So, yesterday she made us a MacBook case, and today she’ll be making a bag out of her old jeans. This girl just does not like pants.
Anyway, it’s just a short little DIY for all my readers who like to sew and all the other readers who like girls. And to a few who fall into both of those categories.
Wow! I first talked about this Bamboo Asus laptop yesterday in the news roundup, and today I wanted to share some of the early specs. I guess this has been out in Taiwan for a while and it will be hitting the U.S. soon.
All things considered, this is a massive little machine. The bamboo is more than just gimmick, and I think the specs speak pretty well for themselves. Plus, the bamboo makes this a really green computer. The pandas have been right about the stuff all along.
It’s a little over 3 pounds, but has a 12.1″ display, up from the small 10″ dis
Woooh! Slow down and make sure you think about the huge ramifications of a program like Fujitsu-Siemens’ new LifeBook4Life deal.
So, here’s how it works. You buy a Lifebook. Then, you pay a $60 fee and register your new laptop with Fujitsu Siemens. Then, after three years, you mail in your old Lifebook and the company sends you a new one. Just like that.
That’s a lifelong laptop supply for the price of one.
Of course, in three years, the Lifebook will be a rock and t
The Samsung R610 continues the trend of good looking Samsung laptops. Plus, the $1050 laptop has some great specs to offer for the price.
With a 2 GHz Intel Core Duo and 3 GB of RAM, the R610 is a solid home computer. At 6 pounds, it’s amazing the 16 display and internal setup don’t weigh it down more. But, at that size, are we leaving too much of the portability behind? Propably. And that’s the downfall of the R610. Because it’s larger and less portable, it doesnt stand out against otehr 16 inch laptops. It’s middle of the road, at best.
eMachines have always been the low-cost alternative. But now with netbooks flooding the market, eMachines needs to step up its game. So, the company is releasing a full sized laptop for less than $400. Is the eMD620 woth it? Let’s see.
As a Best Buy exclusive, this notebook is subpar. An Athlon 2650e with 1.6 GHz won’t get you very far in the office of on the net and the low 1 GB of RAM will surely lead to slowdown within a year.
Plus, the little thing us pretty ugly, sports low battery life and only has two USB ports.
Overall you are looking at a ba
Forbes is reporting that HP has its laptops to thank for a better than expected quarter. And with developments like the new Touchsmart TX22 on the way, it looks like the comapny will continue the trend.
Forbes says:
Hewlett-Packard’s notebook computer sales rose 21.0% during the fourth quarter while desktop sales slipped 2.0%. The company’s software unit posted 13.0% sales growth.
So it looks like the trend
Best of the Net:
Alexander Wolf wonders why anyone wants a new laptop:
[U]nless you covet a new MacBook, you’re not crossing your fingers in hopes of finding a shiny new notebook computer under the tree. Smartphones, netbooks, and digital SLRs, definitely. But laptops? Yawn!
Dan Costa wonders if Netbooks are the new notebooks:
But can the netbook replace the notebook?
For those of you who have bought the Lenovo IdeaPad S10, I am sorry that you bought such a bad laptop but here’s some dissected pics if you want to hack it.
When some people get a new computer, the first thing they do is install their favorite applications, tweak the operating system, or even replace Windows with Linux or OS X. Others? They rip it apart to see what’s on the insides. And that’s what Liliputing reader (and co-designer of our logo) Tommy Yoo di
