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Toshiba libretto W105-L251 7-Inch Dual Touchscreen Laptop (Silver/Black)

03 Sep

laptop : Libretto W105: When a Single Screen Is Simply Not Enough

The next generation in ultra-mobile computing, the Toshiba Libretto W105 goes beyond tablets and netbooks to deliver a full Windows 7 experience that’s accessed across two 7-inch multi-touch screens. Featuring a durable 1.8-pound clamshell design on the outside and the horsepower of an Intel Pentium processor on the inside, the Libretto W105 helps you stay productive on the go as well as allow you to enjoy games, e-books, movies, music, and TV wherever you roam.
Libretto W105

You can stretch your windows across both displays or see two windows on each screen, and navigate with intuitive multi-touch control. The versatile Libretto W105 also provides full typing comfort courtesy of virtual keyboards–choose from six modes, including Simple, Full, Thumb, and even a 10-key pad.

The Libretto W105 (model W105-L251) is powered by Windows 7 Home Premium and comes equipped with an Intel Pentium processor, 2 GB of fast DDR3 memory and a 62 GB solid state drive–plenty of horsepower for enjoying rich Internet and multimedia content. Built-in connectivity features–including 802.11b/g/n and Bluetooth–give you the flexibility to connect from any hotspot or pair the device with their favorite wireless accessories, such as a mouse, headphones and more.
Libretto W105 in hand

Engineered for the ultimate in carrying comfort and handheld performance, it’s equipped with a spacious solid state drive for storing and sharing your files, along with music, photos and clips. And it’s encased in a black metallic finish.
Innovative Design for On-the-Go Multitasking

With an ultra-portable weight of just 1.8 pounds, the Libretto W105 is designed to deliver a rich Internet experience, multimedia playback and the freedom to multitask–just like a standard laptop–but with the advantage of two 7-inch touchscreens to work, watch and play on. The multi-touch screens can work independently or together, giving you the flexibility to decide how they want to use them. Surf the Web on one screen while checking e-mail on the other, view two documents simultaneously or view a Web page across both screens. A built-in 3D accelerometer allows the Libretto W105 to rotate into portrait or landscape modes, making the device look and feel more like a book, newspaper or magazine.

The traditional clamshell design allows the device to fold up for easier portability, while protecting the screens from breaks and scratches. Measuring a mere 4.84 inches by 7.95 inches when closed, the device fits easily into almost any bag or jacket pocket.
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HP Envy 14 Laptop – Premium 14-Inch Slim Laptop

02 Sep

laptop : Just like netbooks, slim laptops in the 13-inch to 14-inch range tend to be slightly underpowered compared to their larger 15-inch siblings. However, this is certainly not the case with the HP Envy 14 as it offers the ability to scale all the way up to a quad-core processor. Even its standard components are better than other laptops in its class, with an Intel Core i5 450M processor and a larger 14.5-inch glass covered display. With 4GB of memory and 500GB of storage it is very stable.

However, what really marks it apart from the rest is its ATI Radeon HD 5650 discrete graphics that is mid-range gaming model in its own right. Coupled together with an upper scale 1600 x 900 pixel resolution and the larger glass covered display and you get awesome graphics both for 720p HD video as well as excellent gaming performance. Rounding up great graphics and a fast processor with a Beats Audio system, the laptop sounds as good as it looks.

In terms of design, the HP Envy 14 is a bit larger than the average 14-inch laptop but this means that there’s a lot more space for the LED back-lit keyboard. This makes it much more comfortable to use. Using an anodized aluminum chassis, the laptop is slim and tough. The chassis is silver gray while the cover has a textured pattern for better grip. At 5.2 pounds it does weigh a bit more than other 14-inch laptops but it makes up for it by adding in a whole array of features. This includes a slot-load DVD burner, two USB ports, one eSATA/USB combo port, a HDMI port, a mini-DisplayPort and the option for embedded 3G.

Performance-wise the HP Envy 14 definitely packs a punch as it can handle practically any application you throw at it. In terms of battery life, it can last about four hours using the standard graphics and about three hours with the discrete graphics that is quite impressive considering the premium components.

