Archive for March, 2009
Office Depot Reps Routinely Lie about Notebook Stock?
Some Office Depot employees are making the notebook buying experience downright miserable according to a report published by Laptop Magazine. Office Depot expects its employees to sell purchase protection plans, services and accessories with each notebook. When customers refuse these up-sells they’re told that the notebooks they’re interested in are out of stock.
Dell Latitude E6400 XFR Rugged Notebook Introduced
Dell’s unveled the Latitude E6400 XFR, a rugged notebook that’s designed to stand up to whatever first responders, and military personnel can throw at it. The E6400 XFR meets and exceeds 13 military specifications.
Dell Adamo Notebook Preview (video)
Dell’s teasing us with a video of its upcoming Adamo notebook. The video and AdamoByDell.com are all about style and aesthetics, complete with mood music and a high-fashion model.
Microsoft Intros New Notebook Accessories
Microsoft’s announced the USB-powered Notebook Cooling Base. The company is also adding some color to the folding Arc Mouse.
Coupon: Up to $400 off HP Notebooks
HP’s offering up to $400 off Pavilion Notebooks configured at $999 or more. Coupon code “NB9812” can be used on the HP Pavilion dv2, dv3, dv4, dv5, dv7, HDX 16 and HDX 18.
ASUS Lamborghini VX5 Introduced at CeBit
ASUS introduced the LAMBORGHINI VX5 notebook today at CeBit 2009. The VX5 is has some jaw-draopping specs, including a 1TB Solid State Drive. The VX5 looks like a beuatiful notebook inside and out, thanks to a 1TB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce GT130M GPU and Intel Core 2 Quad processor.
Eye-Fi Cards with Automatic Video Uploading Available
Eye-Fi officially announced a new generation of WiFi enabled SD cards that automatically upload videos from your digital camera to YouTube and Flickr. The new 4GB Explore Video (MSRP $99) and 4GB Share Video (MSRP $79) cards are available today on www.eye.fi. The new cards will be available at the Apple retail stores soon.
NVIDIA Delivers the Fastest Notebook GPU Ever – and More
Today NVIDIA launched the new line of GeForce enthusiast and high performance notebook GPUs, the GTX series and GTS series. We’re excited to launch these new products for a number of reasons.
Samsung NC20 Coming to America w/VIA Nano Processor
Samsung’s releasing the 12.1-inch NC20 in the U.S. on March 16 through an exclusive partnership with Newegg.com. The NC20 is the NC10′s bigger brother and is the latest entry into the ‘is it a netbook or notebook?’ category.
Coupon: $400 off HP Notebooks
HP’s offering $400 off customized notebooks priced $1,199 to the first 900 poeple who redeem an online-only coupon. The offer is good on HP Pavilion and HDX notebooks. Visit HP.com and use coupon code NB9874 at checkout.
