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- Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Laptop picks by the inch
- There has never been more choice in notebooks. The standard 12-inch ultraportables, 14-inch thin-and-lights, 15-inch mainstream laptops and 17-inch desktop replacements are still commonplace. But there are new shapes and sizes filling in the gaps ranging from 11 inches all the way up to 18 inches....
- Tags: Sony Corp., Hard Drive, Sony Vaio, Hewlett-Packard Co., Gateway Inc., Lenovo Group Ltd., Battery, Memory, Configuration, Intel Core 2 Duo, Series, Graphics, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., LED-backlit, IdeaPad, U110, ThinkPad X200, X200s, Dv3510nr, Sony VAIO FW, Gateway P-Series FX Edition, 8930G, Notebooks, Processors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-12-09
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- Sony Vaio FW560F/T (brown)
- Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores. Several months ago, one of our favorite retail laptops was the Sony Vaio FW480J/T. Besides offering no-hassle Blu-ray playback and a large...
- Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, Sony Vaio, laptop computer, game, Intel Core 2 Duo, Sony Corp.
- Product reviews 2009-11-25
- Sony Vaio FW480J/T
- Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Back-to-School roundup, covering specific fixed configurations of popular systems that can be found in retail stores.In a growing field of Blu-ray-playing laptops, it's important to take note of Sony, who created the Blu-ray format in the...
- Tags: Desktops, Sony Vaio, Sony Corp.
- Product reviews 2009-06-30
- Dads & Grads: Top 10 laptops for college students, class of '09
- Got a kid who is about to graduate high school and pestering you for a laptop to accompany him or her on the great adventure that is higher education? As if the last 18 years and the next four years of tuition bills isn't enough. ...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Student, Battery, HP Pavilion, Intel Core 2 Duo, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Satellite Pro U400, Battery Life, Notebooks, Processors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-05-01
- Is Apple's new 17-in. MacBook Pro overpriced vs. Dell, HP, Lenovo, Sony?
- Hot on the heels of Microsoft's line-in-the-sand advertisement for "Lauren," the girl who "isn't cool enough for a Mac," comes this laptop shootout from Technologizer pitting Apple's 17-inch MacBook Pro against similarly-equipped PCs to find out if there really is a $500 Apple tax. ...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Lenovo Group Ltd., Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Laptop Computer, Apple MacBook Pro, Taxes, Free Trade, Notebooks, Personal Finance, Financial Planning, Finance, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-04-01
- Sony Vaio VGN-FW351J/H
- Editors' note: This review is part of our Winter 2009 Retail Roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores. Considering its price tag of $949, the fixed-configuration retail Sony Vaio VGN-FW351J/H has the basic components--namely the processor and graphics adapter--of a less expensive laptop....
- Tags: Blu-ray, Notebooks, Processors, Sony Corp., laptop computer, Sony Vaio
- Product reviews 2009-03-17
- Studio + XPS looks like a winner for Dell
- Dell hopes the stylish Studio XPS laptops, announced at CES a few weeks back, will help shake up its image, and it may be working. CNET, Laptop Magazine and PC Magazine have all posted reviews of the 16-inch entertainment notebook, and the latter two awarded it an Editors' Choice. ...
- Tags: CBS Interactive Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Desktops, Hardware, John Morris, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Notebooks & Tablets, Studio XPS 16
- Blog posts 2009-01-21
- Lenovo's latest laptops and first all-in-one desktop
- Getting a jump on the Consumer Electronics Show, which kicks-off Wednesday, Lenovo announced today several new laptops and its first all-in-one desktop. The ThinkPad W700ds, which Lenovo claims is the first mobile workstation with two displays, has already received a lot of coverage on gadget blogs because...
