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Vista HAck – How to speed up your boot time

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Sorry guys, not a ton going on in the laptop world today, so I’m bringing you another video how to.

This one if for all you Windows Vista users out there. Its an easy way to speed up your boot time, which is a nice hack for laptop users to know.

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USB Hack – Save space by running apps on a USB drive

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This is an older trick, but I thought it made sense to share it again in the context of Netbooks. Because some netbooks can have pretty limited storage, it might be helpful to install some of your apps on thumb drives and only use them when you need them. This can save room and keep you netbook running faster.

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PDA Hack – How to make a real PDA book.

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So the smart guys over at Make have this great video about turning a normal book into a PDA/Laptop sort of contraption.

This looks like a really fun weekend project:

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HP announces flexible display technology

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Business Wire has a press release from HP and Arizona State University which announces a new flexible electronic display that can be manufactured in a affordable way.

This means those futuristic newspapers from minority report are only a few years away. Oh, I hope.

Well, obviously this could have a huge impact on the laptop and netbook market.

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Monday Laptop News Roundup

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As numbers continue to trickle in from Cyber Monday, CNN is reporting that Apple’s online store had one of the best days, coming in at 5th overall for retail sites.

Wired is reporting on a nice new Lapdesk, which looks pretty stylish to me.

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Eee PC Hack – How to make an iPhone remote for you Eee PC

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Check out this great Eee PC hack, which allows you to control an Eee PS with an iPhone. This is a cool hack.

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Mac Hack – How to replace you MacBook Air Hard Drive

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Now that Macbook Airs have been out for a while, you might want to replace that hard drive or mess around inside the box. Check out this great video that shows you how to get at your Air’s Hard Drive.

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Getac B300 Review and Specs

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If you have and extra $3,200 and the urge to toss your laptop gainst the wall without serious repercussions, the Getec B300 might be for you.

Another in the ultra-tough market of laptops, the B300 is pricey for a XP machine. But, you get some pretty strange and wonderful features for all that cash, including a daylight-visable touchscreen, GPS and a fast set of internals running otherwise outdated tech. Basically, that last part translates to a really speedy compurter for what it is.

But hoestly, outside of the military and construction sites, does this computer have a

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Lenovo Thinkpad T400 Review and Specs

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The Lenovo Thinkpad is one of those laptops that really bridges the spectrum when it comes to cost and specs. The Thinkpad T400 is right in the middle of it all with a modest internal setup that’s great for business or heavier home computing, which should be expected for around $1,400 to $1,600.

Right off the bat, the T400 offers one huge perk in switchable graphics, which means this machine can speed up your day to day computing and save battery life on the go with it’s lower power Intel GMA graphics set. But you won’t sacrifice higehr end video and graphic

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Friday news buzz roundup and mac trackpad hack

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Well, Bloomberg says Microsoft is starting to feel the economic crunch. It makes me wonder if the fact that most netbooks run XP has anything to do with it?

Meanwhile, the most mainstream of mainstream newspapers, USA Today, has embraced netbooks as the next tech trend.

Earlier this week, the

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