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NEC launches four new laptops

David Allen — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 06:59:28 +0000

Never to be out done by anyone, NEC have been quietly working away in their design studios on some new laptops, and now that they feel these machines are ready, they have launched the LaVie L, LaVie S, LaVie M and last but definitely not least the LaVie Light. These are the details for the LaVie L, LaVie S, LaVie M and LaVie Light laptops; LaVie L comes with Intel’s latest series of Core CPU including the I7-2620M, Core i5-2410M or Intel’s entry level Celeron P4600 CPU. The LaVie L is available with a 3D Screen, Wireless Digital TV Tuner, Intel’s Wi-Fi, USB 3.0 SDXC Support and USB 3.0. LaVie S 15.6” Notebook with a choice of an Intel Core i5-480M, Corei3-380M or Pentium P6200. It features a screen with a 1366×768 resolution, the choice from 2 to 4GB of RAM, a Blu-Ray drive or DVD Drive and up to 640GB of HDD LaVie M comes with a 13.3” monitor with a 1366 × 768 pixel resolution, a DVD Super Multi Drive 500GB of HDD, 4GB of RAM and the choice of the Core i7-660UM or Core i3-380UM LaVie Light comes with the usual 10.1” monitor with a 1366 × … Continue reading →

MSI offers Blu-ray laptop

David Allen — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:00:06 +0000

MSI have once again added another couple of laptops to the ever expanding range of good value laptops. They both have very similar specs including a Blu-ray drive and a choice of the Intel Core i3 or i5 processor. The introduction of this laptop could change the face of what sort of computer gets to have a Blu-ray drive installed. Features of the C series MSI laptops: 15.6-inch 1366 x 768 LED display, choice of either a Intel Core i3 or i5 processor and HM55 chipset, up to 4GB of DDR3 1066MHz RAM, and 250GB to 500GB of storage, and Windows 7 Home Premium. The CX620, however, also ships with a 1GB AMD Radeon HD 5470 graphics chip, 1.3-megapixel webcam, a four-in-one (XD, MS, SD, MMC) card reader, an ExpressCard slot, Ethernet, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, HDMI and VGA-out, a trio of USB 2.0 ports, headphone and mic jacks, two stereo speakers, a chiclet-style keyboard, and a six-cell battery Priced at $649 (Newegg) or $729 (MSI) Source [Cnet] a blu ray, i3, i5, msi, MSI Laptops

Acer 571 with Blu-Ray Review

Laptop Pimp — Wed, 20 May 2009 01:59:00 +0000

The latest offering from Acer has thrown up some interesting concepts, none more so that the Aspire One 571 this has the usual 10.1 inch display, but comes with a mini Blu-ray drive that writes and reads tiny Blu-ray discs that measure only 32 mm but can store around 1 Gb of data. Features of the Acer 571: A 10.1-inch 16:9 widescreen display with 1280 x 720 resolutions An Intel Atom N280 processor Quartics Q1721 Multimedia Coprocessor for encoding and decoding of H.264 content The all new Vmedia’s optical drive for reading small Blu-ray discs No details on pricing yet Source [Tech Fresh] a 10.1" Laptops, 10.1" Netbooks, 571, acer, Acer Aspire Netbooks, Acer Laptops, aspire, blu ray, Good Laptops, Interesting Laptops, Laptop Design, Laptop Hardware, Laptop News, Mini-laptops, Netbook Reviews, Netbooks by Size, New Laptops

Review of the Toshiba Qosmio range

David Allen — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:00:29 +0000

There are four new models to look at in this new range, which make the best of the Spurs Engine Technology that is used for encoding HD video at lightning speed in either YouTube HD mode or Blu-ray video. This is quite a bit of technology to handle and would not be worth the outlay if this technology is not used. Specs: Qosmio G50: 18.4” Full HD, Core 2 Duo T9550 @ 2.66GHz, 640GB of HDD (2x320GB), GeForce 9600M GT, Digital and Analog TV Tuner, HDMI Out, 4GB of RAM, DVD Super Multi, Wi-Fi B/G/N, Vista 32Bit Qosmio F50: 15.4” WXGA, Core 2 Duo P8600, 320GB of HDD, Intel GM45 Express, DVD super Multi, 4GB of RAM and Vista 32Bit. 210,000 Yen Qosmio GX: 18.4” with a 1680×945 resolution, Vista 64Bit, Core 2 Duo P8600, 4GB of RAM, 400GB of HDD, DVD Super Multi, GeForce 9600M GT, HDMI Qosmio FX: 15.4” WXGA, Vista 64Bit, Core 2 Duo P8600, 4GB of RAM, 400GB of HDD, DVD Super Multi, GeForce 9600M GT, HDMI Source [Akihabaranews] a 15" Laptops, 18.4" Laptops, blu ray, note, qosmio, toshiba, Toshiba Laptop

The Bamboo Asus surfaces

David Allen — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:01:03 +0000

It was a couple of years ago when Asus stated that they would be bringing out a bamboo covered laptop, there are some other out there at the moment but none as good looking at this one. Features: Powered by a Core 2 Duo T9400 Has 4GB of RAM A GeForce 9300M GS with 256MB of DDR2 VRAM 320GB of HDD A DVD Super Multi or Blu-ray drive A 12.1” WXGA LED Backlight LCD Wi-Fi ABGN HDMI Out Only available in Korea, Taiwan and few other countries No prices yet Source [Akihabara News] a 12" Laptops, ASUS Netbooks, blu ray, korea, laptop, surfaces, taiwan, wi fi