- Tags: Desktop, IBM ThinkPad, Lenovo Group Ltd., Laptop Computer, ThinkPad W700ds, ThinkPad W700, Notebooks, Workstations, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-01-05
- Gateway MC7803u
- With the exception of lid color, the Gateway MC7803u looks identical to the MC7801u we reviewed earlier this month. Both 16-inch laptops feature Gateway's attractive new case design, complete with glowing light-touch media controls. And both incorporate an edge-to-edge glass display that's great for enjoying HD video content. But once...
- Tags: Blu-ray, Notebooks, Gateway MC7803u, Gateway Inc.
- Product reviews 2008-11-26
- Rating Samsung's first notebooks for the U.S.
- If your holiday list includes a laptop, there's a new choice from an well-known name: Samsung. In October, Samsung announced that it was entering the U.S. market with six new notebooks, as well as a netbook. The timing wasn't great. After several quarters of double-digit growth, the PC market cooled...
- Tags: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Laptop Computer, Laptop Magazine, PC Magazine, Notebooks, Modems, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- Sony VGNFW270J/W
- When we reviewed the 16-inch Gateway MC7801u earlier this month, we bemoaned its lack of a Blu-ray drive and the absence of Centrino 2 components. The Sony VAIO FW270, which incorporates a similarly HD-friendly 16.4-inch display, does not have these shortcomings. Its optical drive both reads and writes Blu-ray discs,...
- Tags: Desktops, Sony Corp., Sony Vaio, VAIO FW270
- Product reviews 2008-11-07
- Gateway MC series: The best deal on a 16-inch notebook?
- Gateway announced its MC series notebook in late October, but so far it has received little coverage aside from Laptop Magazine's review. The MC series is one of several recent laptops with 16-inch widescreen displays geared toward entertainment. Like other Gateway notebooks and desktops, the MC series...
- Tags: Gateway Inc., Series, Laptop Computer, MC Series, Gateway MC7801u, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-11-05
- Gateway MC7801u
- One look at the Gateway MC7801u, and you'd think it belonged in the high-end group of retail laptops we're reviewing for our holiday roundup. A slick maroon lid opens to reveal an HD-friendly, 16-inch display with edge-to-edge glass; beneath it sits a backlit keyboard and sleek, glowing light-touch controls. Yet...
- Tags: Notebooks, Gateway MC7801u, Gateway Inc., laptop computer
- Product reviews 2008-11-03
- Sony's Centrino 2 laptop lineup
- Details of Sony's new laptops have been trickling out for several weeks, but Sony held off on an official announcement to coincide with Intel's Centrino 2 launch this week. Sony introduced four new VAIO lines ranging from the 3-pound Z-series ultraportable with a 13.1-inch display to the...
- Tags: Sony Corp., IBM zSeries, Hard Drive, Sony Vaio, Intel Centrino, Memory, Microsoft Windows Vista, Intel Core 2 Duo, Series, Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium, Graphics, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., SP1, SR Series, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Processors, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- Sony unveils 'world's first 16.4-inch notebook'
- Sony unveiled what they're calling "the world's first 16.4-inch wide multimedia notebook" yesterday, a laptop packed with the promise to allow users to view HD movies "the way they were meant to be seen" -- which is a subtle hint that yes, this notebook comes with Blu-ray tech: Part...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- Are expectations too high for the Apple subnotebook?
- Are expectations too high for the Apple subnotebook?Sony has had it for yearsStarting with the original Vaio F505 some ten years ago, and now with the TZ series, Sony has had thin and light computers for years. The new TZ series has everything I want, good hard drive, internal...
- Tags: Notebooks, Apple Inc., subnotebook
- Discussion threads 2008-01-07
- The happiest Vista customers: Mac users?
- The happiest Vista customers: Mac users?Could be quite a fewhowever, my niece was required to install Windows on her MacBook to run some sort of CAD software that the university was using for a class.NoneNo serious gamer is using vistaI suggest you do some researchGarmin now has some apps to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, hardware, happiest Vista customer, Vista customer, Mac-user, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-27
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