Category: Reviews
Alienware M17x Review
The new Alienware M17x has been revamped for 2011 with a new processor, a new look and other new technology that form an out of this world experience. As far as gaming notebooks go, there is rarely a time when we could turn up the settings even further to make a game look better, but [...]
Lenovo ThinkVision LT1421 Portable Monitor Review
One of the best parts of my home office setup is having two monitors. It’s a serious boon to productivity, helps me organize my desktop better, and keeps me from having to switch back and forth between windows all of the time. Whenever I travel I always lament the lack of second monitor on my [...]
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PandaBar Adds Pandora to Menu Bar and Brings Keyboard Media Controls [Mac]
If you use Pandora on a regular basis, you need to download PandaBar right now. PandaBar is a Mac App that brings Pandora to your Mac menu bar, but it doesn’t stop there. In addition to moving Pandora out of your browser, it also supports keyboard shortcuts for media playback and the Apple remote. The app runs [...]
Acer Aspire Ethos 15.6-inch Review – Multimedia Chops In A Flawed Package
The $1,399 Aspire Ethos AS5951G-9694 is the 15.6-inch version of Acer’s ultimate multimedia line. With this bad boy you get a powerful Core i7 CPU, discrete Nvidia graphics and a touchpad that detaches to become a remote control. Not to mention it’s got a pretty sweet design. So does this Ethos deserve the prime spot [...]
Griffin’s TechSafe Cable Lock: Not Universal, But Certainly Secure
The Griffin TechSafe Universal Cable Lock bills itself as a way to secure your laptop, even if it does not have the more traditional Kensington lock that most PCs use for security while out in public. Unfortunately, even though they call it “universal,” of the three notebooks I tried it with it only worked with [...]
Gateway ID47H02u Review: First Impressions
It’s pretty rare that an affordable Windows notebook comes along and makes me do a double take, but that’s exactly what happened when I opened up the Gateway ID47 box. This 14″ notebook is part of Gateway’s ID series of notebooks, which are designed to deliver more style and performance than you would normally expect from a Gateway [...]
Tom Bihn Ristretto Review: An Amazing MacBook Air Bag
Carrying an ultraportable notebook around in a giant bag defeats the purpose of going thin and light on short trips. Sure, a big bag is as good as the next when you want or need to take the kitchen sink with you, but when you want the essentials and nothing more, look at the Tom Bihn Ristretto [...]
CrashPlan+ Review: Backup Online or With a Friend
CrashPlan is an interesting online backup tool that delivers a trio of backup options to keep your data safe. Best of all, two of these options are completely free and the paid service, CrashPlan+, is competitively priced. What is CrashPlan? CrashPlan offers automatic online backups, like competitors Mozy and Carbonite, but in addition to allowing you to [...]
Dell XPS 15z Review: Style & Power With a Beautiful Screen
The Dell XPS 15z is a new take on high-end notebooks by Dell. The first notebook in the XPS z series takes numerous styling cues from the MacBook Pro. While one of the nicer looking PC notebooks and powerful enough, it is no MacBook Pro. That doesn’t mean the XPS 15z can’t hold its own, though. [...]
SnapNDrag Pro Shoots Mac OS X Screenshots With Ease, Beats Preview
For software trainers, reviewers, teachers or anyone else who takes screenshots on a Mac, the built-in Preview tool is upstaged by a simple new utility in the Mac App Store called SnapNDrag Pro. We take a lot of screenshots and find the built-in Preview tool acceptable, but it has some weaknesses. Preview lets users create a [...]
