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With a plethora of desktop replacements, thin and lights and ultraportable laptop computers on the market today, how does the bewildered buyer make an informed choice? By relying on personal recommendations from colleagues, family and friends, and also by reading opinions and laptop reviews such as those found at sites like Laptopical. Portability, processor type (AMD Turion, Intel Core 2 […]
Continue reading »The iF awards aren’t like the happy family television award, or the teen’s choice of the minute award. No, the iF awards have been around for five decades, the whole time acting as a symbol of excellence in design, quality of construction, and trend-setting. When a company wins one of these International Forum awards, it deserves the right to toot […]
Continue reading »High-definition DVDs in laptops are the next logical step in HD technology’s conquest of the world. I haven’t quite figured out yet if the HD technology people have good intentions, or sinister ones, with their takeover of our TVs, our movies and now, yes, our portable computers. HD technology is coming at us so fast and furious it gives us […]
Continue reading »I’ve seen them doing it at work. It makes me drool. No, I’m not talking about eating donuts, or leaving the office early on a Friday. At risk of sounding like a true Laptopical dork, I’ll admit that I’m entranced by the idea of a dual screen laptop. You know, when you tap into the luxuriant space of two monitors, […]
Continue reading »When it comes to the 710m Inspiron laptop, Dell appears to be staying the course. For the most part, the 710m is just like the previous Inspiron 700m, except that the new model has a nifty silver rim along its keyboard and lid. Oh, and the keyboard was changed to gray, compared to the previous black. Otherwise, you’re looking at […]
Continue reading »Ultraportables are not everyone’s cup of tea. Some folks are happy to trade a little mobility for improved performance. Luckily with so many manufacturers out there at the moment competing for your hard earned cash, desktop replacements are getting much cheaper. Indeed quality Dell notebooks sporting core duo processors can now be found for under $900. Summer is righton our […]
Continue reading »I don’t know about you, but I’ve always dug tablets. My friend who was a health inspector for the city used to brandish the one he had for work, and I’d turn green with envy. Then he had a gun pulled on him in a South Philly deli and decided to move on to a cushier job (albeit one without […]
Continue reading »Netbook Buying Advice Choosing which netbook to buy is easier than picking out a suitable mainstream laptop. This is because your options are quite limited – most netbooks are equipped with the same hardware: one 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, GMA 950 graphics, and 1GB of RAM. There are some occasional variations to the recipe, but the basics of a netbook […]
Continue reading »With a plethora of desktop replacements, thin and lights and ultraportable laptop computers on the market today, how does the bewildered buyer make an informed choice? By relying on personal recommendations from colleagues, family and friends, and also by reading opinions and laptop reviews such as those found at sites like Laptopical. Portability, processor type (AMD Turion, Intel Core 2 […]
Continue reading »The best laptop, is there even such a thing? Sure, but it depends on exactly what you plan to do with it. Top laptops for gaming tend to be very different from those favored by the traveling business exec. You’ll have to decide what aspects are the most important to you – a long battery life or great 3D performance, […]
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