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New Acer laptops, netbooks: 10-hour batteries, multitouch gestures

PC heavyweight Acer, which owns the Gateway, eMachines, and Packard Bell brands, announced a collection of new netbooks and full-feature notebooks that spans the company's brand portfolio. Here are the highlights of the dozen or so new laptop models Acer introduced, with a little help from CNET's...

Tags: Hard Drive, Gateway Inc., Light-emitting Diode, Battery, Acer Inc., Laptop Computer, Netbook, Intel Corp., Dan Ackerman, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Engineering, Notebooks, Processors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-08

Lapworks: For when big, bulky, and ugly simply won't do

I was just noticing that Dan Ackerman in our sister group over at CNET Reviews has coverage of the Xpad Laptop Desk pictured left. It only takes one or two tries before youll be convinced of the value of a laptop desk in the genre of the one Ackerman tried....

Tags: General, Mobile, notebook, Xpad Laptop Desk, Dan Ackerman

Blog posts 2007-02-05

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Apple's bumper crop of fall hardware, reviewed

Apple yesterday released a cornucopia of new consumer hardware and the reviews are starting to roll in. No firm benchmarks have been conducted but several outlets have posted preliminary reviews of Apple's Fall 2009 hardware. Macworld likes the LED-backlit displays in the new...

Tags: Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Hardware, FireWire, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-10-21

Asus dual-screen laptop concept revealed

CNET colleague Dan Ackerman spotted this dual-screen laptop concept from Asus at German CeBit 2009, and it certainly is an interesting approach to personal computing. The device is a laptop with two displays instead of a traditional screen and keyboard -- what the company calls "a...

Tags: ASUS, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-03-03

Sony VAIO NR430E/L

Note: This review is part of our Back-to-School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.When we made our sweep of back-to-school laptops this summer, we were surprised to see a Sony VAIO among the entry-level models. (Perhaps Sony's declining laptop market share...

Tags: Desktops, Sony Vaio, laptop computer, Sony Corp.

Product reviews 2008-07-14

The ultimate Windows Vista notebook?

Opening day at CES lasted from sunup to after midnight, but theres no question of the highlight: Toshibas Portege R400 notebook is the first computer Ive seen in a decade that has actually inspired gadget lust in me. In fact, if I had had one of these before I left...

Tags: Windows Vista, Hardware, CES 2007, notebook

Blog posts 2007-01-09

Apple's new 13" MacBook is a good buy, but in specific cases

Depending on where Google or your favorite search engine takes you when youre looking for more information on Apples latest notebook MacBook offerings, youre likely to get a different opinion on whether its worth a looksie. What makes the latest round of MacBooks different (Ill refrain from using the word...

Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple, Wired &, Wireless, Personal Technology, Mobile, Hardware Infrastructure, General

Blog posts 2006-11-17

Apple's new 13" MacBook is a good buy, but in specific cases

Depending on where Google or your favorite search engine takes you when youre looking for more information on Apples latest notebook MacBook offerings, youre likely to get a different opinion on whether its worth a looksie. What makes the latest round of MacBooks different (Ill refrain from using the word...

Tags: General, Personal Technology, Hardware Infrastructure, Wired & Wireless, Mobile, Berlind, Apple, Apples, Apple MacBook, Intel Core 2 Duo

Blog posts 2006-11-17

Mobile Roundup: CTIA and beyond

This is an experimental post. Tell me what you think. As much as mobile technologies are one of my favorite areas to cover in depth (I personally believe that it takes real-world, long term tests to really vet smartphones, notebooks, PDAs, etc.), I have to recognize that I'm only one...

Tags: camera, telephone

Blog posts 2006-09-13

Sony's new VAIO RC310G

Desktop has a little something that will surprise youCNET's Dan Ackerman takes a look at the new Sony VAIO RC310G, which comes with a Blu-ray-Disc-burning drive.

Tags: Desktops, Sony Vaio, Sony Corp., desktop

Videos 2006-06-08

First Look: Dell XPS 400

Catch CNET.com's review of the first Dell Viiv PCCNET Senior Associate Editor Dan Ackerman reviews Dell's first Viiv system, a PC designed for home entertainment.

Tags: Dell Computer Corp.

Videos 2006-03-14