Well, Laptop people, another week has slipped past us. Let’s take a loot at some of the best laptops we looked at this week, as well as the day’s news and a few great how-tos and hacks.
First, our top three laptops of the week:
1. The Samsung X460 turned some heads this week. The solid specs and great design was enough for reviwers around the net.
2. The Alienware M17 might have a c
Sorry about the picture, but it seems for all the rage being created about the Acer Aspire 8930G, there are very few quality pictures of the high-end gaming machine out there.
But, there is a lot of information and buzz about the specs, and a lot of people are talking about the 8930G’s gaming setup.
Not only does the 8930 feature a super fast 7,200 rpm hard drive, the GForce 9700 GT graphics setup, 5.1 sound support and 18.4″ HD display make this case a bundle of gaming goodi
Miniature laptops have a future. As schools move toward more computer work and WiFi clouds expand, the need for tiny notebooks at affordable prices will only grow. I guess that’s where netbooks like Acer’s Asprie One come in. Weighing in at 2.1 pounds and sporting a small 8.9 inch frame, the Aspire One is a great ultra portable at a ultra-affordable $350. (Or less, depending.)
With a set of solid specs, the Aspire One offers internet usability and basic computing on its Linux opera
Well, it looks like you can now easily turn your Acer Aspire or Eee PC 900/901 into a touchscreen device simply buying this DIY touchscreen kit on eBay and stuff it into your netbook.
HP has “hinted” consumers about their new HP Mini 1000, supposedly 2.25lbs and less than 1″ thin, rivaling other great netbooks.
Although there’s no full specs on this little beast yet, the following is for sure:
Here’s a cool list of hacks for the Acer Aspire One netbooks:
Software Hacks Linpus Advanced Mode Minimise Color Banding in X11 Quieter Fan Speed up SSD AccessHere’s a great video review of the Acer Aspire One by UK CNet.
The mousepad is not really making me want one but then I’d use an external USB Mouse anyways.
Whole bunch of AMD Puma based laptops were introduced today. Yey! Go AMD!!!
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AVING Special Report on ‘COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2008′) — <Visual News> AMD displayed Puma platform-based netbooks from HP, Asus, Acer and Fujitsu during Computex 2008.
AMD’s next-generation Puma platform comes with AMD Turion Ultra processor, originally code-named Griffin, and AMD 780 Series chipset to maximize battery life while meeting the heavy graphics performance.
The word on the Acer Aspire One is now official as they have updated their homepage.
Full Specs:
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