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It’s that time of year again! Kids are packing up and heading off to college, and they are taking their laptops with them. According to a recent study by Student Monitor, a New Jersey-based research company, the laptop of choice for college students is Apple’s Macbook. The survey consisted of 1,200 college students from 100 different schools and 83% of those surveyed owned laptops. The most popular laptop, by far, was the Macbook. 27% of laptop-owning college students have one. 87% of the students surveyed said they plan to purchase a new laptop in the future and of those, a whopping 47% of those saidRead More →

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Are you ready for a bamboo laptop from Asus? That’s exactly what you’re going to get if you spend $999 on the new U33Jc-A1. CNET says the 13-inch laptop is “partially clad in actual bamboo, creating a unique upscale look and feel that we find greatly appealing to our midcentury modern design tastes.” The laptop features an Intel Core i3 system, as well as Intel’s Wireless Display technology for beaming video to an external display. It also has a discrete Nvidia 310M GPU. It’s definitely attractive and unique, however, it does not have an optical drive. Looking for Laptop Rental information? Visit our Tech TravelRead More →

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Computer-maker Samsung has announced that it is launching its first 1TB hard drive for laptops. The 2.5-inch hard drive, which is part of the Spinpoint-series, is being called the Spinpoint MT2 and it uses a 12.5mm form factor, as well as 333GB platters. If you need lots of storage space, this hard drive is your dream come true! According to Samsung, the new hard drive works at 20% increased performance and uses about 4% less power than other similar hard drives currently on the market. However, reviewers say that the hard drive isn’t very fast. It spins at just 5,400 RPM and features a last-generationRead More →

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To be “in” these days, you have to offer 3D products, whether you sell anything from laptops to plasma TVs. Well, it looks like another computer-maker – iBuyPower – has thrown its name into the 3D laptop business. The company, which is known for its excellent gaming laptops, announced today their new Battalion 101 W860CU-3D. The new laptop has a 15.6-inch HD screen with 1366 x 768 pixels, and it’s capable of displaying 3D images. You can get the computer with a Core i5 or Core i7 processor, 8GB of RAM and a hard drive with 750GB capacity. Other options include a 512GB SSD. TheRead More →

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3D is all the rage these days and now it’s coming to your laptop. The IdeaPad Y560d, from Lenovo, is the company’s first 3D notebook, and it’s shipping now. The new laptop has a 15.6-inch screen, 16:9 high definition, a Core i7 processor running at 1.60 GHz, 4GB of RAM, and a 500 GB HDD. A different configuration will be available at a later date. It will include an i7 at 1.86 GHz, a Blue-ray drive, and a “RapidDrive,” a hybrid 64GB SSD and 750GB HDD for quicker booting. The laptop uses TriDef 3D technology (TriDef Media Player) software that turns the standard movie intoRead More →

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Starbucks made a big announcement today. As of July 1st, the company will be offering free Wi-Fi. The Wi-Fi will be provided by AT&T and is available for any Starbucks customer with the simple click of a button. Starbucks CEO Howard D. Schultz made the announcement today at a press conference in New York. According to The New York Times, he described it as “a way to bridge the online world and real-world coffee outlets.” Ironically, most coffee shops already offer free Wi-Fi. Starbucks is a little late to the game. Starbucks customers could buy and registered a Starbucks card that would allow them twoRead More →

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CNET decided to ask its readers which they prefer: an iPad or a Netbook. According to the results, those who favorite netbooks did so for practical reasons, while those who preferred an iPad cited media-viewing capabilities and other novelties. Netbooks seemed to be the most favored. As the article points out iPads are newer and aren’t exactly like traditional computers. So, whether or not the match-up is fair, is questionable. However, most people are probably going to own either, but not both. Due to their size and ease of carrying, both are handy for travel or working on the go. And as CNET points out,Read More →

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Hewlett Packard has announced that it’s recalling 54,000 laptop batteries. The lithium-ion batteries could possibly overheat and catch on fire. The batteries, which were made in China, came with laptops purchased both in stores and online from August 2007 to July 2008. Many were also sold independently. According to HP, less than 3% of the laptops have the defective batteries and they company will replace them for free. The batteries can burn someone or catch on fire. The company released a statement saying, “HP fully stands behind the products it makes and has taken a proactive approach to this situation to ensure the safety ofRead More →

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According to iSuppli, a market research firm, 2010 will be all about netbooks and ultra-thin laptops. As a matter of fact, even though the market experienced a 19% increase in sales last year (up from 2008), numbers for this year are expected to be even higher. They also expect this trend to carry on for the next four years, into 2014. Laptops, Ultra-thin laptops, and Netbooks In 2010, over 34.5 million netbooks are expected to ship (an increase of 30%) and in 2014, those numbers are expected to reach 58.3 million units sold. When it comes to the newer ultra-thin laptops, 14.5 million units areRead More →

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Some information about a new Toshiba laptop has been leaked and some of the details are pretty interesting. The information, which came from VozExpress, may have you asking yourself if it’s all too good to be true! The new laptop will featured a 512GB solid-state-drive, instead of a 500GB hard drive, which may be one reason the laptop is said to be extremely light. (Rumor has it, it’ll weigh about 2.2 pounds, making it one of the world’s lightest.) However, the solid-state-drive will probably drive the price up compared to what its counterpart with a hard drive would cost. It will use standard-voltage Intel CoreRead More →