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Consider this: there’s an important presentation you’d need to give tomorrow morning. As the night stretches past bedtime, you sit down with your laptop to get that presentation up. While creating your slides, however, your laptop barely responds. You’d see more the “wait” icon doing its dance more than anything else. You’d wait patiently. The laptop gives in. You begin work only to see the laptop freeze again. Not a pretty picture this, is it? For most people laptops are all that we depend on. No wonder then that our laptops take more pounding than they should. As machines, they go though the wear andRead More →

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We all know Apple to be the top, if not, one of the top contenders in the laptop world, but it is far from the only company out there. Dell has had its fair share of laptops, as well, that have made names for themselves, most notably the Inspiron Notebook. This laptop is now known for being a budget, or entry-level laptop within the Dell brand, but that hasn’t stopped it from being a very well rounded computer. But as is the issue with almost every type of mobile tech out there, whether it be cell phones, tablets, or even laptops, battery is always anRead More →

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Dell has unveiled three new Alienware laptops, the Alienware 14, 17 and 18. They all include Haswell processors, the newest NVIDIA graphics, but the first thing you’ll notice is the look. Dell replaced the old plastic body with an aluminum lid and magnesium alloy chassis. The edge has LED lights that run around it and the touchpad fully lights up. With the keyboard, there are 10 color areas on the 17 / 18 while the 14 has 5. While the Aleinware logo has always glowed on the top it is now customizable. They include Klipsch speakers, backed by Dolby Audio Theater. Even though thinner andRead More →

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Toshiba has released its ultra-high-res laptop the KIRAbook. The Toshiba KIRAbook is for the most part a decent ultrabook. There is no other screen like it in the Windows 8 market. It is thin and light, weighing just  3 pounds.  Toshiba claims the magnesium alloy casing is 90% stronger than the aluminum case of the Macbook Air.  The screen contains 3.7 million pixels. Unfortunately the KIRAbook has a smaller keyboard, and the track pad is less responsive than the Macbook Air. It appears Toshiba is attempting to outdo the Macbook air, but there is a lot to be left wanting. Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-3537U Processor,Read More →

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The simplest way to keep your laptop at peak efficiency is to just keep it cool. The processor can easily get over heated in its narrow housing. With this in mind Thermaltake has created a miniature portable air conditioner that promises to keep your system comfortably cool, even if you’re not. Extremely light weight with portable ball shape and unique design, suitable for notebook size 10″- 17″. They are made up of a pair of fans that sit inside a half-sphere housings. The half Spheres connect forming an easy-to-carry ball. The GOrb II uses power from one of the USB ports on your system. SoRead More →

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Inhon, a Taiwanese computer maker unveils Blade 13 Carbon laptop, and claims it is now the world’s lightest and thinnest. Weighing just 1.9 pounds (870g) and measuring 10.7mm thick, the company says it is thinner than NEC’s 12.8mm LaVie X by a whole 2mm, while under weighing  the 875g LaVie Z by 5g. The specs of the Blade 13 Carbon are  a Core i5 or i7 CPU, 1080p screen, 128GB or 256GB SSD and 4GB of RAM. If you are looking for that amount of power in a small package, the Carbon is cheaper costing $1,350, while a less attractive  1,600 x 900 fiberglass versionRead More →