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Intel X-25M Solid Sate Drive Review
Solid State Drives, or SSDs as they are better known, are well on their way to replacing the good old HDD we have all grown up with. SSDs offer faster data transfer, shorter boot times, uses less power and generate less heat. Also because there are no moving parts, SSDs have less that can go [...]
Ironix XR 1 Destruction Proof Laptop
Destruction Proof Laptop with Gaming Capabilities Combines Military Endurance with Geek Features There are many ways to ruin a laptop, whether it is a fall from the car roof, an inadvertent dip in the pool, an unsupervised toddler, or even a careless roommate. Until recently, there were few ways of dealing with the inevitable risks [...]
New MacBook Air 2010 Unveiled
Sales of the iPad are by far outnumbering those of Mac computers, but this may be changing soon. The MacBook Air promises a whole new type of notebook, with the functions of a full sized computer combined with the lightness and portability of a tablet. Here are a few of the features that set the [...]
HP Mini 2140 Netbook Review
One thing above all else you will have to give HP credit for – they know their market. Sure they have come up with some great desktops and laptops in their time and also with some real disasters, but they have always had a product available when the market has wanted it.
Gateway TC7307U Laptop Review
Everyone thought that 2009 would be the year of low cost portable computing. People who used this phrase were thinking in terms of netbooks where, since most of the operations and software are external (in cyberspace) the cost is low and the price factor is an important selling point.
Dell Latitude E4300 Review
Dell producing a snappy colorful business notebook? It’s never happened before and most people believed it never would. But how wrong they were. The Dell E4300 may just be redefining what the business ultraportable is and doing it in a bright new way.
Samsung NC20 Netbook Review
Samsung were late arrivals at the netbook party, but have been working overtime to catch up. Their latest offering, the NC20 is an upgrade of the NC10 and addresses many of the problems users found with the earlier model. The main drawbacks of the NC 10 were the 1024 x 600 10 inch display which [...]
Apple MacBook Pro 2009 (17 Inch) Review
Apple upgraded its 13 and 15 inch MacBooks last year, but forgot about the 17 inch which remained untouched. That was surprising because the upgrades did significantly add value to the smaller MacBooks and it was difficult to understand why the 17 inch model was left out. The upgraded 17 inch model was finally announced [...]
Asus W90 Review
When Asus were creating the W90, it is obvious they have one objective in mind – to knock the stuffing out of every other gaming notebook on the market. And they seem to have succeeded. The success is not just in performance, but also in the pricing. At $2199 it costs a little more than [...]
The Lenovo ThinkPad X200 Review
Although of late the Lenovo X300 has been cornering all the glory (and rightfully so – it’s really something special) not everyone can afford, or needs all the top of the line specs that go into it. Let’s face it – $2,500 plus is not small change and there is a huge market out there [...]