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Dell XPS 13 Review: Editor’s Choice Windows 8 Ultrabook
The Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook is now available with a 1080P Full HD display, new processors and more storage, wrapped up in the same sleek package we saw last year, and at competitive prices. Dell took everything we loved about the Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook and improved on it for 2013, which means it remains [...]
Best of CES 2013
The Notebooks.com team presents our best of CES 2013 awards. While CES 2103 didn’t feature as many Notebooks as years past, our team scoured the show floor and met with the top computer companies to see nearly every notebook announced at CES 2013. After looking through all the notebooks and notebook technology we picked the [...]
Toshiba Satellite P845t Review: A Touchscreen is Essential for Windows 8
The Toshiba Satellite P845t-S4310 is a Windows 8 notebook that includes a 14-inch touchscreen to deliver a better experience. The Satellite P845t isn’t an Ultrabook Convertible like many of the touchscreen Windows 8 notebooks we’ve reviewed, that transform from a notebook to a tablet. Rather it is a traditional notebook with a large touchscreen. Pros Touch [...]
Lenovo ThinkPad Twist Review: Ultrabook Convertible
The Lenovo ThinkPad Twist is the first business Ultrabook Convertible to arrive with Windows 8. The Twist twists from a small portable ThinkPad notebook with the well-known ThinkPad keyboard to a small Windows 8 tablet thanks to a rotating hinge. Switching from a notebook to a tablet isn’t new, but combined with Windows 8′s touch-friendly design, [...]
ThinkPad X1 Carbon Review: Best Business Notebook (Editor’s Choice)
The new ThinkPad X1 Carbon is an impossibly thin 14″ premium Ultrabook that should be standard issue in corporate America. Like the ThinkPads before it, the X1 Carbon has a sturdy, minimalist appearance coupled with a great keyboard. Unlike business computers of yesterday, users no longer have to trade off portability for a large screen. [...]
Samsung Series 7 Chronos 17.3 Review
The Samsung Series 7 Chronos 17 packs a 2.3GHz 3rd Gen Intel Core i7 Quad-Core processor, 17.3-inch 1080p HD display and impressively long battery life in a surprisingly portable notebook. The Samsung Series 7 is capable of replacing a desktop for many users and is capable of playing many games in addition to video and photo editing. Best Buy [...]
Lenovo IdeaPad U310 Review
Lenovo is no newcomer to the thin and light notebook segment, but despite the experience in business notebooks it took several versions before the company could deliver an Ultrabook that met the needs and wants of consumers. The Lenovo U310 Ultrabook isn’t perfect, but small improvements address many of our earlier complaints and with coupons routinely dropping [...]
8 Things I Like About Windows 8
I’ll admit I’m not a fan of Windows 8 on the computer, but it looks like a nice operating system for tablets. However, Windows 8 isn’t all bad. Despite sharing the 8 things I hate about Windows 8, I do like some things about the latest Windows operating system. Here are 8 things I like [...]
HP Pavilion dm4 Beats Edition Review
The HP Pavilion dm4 Beats edition adds Beats Audio to the portable dm4 14-inch notebook frame, but that’s not all that sets this special edition apart from the average dm4. HP packs in a flash hard drive for faster resume from sleep, a high-resolution matte display that is easy to use outdoors and a beautiful [...]
ThinkPad X1 Carbon: 14 inch Ultrabook for Business
The new ThinkPad X1 Carbon takes the design of the ThinkPad X1, which we loved, and bumps the screen up to a mainstream 14-inch. The X1 Carbon might possibly be the best business notebook we’ve seen so far as it addresses many of the tradeoffs users must typically make when trading in a typical business [...]
