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Archive for the ‘Laptops’ Category

August 8th, 2008

Luxeed Dynamic Pixel LED Keyboard is a Colorful Way to Type

No doubt, the Luxeed Dynamic Pixel LED Keyboard is more exciting than its mouthful-of-a-name suggests. That’s because it literally lights up its keys with bright colors.

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August 6th, 2008

HP Mini-Note 2133 First Impressions

It’s clear that HP has a winner here. Despite being no larger than a large hardbound book, the HP Mini-Note 2133 is a fully functional PC that blends the line between ultra-portable and laptop.

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August 4th, 2008

Why You Shouldn’t Enter the US With Your Laptop

Apparently Homeland security agents can confiscate your laptop at any port of entry—without any sort of reasonable suspicion whatsoever! Even worse, the agents can “share copies of the laptop’s contents” with other people for a variety of reasons. These two facts are already pretty bad (goodbye privacy, visitors to the US). What’s even much worse […]

By Rico -- 2 comments

July 27th, 2008

Sony FW-Series Now Available for Pre-Order

As The Site Guy said in an IM conversation: “The MacBook Air was spec’ed to match Sony’s TZ Series”. While some people will definitely find that doubtful, let’s go out on a limb and say that the new VAIO FW Series really looks good, shall we?

Read on to see another image and a max spec […]

By Rico -- 0 comments

July 26th, 2008

Maximize the Money You Spend on Desktops and Laptops

The PC Hardware Section of About.com has some great tips on selecting that perfect PC.
It’s reasonable enough to get the most powerful computer your budget allows, or the cheapest one on the block. But there are some considerations that need to be kept in mind. So you really get to maximize the money you spend. […]

By Rico -- 1 comment

July 24th, 2008

MacBook Air Now Available for the Poor

The MacBook Air experience: take away the design, and you’re left with the portability and Mac OS X. That’s what the katexter has, thanks to his Hackintosh conversion of his MSI Wind. He (or she) claims it starts Word faster than a 2.4Ghz iMac, and more or less complete functionality:
What works: 1024×600 screen, Ethernet, USB […]

By Rico -- 3 comments

July 5th, 2008

VirtualBox Allows Real-Time Open-Source OS Heresy

It’s been a while since Sun Microsystems came out with the newest version of VirtualBox (1.6 as of this writing), but it’s still worth the look. Geeks will like this app because:

It let’s multiple OS runs at the same time on the same computer (it’s virtualization software after all).
It runs on multiple OSes, including multiply […]

By Rico -- 1 comment

July 2nd, 2008

Impossible is Nothing, Mac OS X Edition

Perhaps the real question is: how often do Macs crash compared to PCs? Source: ericstoller.com.

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June 23rd, 2008

The Dell XPS M1330: What’s Hot, What’s Not

I’ve been using the Dell XPS M1330 for at least a week now. So far, so good, save for a few irritations.
What’s Hot

Lightweight
Looks good
Powerful
Great extras: bundled sleeve, earphones, and remote
High-contrast led-backlit display
Aluminum wrist rests resistant to discoloration
SD, MMC, xD card reader great for camera users

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By Rico -- 3 comments

June 2nd, 2008

Asus Picture Frame As A Computer Monitor

If the tiny 7″ screen of Asus Eee PC is big enough to work on, it’s certainly big enough to act as a secondary mini-monitor for another computer. That’s exactly what Asus new UFOTO UF735 will do.
Sold in the guise of a music playing digital photo frame, the 800×480 UFOTO will also act as […]

By Sean R. -- 1 comment