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Motion LE1600 Tablet PC [Review, Cnet]
In the world of pure-slate tablet PCs, the Motion M1400 has long been the model to beat. Enter the new Motion LE1600, which builds upon its older sibling with a faster processor, more RAM, and double the L2 cache--all in a lighter package. The LE1600's carbon-fiber chassis is as corporate as a gray flannel suit, but its sleek design and the powerful performance woven inside make for a sexy fashion statement. If you're sold on slate tablets and can stomach paying more than $2,000 for a computer without a keyboard, this is the machine for you. Tue, 02 Aug, 2005 | 14 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
Top-of-the-Line Tablets [Review, PCWorld]
Good news for ThinkPad fans: You can now have your notebook and your tablet PC, too. Lenovo's $2059 ThinkPad X41 Tablet, the company's first portable based on Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, is a svelte convertible that fully lives up to ThinkPad's proud design heritage. The X41 and Motion Computing's new $2439 LE1600 Tablet PC are among the first tablets to use Intel's latest mobile technology to stay slim without sacrificing much performance. Mon, 01 Aug, 2005 | 14 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
Asus W5A Notebook Review [Review, PCWorld]
A swiveling Webcam and an all-white carbon fiber case highlight the Asus W5A, an ultraportable laptop weighing just 4.1 pounds (not including its power adapter). Vanilla-hued laptops are not my favorite, because of the smudge factor if nothing else. But I had a ball taking snapshots and making videos using the Asus Mobile Vision Camera W5-A01, a rotating camera set in a snazzy chrome frame centered at the top of this portable's 12-inch wide-aspect screen, and the LifeFrame Webcam software. Sun, 31 Jul, 2005 | 65 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
Dell Latitude X1 Laptop Review [Review, PCWorld]
Aimed at inveterate business travelers, the 2.5-pound, silver Dell Latitude X1 is one of the lightest laptops around. Its no-frills ultraportability (there's no integrated optical drive, for example) struck me as seriously insubstantial at first--especially for the $2051 price tag--but a closer look revealed a pretty good design. The generous 12.1-inch WXGA wide screen lets you do serious work on the go. The keyboard has an extremely short, hard stroke, but the keys' size and layout permitted me to touch-type at a rapid clip. I was pleasantly surprised to find a full set of dedicated arrow, Page Up, and Page Down keys; and my favorite keys, Delete and Ctrl, were conveniently placed in opposite corners. Only the undersize Shift key bothered me at first. My review unit had a slow-to-respond touchpad, but I easily fixed that problem by increasing the tap sensitivity. Interestingly, the touchpad has a coarser feel than most, almost like fine-grade sandpaper. The extra tactile feedback was novel during the short time I used the X1, but I'm not sure how I would adjusted to this touchpad after a few weeks. An external mouse would obviate the problem for people who couldn't get used to the touchpad. Sun, 31 Jul, 2005 | 17 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
Toshiba Portege S100 Review [Review, PCWorld]
Toshiba's new thin-and-light laptop, the Portégé S100, does a nice job of balancing portability with business-oriented features. Toshiba offers two configurations; I looked at the slightly higher-end model, which offers a 2-GHz Pentium M 760 processor, a 14.1-inch 1400-by-1050 screen, and a 60GB hard drive, for $2099. Both units come standard with a DVD-ROM/CD-RW combination drive for watching DVD movies and burning CDs (an optional DVD burner costs $333). Sun, 31 Jul, 2005 | 13 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
Dell Latitude D510 Notebook Computer for Business [Review, Cnet]
Rather than the flashy sprinter that's first to cross the finish line, the mainstream Dell Latitude D510 is the decathlete of business notebooks, flying under the radar as it does a little bit of everything. With a mix of old and new technology, the Latitude D510 delivers reliable performance and four hours of battery life for businesses of all sizes--but it lacks the digital creature comforts and the security hardware of its peers. At $1,520 (as of July 2005), it's about $100 more than comparable business machines from Toshiba and Lenovo, but that difference is quickly made up by Dell's three-year warranty with onsite support. All told, the Latitude D510 is a competitively priced, sturdy laptop for employees who want basic computing on the road. Fri, 29 Jul, 2005 | 16 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
Notebook Buying Guide [Guide, Cnet]
To choose the right notebook--one with the right set of features at the right price--you'll need to figure out how you'll want to use your machine. Match your needs to one of these user profiles to get started. Fri, 29 Jul, 2005 | 25 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
Seagate 120GB Momentus 5400.2 PATA Notebook Hard Disk Pictorial Review [Review, rojakpot]
Till today, notebook users have to content with a single hard disk and often a small one at that. Hard disk sizes of 40GB and 60GB are not only unheard of but actually in common use!
