Monthly Archives: August 2009

The Vostro rolls out from Dell

Vostro 1014/1014D/1088 Notebook

Dell have finally released the Vostro series of laptops, the 1014 and 1088 offer a 14.1 inch display, while the 1015 has the slightly larger 15.6 inch, these options are supposed to increase the choice of computer for those buyers at the entry level end of the market.

 

Specs:

Dell’s Vostro 1014 and 1015 models

14.1 inch display or 15.6 inch display

Intel’s integrated graphics solution

Vostro 1088

14.1 inch laptop

Improved battery life with WLED LCD displays

Choice of up to 4 GB of RAM

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Portable laptop cooling pad

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An overheating laptop could mean trouble for the user, which is why a laptop cooler is a good idea. This one is the Handstands Cool Lift laptop cooling pad; it is different to a stand as it is more stable on the lap and makes the user adopt a better posture too.

 

Product Features

Promotes Laptop Air Flow

Lightweight & Portable Laptop Accessory

Promotes Good Posture

Works With All Notebooks & Laptops

Made From Non-Slip Material

Technical Details

Model: 22100

Priced at $9.99

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The Acer Aspire Timeline 13.3” laptop

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This the laptop that has been described as the “All day computer” that is because of the battery power, it is supposed to average around eight hours of normal operating time. This will obviously depends on what you are doing on the computer. Being light and thin it is the ideal machine for someone who spends a lot of time away from the office or home.

 

Product Features

1.3GHz Intel Pentium SU2700 Single Core Processor (2MB L2 cache, 1.30GHz, 800MHz FSB)

4096MB DDR3 1066MHz RAM

320GB SATA Hard Drive

Windows Vista Hom

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Dell partners with Nickelodeon

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The computer maker Dell has collaborated with the kids TV channel Nickelodeon to build a special edition netbook aimed at the younger computer user, or maybe not! The netbook can be personalised with characters from the channels shows such as, SpongeBob SquarePants and iCarly. As well as featuring links to Nickelodeon online games and video content.

 

Features:

10.1 inch display with 1024 x 576 resolution

1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU

New, larger keyboard 92 percent of a standard full-size keyboard for comfort and ease of use

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Coffee shops rethink over laptops

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It seems that the growth in the coffee shop has followed the growth in laptop ownership, but now the two seem to be party company as consumers find that buying an expensive coffee is less important than it used to be. This means that the coffee shop is struggling and so those customers who buy a coffee and spend all day using the free Wi-Fi are not to be encouraged any more in some establishments.

 

One popular coffee shop is Naidre in Brooklyn, NY; they have decided that because of the economic downturn that laptops and netbooks will be banned dur

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HP to offer prepaid 3G netbooks

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HP are looking to change the face of the prepaid 3G market by offering netbooks and even other devices at greatly subsidised prices, there are rumours that the prices could be as low as $50 and rising up to $100.

 

In with this deal, the user will get a hundred free minutes to use and then after the user will need to continue under the pay as you go scheme in order to keep the machine connected to the internet. Now the bad news currently this deal is only available in Japan at the moment.

 

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The Acer Aspire 14.1” Blue Laptop

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This is the highly portable Acer Aspire 14.1 inch laptop; this has been designed with the internet surfer who travels in mind. It is great to use this machine will out because its compact size means that it is easier to use than and full sized laptop, even if there is not much in it, a couple of inches or so.

 

Key Features

14.1-inch WXGA (1280 x 800) LCD screen with Acer CrystalBrite Technology (Learn more)

AMD Athlon X2 QL-62 dual-core processor with 2.0 GHz CPU speed and 1 MB of L2 cache (Learn more)

320 GB SATA hard drive

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The Toshiba Satellite L305 15.4” laptop

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This is a great machine for home, small businesses and even students at it offers plenty of memory and plenty of processing power, for those who like get out and about with their computer this machine has been fitted with an integrated 54g Wi-Fi unit, while movies lovers can watch their favourite DVD’s on widescreen format.

 

Spec Check

15.4 inch LCD screen

2.0 GHz Intel Pentium T4200 processor

250 GB hard drive

2 GB RAM (4 GB maximum)

Dual-layer DVD±R drive

54g Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)

Intel GMA 4500M g

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Prolink enter the netbook market

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Prolink are a firm that are usually involved in the networking hardware sector, but with so much demand for netbooks it is hardly a surprise that they have decided to get involved in this lucrative, but highly competitive sector of the computer industry. The Prolink Glee TA 009 has been given HSUPS radio; this enables the device to connect to mobile broadband whenever possible. Although it has to be said that the Glee is a little on other specs.

 

Key Features:

Intel Atom N270 Processor

LED Backlight

Tipping at approx 1.1Kg

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