobile Handsets Business Unit. Lenovo Group Re-Acquires Lenovo Mobile
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
- 11:50 pm | Nvidia to Start Shipping Next-Generation Tegra to Developers “Soon”. Nvidia Readies Second-Generation Tegra SoC for Handhelds
- 10:37 pm | Despite Netbook Popularity, Consumers Still Want Notebooks – IDC. Even in Asia, Consumers Still Prefer Notebooks over Netbooks
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Once again Sony’s design team has come up with a well-balanced combination of style, performance and superb ergonomics. And today we are going to talk about this notebook series in our new review.
If you consider yourself one of those active, hard-working people whose activities are not limited to the office, then the new ASUS R1F Tablet PC is made for you. It is an excellent mix of optimal weight/size parameters and superb ergonomics. This transformer supports both keyboard- and stylus-based data input and features an advanced hardware configuration as well as a long battery life. Read more in our detailed coverage!
Our test lab is being visited today by the Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Pro V3405 notebook that is meant to be a perfectly balanced solution for businessmen. The combination of Intel Pentium Dual-Core and Intel Calistoga 945GM platform proved to be an excellent choice for the buck. Read more in our review!
We would like to introduce to you another member of the Ferrari racing team from Acer. This time it is going to be an ultra-compact solution based on AMD Turion 64 X2 TL60 processor running at 2.0GHz that proved very functional, very fast, and... very expensive. Read more in our review!
As you’ve had an opportunity to see from our previous articles, the balance of pros and cons of the A6 series remains almost the same irrespective of the exact configuration. Carrying on the tradition of the series, the ASUS A6Rp brings to you perfectly balanced price/quality and price/performance proportions. Read more in our new article.
We would like to introduce to you a new G2 series of gaming notebooks from ASUS. The ASUS G2 is an excellent solution that not only competes with desktop gaming stations, it often wins the competition! Read more about it in our new review.
We would like to introduce to you a notebook that is meant to serve as a handy work tool, portable when needed. What is important, it will keep your confidential work-related information as secure from unauthorized access as possible.
ASUS has presented its vision of a classic product in modern format. The A8J notebook family is not only portable, but also very advanced with high-performance components under the hood. The three constituents of its success are an appealing, even though simple, exterior design, very high performance in any applications, and mobility you can expect from a notebook. Read more now!
Today we will discuss another notebook from Asus, the one that truly deserves being called “the choice of a professional”. It is going to make a full-featured mobile workstation, a powerful tool to help your business activities. Read more in our review!
We would like to introduce to you a full-size 17-inch notebook family from Acer built around the dual-core AMD Turion 64 X2 processor. It is a pretty inexpensive notebook, but offers good performance and a rather long battery life. Read more in our review!
Today we will look at an exciting ultra-compact portable computer optimized for today’s life and travels. The DELL Inspiron XPS system based on Intel Merom processor proved an excellent solution. Read more in our review!
Michael Dell must be pleased with his engineers and designers who have succeeded in creating one of the first mobile workstations capable of running resource-consuming professional 3D applications. The Dell Precision M90 is a perfect tool for people who work in such areas as digital animation, special effects, video editing, CAD and modeling. More details in our article!
The ASUS Lamborghini VX1 is like a sports coupe – daring, extraordinary and aggressive. It is meticulous in every detail with its stylish lacquered lid, magnesium-aluminum insertions and a straight-shaped, yet elegant-looking, outline. Read more in our detailed review!
Today we are going to talk about a product that represents a rarely seen combination of an exclusive exterior with cutting-edge technology inside. Are you looking for a great combination of style, functionality and high performance? Then you cannot miss this truly exclusive piece of hardware. Read more in our review!
Today we would like to talk about the ASUS Z83D notebook family that resembled ASUS A6 series in optimal price/quality and price/performance ratios. It is a tool for people who want a high-performance portable machine with a big enough screen diagonal of 17”. Read more in our review now!
Today we are going to talk about a powerful multimedia configuration within a regular 15” notebook case from Acer. This solution built using high-performance components allows playing today’s 3D games and using any 3D applications on the road, offers great battery life even in heavy modes and provides excellent TV-tuner functionality. Read more about it in our review!
Together with the transition to Core microarchitecture in the desktop segment, Intel introduced the same microarchitecture for the mobile computers. Now Core 2 Duo processors are also available in notebooks. However, are they really that much better than the good old Core Duo CPUs? Let’s find out now!
The W5 series has been rejuvenated after the arrival of the new dual-core platform. A stylish design and a very advanced hardware platform that provides highest performance in office applications are the key features of the ASUS W5F laptop that we are going to introduce to you today. Read more about an excellent business solution from ASUS in our new review!
We’ve got the world’s first notebook equipped with a drive that supports Blu-Ray – the new solution from Sony. Read more about this great solution features the most high-end specifications and features in our new detailed review.
Today we are going to look at two Sony VAIO models from the SZ series: VAIO VGN-SZ1HRP/B and VAIO VGN-SZ1XRP/C, which have come as a replacement to the older S series. These two models resemble one another visually, but there is a price difference of almost $500 US between them. In this review we are going to find out how the similar appearance conceals great differences in the “tempers” of these two notebooks.



