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When it comes to gaming laptops, NVIDIA’s ‘m series’ have been the norm for a while now. For those of you who aren’t familiar with this technology, it basically goes like this: when releasing a new GPU, NVIDIA would often come up with a lesser capable laptop version; so for example the GTX 980 desktop GPU would have its laptop […]
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I have been a massive fan of MSI for the past 15 or so years, dating back to when I worked as an in-store technician at Time Computers recommending MSI motherboards to customers. All of my PC builds for myself, friends and family have used MSI motherboards, and in my experience these products have been hardwearing and reliable. My […]
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A relative newcomer to the world of mobile computers, Acer laptops have been the recipients of numerous awards for design and innovation. The line features a selection of TravelMate PCs, the Aspire series, and the cutting edge Ferrari line up. Acer Ferrari notebooks, not only share a name with the Italian sports car maker, but also boast the inimitable Prancing […]
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Posted 6 days, 5 hours ago by Daniel Shain in Microsoft Laptops The Windows 7 beta was intially released weeks ago to great fanfare. Benchmarking tests have been coming out with regularity. Now however, reports are surfacing that Microsoft is sending out emails in search of beta testers running a computer with netbook-esque specifications. Could a less expensive, dumbed down […]
Continue reading »Toshiba, the creator of HD-DVD and sore loser in the battle against Blu-Ray, as decided not to include Blu-Ray drives in their laptops. Though Toshiba hasn’t given an official reason for this, speculation assumes that it due to two reasons: Adapting the Blu-Ray drives would be supporting the competitor, Sony, who won the battle against Toshiba over HD-DVD. Also, the […]
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Intel-supported and Linux-based, Moblin is a new OS designed specifically for netbooks. The alpha is now out and ready to be tested by those brave souls out there who like to test products before they’re actually ready to be used. Moblin is derived in large part from Fedora, but with a few tweaks for mobile devices. It has a unique […]
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Samsung has developed the technology to create power efficient and highly productive DRAM at the 40 nanometer level. That’s really, really small. Fresh on the heels of their 50nm 8GB success, Samsung has hit another benchmark by producing the highest quality 40nm DRAM to date. They promise it will deliver 60% more productivity and waste less energy than the 50nm […]
Continue reading »Ah when I was a lad back in the 80’s, a TV series tied heavily into selling toys to kids was hugely popular. Entitled Transformers, the show followed the exploits of autobot Optimus Prime and his battle against the incorrigible leader of the Decepticons – Megatron. Optimus Prime, the main protagonist of the series could transform into a truck, but […]
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 […]
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Dell Inspiron Mini 9 netbooks with Ubuntu Linux initially only recognized 4GB of hard disk space, regardless of whether you ordered a 4GB, 8GB or 16GB. Dell’s error was in using the exact disc same image to format every single Mini 9 loaded with Ubuntu, regardless of the actual size of the hard drive. This means at first all Ubuntu […]
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