Overall, the HP Envy 14 is an excellent premium-class 14-inch laptop with competent gaming capabilities. Its great display, awesome power and extensive features means that it is mostly unmatched within its class making it ideal for those looking for a great looking premium laptop.
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Sony Vaio VPCF12AFM/H Core I3-350M 2.26GHz 4GB 500GB HD Blu-ray Disc-enabled DVD±RW/CD-RW drive MOTION EYE webcam with microphone and face-tracking technology

02 Sep

laptop : Sony’s products have always been about premium quality. This usually translates to awesome design and excellent performance at a premium price. However, there are a few Sony products that are the exception to this, featuring the same premium quality design at a more affordable price. The Sony Vaio VPCF12AFM/H thankfully falls into this category as it features Sony’s great sense of design in a 16.4-inch desktop replacement laptop.

Design-wise there’s little to fault the Sony Vaio VPCF12AFM/H with as it features the same thin-and-light form factor with clean-cut lines that other Sony Vaio laptops have. The keyboard follows Sony’s flat-topped chiclet-style keys and has plenty of space including a numeric keypad. The typing experience is very comfortable, as good as any Macbook and should serve number crunching as well as any writer. The keyboard keys are also backlit so you can type in comfort even in the dark. The touch pad is equally comfortable with some multi-gesture support as well.

The Sony Vaio VPCF12AFM/H is powered by an Intel Core i3 processor with 4GB of DDR3 memory allowing you to run any office application or spreadsheet with ease. However the laptop only offers an NVIDIA GT 310M discrete graphics so you are limited to light to mid-range gaming but this should be enough for most of the newer games with some tweaking. The laptop also comes with a Blu-ray combo drive which when coupled with the 16.4 inch screen’s 1600 x 900 pixel resolution allows smooth 720p HD movies. The laptop is loaded with Sony software along with Microsoft Office so you can start using the laptop straight out of the box. The laptop lasts for about two hours and 30 minutes unplugged which is more than enough for most movies and gaming sessions.

All in all, the Sony Vaio VPCF12AFM/H is an impressive ‘value’ Vaio for the desktop replacement crowd as it integrates good performance components into a Sony Vaio laptop without costing too much. It should serve most mainstream users and gamers well, especially those looking for a nicely designed laptop to replace their aging or broken desktop computers.
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eMachines eME527-2537 15.6-Inch Laptop – Bang For Your Buck Workhorse Laptop

01 Sep

laptop : Stay productive and have fun with the eMachines eME527-2537 Notebook featuring reliable Intel Celeron processing, 15.6-inch HD widescreen display, Intel GMA graphics and Windows 7 Home Premium. It is everything you need to easily accomplish deadlines, browse the Internet, keep up with your social networks, have fun with digital media and more, on-the-go.

eME527-2537 Specifications
* Intel Celeron Processor 900 (2.2GHz, 1MB L2 cache, 800MHz FSB)
* Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
* 15.6″ HD Widescreen WXGA High-Brightness LCD Display
* Mobile Intel GL40 Express Chipset
* 2GB DDR3 Memory (2 x 1024MB)
* Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M
* 160GB SATA Hard Drive
* 8X DVD-SuperMulti Double-Layer Drive
* 5-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader
* 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi Certified
* 2 – USB 2.0 Ports
* One Built-in Mono Speaker
* 6.0 lbs. (system unit only)

Everyday Performance
* Intel helps put sleeker laptops at your fingertips. With Intel Celeron processor technology inside, the eMachines eME Notebook is the perfect balance of performance, value, style and battery life.
* Cut down on stalling and waiting with 2GB Memory delivering fast system response for all your mobile computing demands.
* Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M delivers smooth video playback, sharp images and precise color control.

Stay Productive and Connected On-the-Go
Have access to your email and connect to your favorite websites when mobile with integrated 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi CERTIFIED wireless.
The 15.6″ HD Widescreen High-Brightness display makes it easy to view websites, share digital photos and watch movies wherever you are.
Windows 7 Home Premium operating system makes the things you do every day faster and easier. With fewer clicks, faster searching, and simpler ways to connect, there is less between you and what you want to do.
Manage, Share and Store Your Digital Media
Transfer music, photos and more from your digital devices with the Digital Media Card Reader for a convenient, cable-less, tangle-free file transfer.
Watch movies and burn DVDs and CDs with your favorite music, videos, presentations and more with SuperMulti Double-Layer DVD Drive.
Two USB ports make it convenient to connect to external devices and transfer all your digital media files. Store these files and more on the 160GB Hard Drive.
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Asus Laptop

