Tag: Laptops
5 Hot Back to School Laptops
With students getting ready for school in the next couple of weeks, here are some suggestions for five hot laptops. Included are a: budget Windows Notebook, all around Windows system, gaming powerhouse computer, high-end Ultra-portable system, and a high-end Powerhouse Money-Doesn’t-Matter system Because your needs are different than the next student, it’s worth spending a [...]
Sony VAIO E and VAIO C Notebooks Gain Faster Processors, Brighter Colors
Sony announced colorful updates to the Sony VAIO E Series and VAIO C Series notebooks. The E series are everyday entertainment laptops that are finally joining the Sandy Bridge revolution while the C series is aimed at users hungry for performance and portability. Sony VAIO E Series The Sony VAIO E Series update includes new processor options, [...]
Stop Banning Notebooks in Senates & Classrooms Because of Bad Apples
No Notebooks Allowed. That’s what you’ll hear if you try to take your notebook into the Missouri Senate, classrooms across the country and even in some coffeeshops. The argument is that the presence of a notebook or laptop can immediately strike down the ability of otherwise reasonable individuals to listen, debate and carry on a [...]
New MacBook Pro Review 13″ (part 1)
Apple announced updated MacBook Pros yesterday and I’ve already got my hands on the top retail configuration, complete with a Core i7 processor and new graphics. This model definitely puts the ‘Pro’ back into the 13″ MacBook Pro, which was lagging the competition and the 15″ MacBook Pro in the firepower department. I’ve been using [...]
Hybrid SSDs, Larger Trackpads Destined for MacBook Pro Refresh?
More rumors surrounding Apple’s imminent MacBook Pro refresh this week suggest that the new professional-grade notebooks will gain more features aside from their gut upgrades. In addition to new second-generation Core i Series (Sandy Bridge) processors that will be making their way into the MacBook Pro, Apple is said to be delivering these notebooks with [...]
iPad Helps Apple Soar Past HP in Mobile PC Shipments
In a recent report released by Display Search, Apple is now the leading mobile PC company in terms of fourth quarter 2010 market share, moving past HP to claim the top spot. The Cupertino, California maker of iPads and MacBooks shipped more than 10.2 million notebooks and tablets combined, besting HP’s shipment score of 9.3 [...]
webOS TouchPad: Microsoft Should Fear HP More Than Apple
While Apple had stolen the spotlight from the tablet computing space that Microsoft’s Bill Gates had hoped to define with the Tablet PC about a decade ago, it is HP that Redmond, Washington should fear. With the announcement of the TouchPad representing a new form factor that HP will attempt to tackle in addition to [...]
3 Things to Do Before Recycling or Donating Your Old Laptop (Black Friday Prep)
With Black Friday around the corner, and plenty of Black Friday laptops to be found, consumers are getting ready to replace a large number of gadgets. This means that the old gadgets have to go somewhere. Preferably they will be recycled or donated, rather then ending up in a landfill. Whether you plan to give your old laptop [...]
LaptopsAnytime Offers Laptop Vending Machines
LaptopsAnytime is in the process of rolling out netbook and laptop vending machines to libraries, schools, hospitals, courthouses and other locations to allow patrons to get online. People that need to get some work done or pass some time can simply swipe their credit cards to unlock one of the laptops from the LaptopsAnytime machines. [...]
How Best Buy Uses Its Value Equation to Determine Which Laptops to Sell
Laptop MAGAZINE got the chance to sit down with “the most important person in the PC industry you’ve probably never heard of”, Best Buy’s Vice President of Computing. Jason Bonfig gave the low down of how Best Buy chooses which laptops to sell in its stores. Due to the large number of retail stores throughout [...]
