Category: Reviews
HP Folio Review: First Impressions of the First Business Ultrabook
The HP Folio is in the house! We’ve been excited about this business-focused ultraportable since we got a first glimpse last year and went hands-on at CES. The enterprise version (with TPM) is $999, but the configuration available to consumers costs just $899. The specs are all still here including a Core i5 processor, 128GB [...]
Toshiba Portege z835 Review: The $850 Ultrabook
Toshiba has torn apart what you think a $900 notebook should look like and delivered the Best Buy exclusive Toshiba Portege z835. The Portege z835 is an ultrabook, which means it is as thin as can be and lighter than a MacBook Air. Surprisingly, Best Buy and Toshiba are able to sell this ultrabook at [...]
AirFoil Streams Audio From Your Mac or PC to Apple TV
If you have an Apple TV, you’ve no doubt used it to stream audio, like Pandora, to your home theater, but there is no Apple provided way to stream music from your MacBook or Notebook to your Apple TV or AirPlay speakers. Enter AirFoil, an AirPlay solution that lets you stream any audio from your [...]
Samsung Series 3 11.6″ Notebook Review
The Samsung Series 3 11.6″ Notebook won’t wow users with power and speed, but it does offer a step up from low-end netbooks at a nice price with understated style and mobility. Since picking out this ultramobile machine I’ve been pretty impressed. I picked up the NP300U1A-A01US model over the holidays for a steal for [...]
Dell XPS 14z Rocks – Great Speakers and Sound
Notebook audio is always a mixed bag, and often a disappointingly muddy and quiet bag at that. When you do hear good audio it’s usually found on notebooks designed to be stuck on a desk, but the Dell XPS 14z is able to pack in some of the best sounding speakers I’ve ever heard, in a surprisingly [...]
Lenovo IdeaPad U400 Review
Lenovo’s U Series IdeaPads are all about the blend of style and substance. We’re fans of the ultraportables and ultrabooks in the line and were eager to see how the mainstream U400 stacked up. On first glance you might mistake this IdeaPad for a MacBook Pro thanks to the all-metal body, minimalist design, and skimpy [...]
Sony VAIO SE Review – Multimedia Notebook Balances Power, Productivity, Portability
The $999 Sony VAIO SE (VPCSE190X) tries to straddle two worlds. The specs, full HD resolution and optional Blu-ray drive make it a solid productivity and multimedia machine, but the sub-1 inch profile and 4.4 pound weight make it more mobile than the average 15-inch notebook. Add to this an attractive design and good everyday [...]
Lenovo IdeaPad U300s Review – This Stylin’ Ultrabook Is No MacBook Air Clone
The Scoop Lenovo’s ultrabook embodies many of the best aspects of this new notebook category, including a seriously thin design coupled with impressive performance. The design is singular instead of following the Air-clone crowd, with a Clementine Orange option that stands out. Still, the IdeaPad U300s excludes several features to keep the size and cost [...]
HP Probook 5330m Review — Business and Beats Sounds Good
The HP ProBook 5330m is a business notebook, but if you didn’t know that, you might confuse it for a very nice consumer notebook thanks to a number of user-friendly features. Unlike many business notebooks, the HP ProBook 5330m has backlit keys, good Beats Audio and a premium on looks. Pros A durable frame with [...]
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Dockview Brings Live Windows Style Previews to Mac Doc Icons [Review]
For those of us jumping from Windows to a Mac, one feature I miss from Windows 7 is the live previews that the OS shows you as you hover over the taskbar icons. With Dockview you can now have those Windows Style Live Previews of your open applications. The simple utility will run in the [...]
