Notebooks Shopping Tips

How to Get Best Buy Student Discounts

College students and those registered for next year can get Best Buy student discounts as part of the College Student Deals that allows users to stack coupons o...

5 Best Windows Notebooks in 2015

Microsoft’s Windows 8.1 operating system delivered a lot of new features for form factors we just hadn’t seen before. The company hoped to provide Windows hardw...

5 Bestselling Windows 8 Notebooks You Can Get Right Now

A few short years ago, there were things that Windows 8 notebooks couldn’t do. They couldn’t start-up quickly and resetting a Windows notebook involved backing ...

If you own an older notebook, a MacBook Pro RAM upgrade can boost performance.

How Much MacBook Pro RAM is Possible & Best Prices Available

A MacBook Pro RAM upgrade is one of the easiest and cost-effective ways to breathe life into an older computer. Users that own a MacBook Pro without a Retina Di...

The New Dell XPS 13 vs. MacBook Air

When Dell first introduced the XPS 13 it did so to a market that had already been dazzled by the wonderful build quality and excellent battery life of the MacBo...

How to Find a Hackintosh Notebook That Runs OS X Lion

If you want to run OS X, but you can't bring yourself to buy a Mac, you can find a notebook that is able to run OS X, and hopefully pick up a Mac software exper...

4G Hotspot and USB Modem Roundup: Notebook & Laptop 4G Connections

If you want to connect your notebook to the 4G networks of Verizon, Sprint or T-Mobile you have a collection of new options to get your laptop, notebook or MacB...

How to Tell if a Notebook is Sturdy in Under a Minute (Video)

When you're looking for a new notebook the specs matter, but another factor that is often overlooked is the build quality. In order to help you find your next n...

How to Backup to an External Hard Drive

In a previous Notebooks.com article we looked at using System Imaging as handy way to backup our entire computer. The benefits being, you are able to keep a saf...

Quick Tip: How To Update Your WEP Key in Windows 7 (WiFI)

Have you ever returned to a firends house and tried to connect to their WiFI without any luck? Just yesterday I stopped by my brother's for a visit and while I ...

Quick Look: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Release Candidate

Back in early July, Microsoft released the first beta for it's first major maintenance update for Windows 7 called Service Pack 1. To be honest, major is kind o...

The Dangers of Buying or Using Pirated Software

Software piracy remains a major problem around the world and it affects all of us, at least indirectly. Some people believe casual copying of software won't aff...

Software Security: Filtering Out the Noise and Finding a Deal

Security software is a multi-billion dollar industry and is growing rapidly. There are hundreds of commercial security solutions being sold at retail store...

Buying a Notebook as a Present? Don’t Forget that Student Discount!

If you are looking for a great go-to present for a student this holiday season, a notebook may be just what they want. Thanks to low prices this year, caused in...

Notebook Buying Tips

The Wall Street Journal's personal technology guru offers some tips for notebook shopping. Walt Mossberg thinks that right now might not be the best time for buying a notebook and suggests users wait for Solid State Drives (SSDs) and Vista Sideshow to become widely available. He particularly likes Lenovo and Sony designs. Mossberg likes MacBooks and MacBook Pros, but notes they lack built-in wireless broadband options.