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- HP Pavilion dv5-1250us Entertainment - Turion X2 Ultra ZM-80 2.1 GHz - 15.4" TFT
- HP Pavilion dv5-1250us Entertainment - Turion X2 Ultra ZM-80 2.1 GHz - 15.4" TFTPoorly designed keyboard!The laptop works fine, but the keyboard is terrible. Someone decided to label the shiny gold keys in black, instead of white, so they are illegible in most scenarios, whether low or high light. Except...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-13
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- HP TouchSmart tx2-1275dx
- Editors' note: This review is part of our Back-to-school 2009 Retail Laptop Roundup, covering specific new configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores. The HP TouchSmart tx2-1275dx represents a minor update to the company's consumer tablet. Compared with the TouchSmart tx2z we reviewed earlier this...
- Product reviews 2009-08-07
- Netbook or notebook? Confusion reigns at 12 inches
- Market researcher NPD says that consumers are confused about the difference between a netbook and a notebook. It's no wonder. In the world according to Wintel, the distinction would be fairly clear: Netbooks have 10-inch or smaller displays, use Atom processors and 1GB of memory, and run...
- Blog posts 2009-06-25
- Living with a netbook: The performance penalty
- No one claims that netbooks can match the performance of laptops that cost hundreds or even thousands more. The real question is whether the performance of a netbook is good enough. Over the past few weeks, I've been doing some testing on five netbooks with 10-inch displays:...
- Blog posts 2009-05-19
- Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?
- There is no denying the popularity of netbooks, but there's still much debate about who's buying them and for what purpose. Netbooks were conceived for emerging markets--along the lines of the OLPC's XO laptop and Intel's Classmate PC--but they turned out to be more popular in developed countries. More recently,...
- Blog posts 2009-05-13
- HP Pavilion Dv2
- When we first saw the 12-inch HP Pavilion dv2 at CES 2009, we noted that, "at first glance, another glossy HP laptop with an AMD processor may induce yawns, but when we learned this was the first system to use AMD's new Netbook-like Athlon Neo platform, our ears perked up."...
- Product reviews 2009-04-08
- MSI GX733 energy-efficient 17-inch gaming laptop
- MSI recently announced a AMD-based gaming notebook, the 17-inch MSI GX733. The new laptop has energy-saving features that can help you play green. MSI added their ECO Engine power management system -- a unique power-saving function by MSI Notebook that extends your battery's...
- Blog posts 2009-04-02
- HP Pavilion dv4-1275mx
- Editors' note: This review is part of our latest Retail Laptop Roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.Smacked with a higher price for a "special edition" lid design and packing a slow AMD processor and a mammoth 12-cell battery, the $749 HP...
- Product reviews 2009-03-24
- The sleeper HP Pavilion dv3 13-inch laptop
- HP introduced two consumer laptops at CES in January: the 12-inch Pavilion dv2 and the 13-inch Pavilion dv3. The dv2 got all the press because it employs a new AMD Neo processor, which is the closest thing AMD has to a netbook chip, but the dv3 seemed like a potential...
- Blog posts 2009-03-16
- HP TouchSmart tx2z Tablet PC - 2.4 GHz, 400GB HD, 4GB RAM
- The HP TouchSmart tx2z stands alone as a rare example of a consumer-focused convertible tablet PC. We're not sure if this is because non-business-related laptop users don't see the value of a touch-screen tablet, but hopefully they'll catch on soon. The tx2z is an evolution of HP's previous tx1000...
- Product reviews 2009-03-05
- AMD Neo, HP dv2 take on both netbooks and notebooks
- Plugging a hole in its laptop portfolio, AMD has announced a new processor platform for very thin and lightweight notebooks. HP was the first to announce a new laptop, the Pavilion dv2, based on AMD's Athlon Neo chip. The platform, previously code-named Yukon, includes the Neo chip...
- Blog posts 2009-01-06
- $1,000 is the new $2,000 for laptops: HP steps up low cost notebook parade
- Ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show this week PC makers are sending a distinct message: The sub-$1,000 laptop is the new $2,000 laptop. You can get more functionality, style and even a little fashion for a grand. Meanwhile, the push to merge the netbook and notebook categories is well underway....
- Blog posts 2009-01-06
- Black Friday '08: Deals, steals & specials guide
- Update, 12/4/08: It's been brought to my attention by a diligent reader that several of the products listed in this guide were from 2007, and not this year. I compiled this guide as an aggregation of several listings online; clearly, some of the listings were old...
- Blog posts 2008-11-23
- AMD's Extreme Makeover: What the new roadmaps reveal
- Lost in all of the inaccurate commotion yesterday about AMD entering the netbook market were much broader changes in the company's product plans as it struggles to regain profitability and keep up with a deep-pocketed Intel. In the past year, AMD has announced plans to spin-off manufacturing, abandoned efforts to...
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- HP dv4-1155se
- Editors' note: This review is part of our Holiday 2008 Retail Laptop Roundup, covering specific new configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.The HP Pavilion dv4-1155se is sure to catch your eye as you stroll down the laptop aisle at your local big box electronics store,...
- Product reviews 2008-10-31
- Details on HP's new laptops and all-in-one desktop
- HP released a slew of new consumer and business products--including 17 new laptops--at an event in Berlin earlier today. In addition to HP and Compaq notebooks, new products include a refresh of its TouchSmart all-in-one PC, a Voodoo-branded desktop and notebook (the Voodoo PC site had been down for several...
- Blog posts 2008-06-10
- AMD announces Puma laptop platform, Mobile Radeon 3800 GPU
- Located in the PC component capital of the world, Computex has become the tradeshow for chipsets, so it's no surprise AMD chose to announce its new mobile platform here in Taiwan today. (You can watch the press conference here.) Known by its code-name Puma, the platform itself doesn't have a...
- Blog posts 2008-06-04
- AMD makes its notebook move; Puma goes live
- AMD on Wednesday unveiled its notebook microprocessor platform, formerly known as Puma, and notched a small win over rival Intel. AMD's notebook platform (AMD Turion-X2 Ultra), which aims to integrate graphics capabilities with its processors, stays off Intel's ultra mobile PC turf, but has hit the...
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
- AMD officially unveils next-generation "Puma" notebook platform
- With notebook sales being strong, AMD is hoping that its third-generation "Puma" platform will position the company to take advantage of this growing market. So what is at the core of a Puma system? Here's a quick run down of the technologies involved: Turion...
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
- Averatec 2575
- Since we reviewed the Averatec 2371 last year, the company has taken its laptops in a whole new direction. Gone are the cheap-looking plastic cases and rock-bottom prices; in their place, the company offers a new minimalist design and slightly higher--though still competitive--prices. The new ultraportable in the company's lineup,...
- Product reviews 2008-05-05
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