MSI show off the GT series at CeBIT

David Allen — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:00:32 +0000

The GT series by MSI has been created for gamers, although it does not necessarily have to be so, but it considering that it has some great features specifically included into the package, which gamers would say, were theirs. The Specs: The 15.4-inch notebook NVIDIA’s new GeForce GTS 160M 1GB of video Core 2 Duo variants for processors 1680 x 1050 stock display resolution 320GB hard drive HDMI output 2-megapixel webcam Blu-ray reader Extended 9-cell battery Source [Tech Fresh] a 15" Laptops, blu ray, cebit, cell battery, display resolution, gamers, geforce gts, gt series, hard drive, megapixel, MSI Netbooks, notebook, nvidia, processors, variants

The LuvBook from Mouse Computer

David Allen — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:00:57 +0000

Coming out of Japan is the Mouse Computers offering of a Luv Book, this is their latest product and it come fitted with a blu ray drive just to get started with. It the standard 15.4 inch display that we have all become accustomed too. This machine is an unknown so far. Specs: Blu-ray drive 15.4 inch WXGA notebook Core 2 Duo P8700 4GB of DDR2 RAM 320GB of HDD GM45 Express chipset Home Premium SP1 OS Priced at $600 Source [Tech Fresh] a 15" Laptops, blu ray, ddr2 ram, hdd, japan, mouse computer, Mouse Netbooks, notebook

The Alien has landed

David Allen — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:00:33 +0000

Alienware computers appeal to a certain user, these are machines that you either love or hate. The Alienware M17 is just as impressive as all of the other computers that they have brought out, yet this is in its own way different too. Maybe it is because Alienware now come under the umbrella of Dell, but these heavy laptops are not to underestimated. The M17 has a seventeen inch display and comes with a thick rubberised casing, which has become a trademark of the Alienware computer. Intel Core 2 Duo processor 3 gigabytes of RAM A 160-GB hard drive Dual ATI Mobility Radeon HD graphics cards, each with 512 megabytes of video memory DVD burner (a Blu-ray option is available) A memory card reader A PC-Express card slot FireWire Three USB ports A Gigabit Ethernet port Analogy and digital audio connections 2-megapixel Webcam Built-in 802.11n Wi-Fi HDMI port Starting price $1,399 Source [Chron] a 17" Laptops, alienware computer, alienware computers, Alienware Laptops, blu ray, digital audio connections, gigabytes, intel core 2 duo processor, megabytes, pc express card slot, usb ports

Gateway P-7811FX Review and Specs

andrew — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:15:45 +0000

The Gateway P-7811FX is Gateway’s first retail laptop available only through Best Buy. It’s a little older, but I thought it was worth taking a look at because its specs and design are really holding up against some really recent additions to the laptop market. Obviously, just by looking at it, you can see that the 7811FX fits right in with any number of current laptops in the design category. The orange piping is like totally right now. (Sorry.) But beyond looks, who are the specs on this $1,499 laptop? First, the 17-inch screen and the availability of a Blu-Ray drive make this a likely candidate for the center of a home media setup or a first-rate desktop replacement. The internal setup won;t have you gaming anytime soon, but reviews all over the web have found the Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB or Ram and the nVidia GeForce 8800 GTS to be substantial enough to cover your media needs. That includes solid load times for editing programs like After Effect and Photoshop. Overall, this slightly older Gateway notebook might be one of the best choices for the price this holiday season. Just because it’s a few months old, doesn’t … Continue reading →

Gaming Laptop – iPower GX from Packard Bell

Laptop Pimp — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:50:37 +0000

Here’s another cool gaming laptop from Packard Bell called iPower GX. I haven’t really heard about Packard Bell as a company that much so I might not get something like this, especially since laptops are crucial in terms of brands you get. The iPower GX also features 1,920 x 1,200 resolution display, nVidia 9800M GTS 1GB video card, Intel Core 2 Quad Q9100 processor, Draft-N Wi-Fi connectivity and Optional Blu-ray drive. You should have at least 1,499 Euro to buy this laptop. The Packard Bell iPower GX will be released in October 2008. via laptopfresh a blu ray, connectivity, cool gaming, Gaming Laptops, gts, intel, intel core 2, laptop, laptops, nvidia, packard bell ipower, video card, wi fi

Laptop Pimp Wishlist – ASUS 1TB Laptop comes with 1 Gigabyte of storage!

Laptop Pimp — Fri, 23 May 2008 03:20:25 +0000

You know, all my laptop problems have either been from lack of storage of lack of extra harddisk so I can install some proprietary linux OS for testing. Here’s ASUS 1TB Laptop that comes with 2 whammo 500MB hard disks and not too chunky at 8.8 pounds.\ And while spec-wise the M70S is a loaded baked potato (2.5GHz Core 2 Duo, 4 gigs of RAM, Blu-ray, TV tuner, and an ATI Radeon HD 3650), the machine is buggy in day-to-day use. Applications installed only after hiccups, strange lags erupted almost at random, and baffling messages asserting DRM errors popped up when we did something as simple as playing back a standard DVD. Most troubling: Windows Vista only reported 3GB of RAM instead of the four we knew were present. Whether the hardware isn’t up to snuff or the M70S has driver problems than can be ironed out with an update or two was impossible to determine, but the issues were consistent throughout our testing. Power through the issues and you’ll find the M70S offers exceptional performance, though not record-breaking by any stretch. $2,399 isn’t a terrible deal for the surfeit of goodies you get, but gamers with cash to burn … Continue reading →