August 11, 2010 · MacBooks
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 fro
Read more →July 30, 2010 · Windows Laptops
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 feature
Read more →July 21, 2010 · Laptop Rentals
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 and love gaming, this hard driv
Read more →July 13, 2010 · Gaming Laptops
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 W860
Read more →July 7, 2010 · Windows Laptops
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
Read more →June 14, 2010 · Laptop Rentals
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
Read more →June 2, 2010 · Tablets & 2-in-1s
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
Read more →May 29, 2010 · Windows Laptops
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
Read more →May 11, 2010 · Windows Laptops
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
Read more →May 9, 2010 · Windows Laptops
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 r
Read more →April 24, 2010 · Tablets & 2-in-1s
If you’re a PC person and you’ve been thinking about making the switch to Apple because you just can’t resist those neat little iPads, wait! Hewlett Packard is coming out with its own version of the tablet computer, called the “Slate.” Last week, the computer maker released some details about the new computer. The Slat
Read more →April 21, 2010 · Guides & Reviews
Recently, I learned the hard way that it’s important to protect your laptop. When a virus wiped out my hard drive, I lost Word documents, work information, personal pictures and videos…well, the list is endless. But even then, I know it could have been much worse. What if my laptop had been stolen or being as forgetful
Read more →April 2, 2010 · Windows Laptops
This week, Acer announced its new Aspire Ethos laptops. The laptops have a secondary touchscreen, which doubles as a touchpad. The new technology is meant to help users navigate through multimedia content. The touchscreen is placed below the keyboard where a touchpad would normally be located and it displays movie and
Read more →March 31, 2010 · Laptop Rentals
Laptop rentals for Trans Atlantic travelers are becoming increasingly popular. Traveling, especially by plane, is quite the hassle these days and flights are requiring many people to check all of their baggage. This has the IT industry looking for better solutions for traveling executives. For this reason, technology r
Read more →March 21, 2010 · Gaming Laptops
MSI is announcing a new “gaming and entertainment” laptop: the GE700, which is a slightly larger version of the GE600, which debuted just weeks ago. It’s powered by the Intel Core i5 and supports DirectX 11 for 3D graphics. It features two cinema-class speakers and a subwoofer, as well as Cinema Pro technology, which p
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