31 Aug

Asus Laptop : Wow! Talk about insane! Every game I have is cranked wide open on the graphics. I turned on every single feature and up to its max and have YET to see this machine sputter! WARNING: the Steam application DOES NOT work on Windows 7 64 bit!!!! If it did, Call of Duty Modern Warfare would rock! Everything else runs at or beyond crazy frame rates.
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Sony VAIO VGN-AW360J/B 18.4″ Notebook

31 Aug

Sony VAIO VGN-AW360J/B : Sony VAIO VGN-AW360J/B 18.4″ Notebook Overview

Enjoy superb 2.1-channel sound performance with the VAIO AW series. These VAIOs feature an integrated subwoofer for impressive bass, specially designed PC speakers for natural mid to high frequency sound and an on board sound reality chip.Also featured is Dolby Home Theater for powerful virtual surround. Dolby Home Theater includes advanced audio technologies to place you right at the heart of the action for a true cinema-at-home experience. Optical out sockets allow easy connection to home cinema systems.VAIO AW series offers the ultimate in big screen multimedia entertainment with a revolutionary 18.4″ real wide display. With its large size, true 16:9 aspect ratio, this display offers the best possible digital media experience.
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Acer Aspire AS5251 Laptop – A Sub $400 Laptop

31 Aug

laptop : Acer has recently skyrocketed in the list of the best selling laptops with their Acer Aspire AS5251. At under $400, the price cannot be beat. But does this inexpensive laptop pack enough punch to be considered among the best?

Of course, what first interests us about this AS5251 Acer laptop is the price. We are accustomed to seeing the top rated netbook come in at prices around $400, but not laptops. Laptops, typically, do not have the compromises and concessions that we find on netbooks. These compromises are found in the form of limited memory, smaller hard drives, less-powerful processors, and much smaller laptop screens.

So, let’s look at what, if any, compromises that Acer had to make to deliver us this AS5251 laptop under $400 (the current asking price is $379 at many locations).

The first thing that I noticed when I received this laptop was the look and feel of the machine. It’s quite similar to the ASUS UL80Vt-A1, which I currently rate as the best price/performance laptop on the market today. The machine is black and comes with a 15.6-inch widescreen laptop monitor that provides solid quality with a built web cam, easily enabling you to video-chat with all of your friends.

The processor on the Acer AS5251 laptop is a 2.20 GHz AMD V Series V120 single-core processor. I am normally an Intel processor devotee but this AMD processor is fast and handles video extremely well with the new Vision technology by AMD. Many laptops that you find today come with a “dual-core” processor, but this processer should meet the needs of nearly every end user.

The hard drive on this machine is 250GB. For our money, this is plenty of hard drive space that will suit all of your needs. Remember, the hard drive space of a machine has nothing to do with the speed. It simply determines how much information that you can store on the machine. If you do word processing, PowerPoint, and all the other Office Apps, this size is sufficient. For the rest of us, who store endless movies and music, we always need to buy another external hard drive for our laptops. Thus, 250GB will satisfy all but the multimedia buffs, who are not satisfied with the storage capacity of any hard drive.

Now, when we look at the memory of this machine, we find the Acer AS5251 laptop with 3GB of DDR3 memory. Is this a compromise? Well, it’s a bit like the single core processor mentioned above. Most of the top selling laptops today come with 4GB of memory, but we could reasonably ask the question: Is this overkill? Again, the standard end-user can get by with 3GB of memory just fine. In fact, I know folks who still get by just fine with 1 or 2GB of memory in their machines and they are frequently running multimedia.

Finally, the clincher that this is a good buy is that it comes equipped with an HDMI port. An HDMI port is the best way to connect a laptop to LCD TV, which is a great way to show a room full of people your picture and movies.

