Archive for March, 2010
Today Only: HP Ultra dv7 with 17.3″ LCD, Blu-Ray and HDMI for $599
Our favorite deal-a-day site, Woot.com has a pretty compelling notebook deal today. For $599, you can pick up a refurbished HP dv7. Remember, this deal is only good until 12am central time! Let’s check out the important specs (with + and – comments for what we think is good and bad on this notebook) Windows [...]
Sony’s Rumored Vaio M Series Netbook
Sony hasn’t officially announced the new M series of netbook yet but it seems that information about this upcoming Netbook is already leaked. As per a post on Netbooked.net & Sonyinsider this Sony M series Netbook will be powered by 1.66 GHz Intel Atom N450 Processor, 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM memory. This Netbook will be coming [...]
Get 5 Bar Signal Coverage With AT&T’s 3G MicroCell
Everyone complaining about AT&T’s 3G coverage issues might be able to enjoy good coverage at home if they purchase an AT&T 3G MicroCell. The 3G MicroCell is a small cell tower device which boosts AT&T 3G coverage in a limited area — usually your home or office. WMExperts reports that AT&T is extending this service [...]
HP Coupon: $250 off Pavilion Notebooks
HP is offering an additional $250 off coupon redeemable on Pavilion Notebook PCs configured to at least $1,099 for a very limited time. The $250 coupon can be used in conjunction with existing rebates. That means that this deal can save you up to $450 off the standard price on well-configured HP laptops. To take [...]
HP launches New Vivienne Tam Digital Clutch – HP Mini 210
Late last year fashion designer Vivienne Tam unveiled the new Digital Clutch on the catwalks of New York, showing off the sleek gold netbook emblazoned with butterflies. At the time the only thing we knew was that it was a follow up to the very red HP Mini 1000 Vivienne Tam edition that was released [...]
Nvidia Optimus Demo – Pulling GPU With the Power On
Legit Reviews posted a really cool demo of the NVIDIA Optimus technology that many new notebooks will use to intelligently switch between discrete (powerful) and built in graphics solutions (standard); which will in turn save battery life. In this demonstration NVIDIA takes us inside an engineering lab to show how much power a GPU uses [...]
MainGear Announces the mX-L 15 Gaming Notebook
Today MainGear has announced a new gaming notebook, the mX-L 15, with several powerful Intel processor configurations including an Intel Core i5, Intel Core i7 dual or Intel Core i7 quad core processor. The MainGear mX-L comes with an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 graphics card to give you visual feast of high definition media [...]
Google Voice Reviewed: Why Google is my Phone Company and Should Be Yours
A lot of my friends and family have been asking me questions about my weird new phone number that I’ve asked them to use instead of the phone number I’ve had for over 14 years. My new number is the axis of my Google Voice account and it’s changed the way I communicate. Google Voice [...]
A quick look at CeBit 2010
Well, when the Notebooks.com crew was at CES this year in Las Vegas, we all loved being there and wanted to be able to do more conventions. Unfortunately, none of us had the luck Kevin Tofel of JKontheRun did a few years ago at CES 2008 where he won $10,000 on a $1 slot. So [...]
Averatec N1200 claims to be thinnest and lightest netbook
Averatec announced a new netbook yesterday, the Averatec N1200 which is less than an inch think and weighs 2.2 pounds which Averatec is touting as the thinnest and lightest 10.1″ netbook available. Not content to simply offer a thin and light netbook, Averatec upped the offering by putting a starting price of just $329 on the device! And [...]