Today, we are going to take a look at the new Seagate 120GB Momentus 5400.2 PATA notebook hard disk, which not only comes with 120GB of storage space but also 8MB of cache! Fri, 29 Jul, 2005 | 11 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
Toshiba Satellite M45-S331 [Review, Cnet]
Based on appearance alone, everything about the mainstream Toshiba Satellite M45 seems fine: it has a good-looking case and plenty of perks, such as a broad screen and a built-in, double-layer DVD burner. Once you turn it on, however, it doesn't take long to detect an inexcusable defect: an extremely small battery that lasts less than half as long as most mainstream laptop cells. The Satellite M45's economical price offers some compensation for its puny battery, but if you're shopping for a basic laptop, consider spending a few hundred more on the Dell Latitude D510 instead. Fri, 29 Jul, 2005 | 11 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
Asus W5A (W5G00A) - Asus' New Ultra-portable [Review, HotHardware]
Asus made an interesting statement earlier in the year with their S5N notebook. Its flair wasn't necessarily original, but it was, and still remains, one of the smaller ultra-portable designs available. And it's for this reason, that the S5N remains one of the ultra-portable notebooks in our own personal notebook arsenal. So, needless to say, after catching a glimpse of the new Asus W5A ultra-portable, we were immediately intrigued. If you haven't already seen it, the Asus W5A is a bit of a departure from other "traditional" ultra-portable designs. With that in mind, let's see what Asus' is using to entice highly mobile computer users... Mon, 18 Jul, 2005 | 47 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
DDR1 Versus DDR2 Notebook Memory [Article, legitreviews]
When DDR2 came out on Desktop computers to replace DDR1 many enthusiasts saw
lower performance numbers across the board. Today, Legit Reviews looks at the
latest Sonoma mobile platform from Intel and figures out if DDR2 SODIMM memory
is good or bad for notebooks. If you are a mobile user or interested in memory
read on! Fri, 15 Jul, 2005 | 31 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
Dell Inspiron XPS Gen 2 Laptop [Review, Hexus]
The chosen combination of Pentium M 770 and GeForce 6800 Go
Ultra 256MB make for, without doubt, the fastest gaming laptop ever
to grace HEXUS Labs, and I keep repeating this, ad nauseum, but it's
just so damn quiet. The screen's pretty sharp, the keyboard's above
average, and the chassis looks pretty cool. With the £2099 asking
price and gamers in mind, I'd urge Dell to pre-configure a model with
a 7,200RPM hard drive for faster loading and, perhaps, look into a
better base warranty. Other than that, though, I'm struggling to find
bad points about it without resorting to nitpicking. Tue, 12 Jul, 2005 | 28 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
MSI Megabook S250 [Review, Hexus]
To sum up this peek at MSI's mini marvel, it's the absolute
perfect size for my uses, outshining the horrible DTR models I've
reviewed for HEXUS by a massive margin. Plenty of disk space and rock
solid WiFi, along with great basic ergonomics have me putting the
screen's reflective nature to one side while I enjoy the size and
lack of weight of almost a perfect notebook for my needs. I'm a
journo with no need for on-the-go 3D performance. I just write, so
all I need is something tiny with plenty of pixels, good wireless and
a keyboard I'm happy to tap on for hours on end. Wed, 15 Jun, 2005 | 49 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
SavRow Katana 3D-9 Portable Workstation [Review, Hexus]
In terms of performance, the Katana clearly is comparable to a
desktop PC. You sacrifice some speed but for DCC this is probably the
fastest portable money can buy right now, largely in part because of
its high-spec NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1400 graphics accelerator.
Other firms will be close behind, and using the same chassis, too,
since it's one of the few available that can take two hard disk
drives and two optical drives. But simply put, SavRow got there
first. Thu, 12 May, 2005 | 42 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
Spring IDF 2005: 65nm Yonah Spotted [News, legitreviews]
While walking around Intel's Spring 2005 Developer Forum we spotted the 65nm
Yonah processor up and running on the Napa Platform. Since Yonah is due out in
2006 it was unexpected, but a welcomed sight to say the least... Fri, 11 Mar, 2005 | 44 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
ATI's Radeon Xpress 200M [News, Hexus]
Today sees ATI's announcment of the Radeon Xpress200M chipset, a mobile chipset for AMD systems. So, what does that bring mobile AMD users? Well, there's PCI-Express support for starters, along with support for Athlon, Sempron and the upcoming mobile Turion 64 processor. Add to that an onboard DirectX 9 PCIe graphics solution and there's promise of a very appealing mobile chipset. Thu, 03 Mar, 2005 | 2071 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
ACER Travelmate 8104 - Sneak Peek [Preview, Hexus]
Each of the series is built around Intel Centrino technology and complemented by ATI's MOBILITY RADEON X700 graphics, so you know there’s plenty of power from the CPU which isn’t going to be bottlenecked at the GPU… Now I’ve written that, I’ve just realized this thing has more bang under the bonnet than my desktop machine! And weighing in at just over 2.8kg, I’m not going to worry about popping a hernia shifting it around. Tue, 01 Mar, 2005 | 247 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
NVIDIA's GeForce Go 6600 and GeForce Go 6200 Launch [Review, Hexus]
It's speedy mid-range graphics with a power-optimised bent, in skinny
notebooks, for gaming and good video on the move. NVIDIA have brought the
entire stable of discrete products to the portable market, with them all
shipping as I type this, in a bunch of designs from the likes of Clevo,
Uniwill, Wistron and others.
ATI are doing much the same with PCI Express, HyperMemory and optimised mobile
versions of desktop ASICs. 3D gets ever powerful on the move, and it's good to
see NVIDIA push their latest architecture onto devices you can use to play Half
Life 2 on the bus. Tue, 22 Feb, 2005 | 644 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
BenQ Joybook 7000 Notebook Review [Review, rojakpot]
You followed our journey to the Loss of Joy (Episode II of the Notebook Purchase Fiasco). Now read the review!
Join Peaz as he explores the features of the BenQ Joybook 7000 and find out of it was worth all the anguish and pain. Wed, 09 Feb, 2005 | 155 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
Intel Centrino Overclocking Guide [Guide, rojakpot]
Due to their proprietary nature, notebooks have so far eluded attempts at overclocking. Except for isolated cases, notebooks have so far been safe from the overclocking craze. Until today, that is.
Today, we will show you how to overclock Intel Centrino motherboards! We will show you how to do it, as well as explore the risks and the rewards associated with such an attempt. Wed, 09 Feb, 2005 | 247 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
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