To summarize this Acer Aspire5251 review, I would say that this system sacrifices little for all that it offers. You will have a laptop that performs above-average at a price that is not only affordable but downright inexpensive.
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Sony VAIO VPC-CW14FX/P 14-Inch – poppy pink

30 Aug

Low Priced Laptops,Sony VAIO VPC-CW14FX/P 14-Inch – poppy pink : Sony VAIO VPC-CW14FX/P 14-Inch – poppy pink Overviews
Enjoy the powerful performance of an Intel Core 2 Duo processor with Intel Dual Core processor technology. A perfect mix of power and style, the VAIO CW series notebook is a slim, lightweight PC.The CW series notebook’s eye-catching graces its exterior as well as a gradient color on the palmrest to ensure that this PC makes a head-to-toe color coordinated impression.

Low Priced Laptops,Sony VAIO VPC-CW14FX/P 14-Inch – poppy pink

 
 

Toshiba Satellite L645D-S4036 LED TruBrite 14-Inch Laptop (Black)

30 Aug

laptop : Toshiba Satellite L645D: Fashionable, Affordable and Portable with 14-Inch Screen

Offering a redesigned chassis with a sleeker body, the nicely affordable Toshiba Satellite L645D-S4036 notebook PC makes it easy to handle computing essentials at home, school or work–from surfing the web and downloading video to managing household finances or studying for finals. And its high-gloss Fusion Finish in Helios Black will be sure to raise a few eyebrows while you’re on the go.

You’ll also be able to burn through the hottest new digital media, content creation and advanced 3D gaming thanks to the triple-core AMD Phenom II Mobile Processor P820.

This all-purpose, eco-smart machine features a stunning 14-inch LED-backlit display with 720p native high-definition resolution. Thanks to the built-in webcam and Toshiba Face Recognition software on this machine, you’ll enjoy a more convenient way to communicate, log on or share your laptop among the family. Other high-tech features include a power-saving Eco Utility to help reduce power consumption based on your needs and one USB/eSATA combo port.

This Satellite comes pre-installed with the Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium operating system (64-bit version).

Key Features

* 14-inch widescreen HD TruBrite LED-Backlit display not only renders stunning visuals, but it’s more environmentally friendly as it uses less power (1366 x 768 resolution, 16:9 aspect ratio).

*1.8 GHz AMD Phenom II P820 triple-core processor (with AMD M880G Chipset and 1.5 MB L2 cache) lets you enjoy movies, music and games like you never have before, with amazing detail, clarity and color. Plus, you can experience Microsoft Windows 7 the way it was intended. All this with the freedom to do more on the go with long battery life rating.

* 320 GB SATA hard drive (5400 RPM)

* 4 GB of installed DDR3 RAM (expandable to 8 GB)

* ATI Radeon HD 4250 graphics card provides exceptional features, performance and power-efficiencies that enrich what you see and do (256 MB – 1917 MB dynamically allocated shared graphics memory).

* 8x SuperMulti DVD drive with double layer support.

* Wireless Connectivity
o With its integrated Wireless-N Wi-Fi networking capabilities, this laptop provides up to five times the performance and twice the wireless range using 802.11n-compatible routers as you would with 802.11g networks. It’s also backward compatible with 802.11b/g networks (commonly found at Wi-Fi hotspots and in older home routers.

* Built-in stereo speakers with Dolby Advanced Audio blends a suite of technologies to deliver a stunning audio experience from headphones or your laptop speakers. It analyzes audio signals and restores tones often lost in encoding, mimicking the same optimization techniques that go into tuning movie theaters and mixing rooms, resulting in brighter highs and deep, thumping bass tones. It also expands stereo signals to 6.1- or 7.1-channel playback for a listening experience that will have you talking long after the performance.

* Included Toshiba Software:
o Toshiba Media Controller offers simplified media sharing. Using an intuitive drag-and-drop interface, it lets you share videos, music and pictures from the media library on your laptop with compatible devices in your home entertainment network, or with other compatible laptops and devices, like an Xbox 360 game console. And you can do it all without moving equipment, burning discs or fumbling with cables.
o Toshiba Bulletin Board is an easy-to-use organizational and productivity app that lets you build your own personalized space on your desktop. With Toshiba Bulletin Board, you can quickly and easily manage your to-do lists and calendars, plus create your own custom work area by pinning your favorite photos, documents, links and more.
o Toshiba ReelTime helps you cut down the time it takes to search for files. The easy-to-use app takes traditional text-based file structures one step further to help you find what you’re looking for more quickly. Accessible from your taskbar, it shows you a visual timeline of your recently accessed files–using graphical thumbnails–so you can easily identify and get to your files faster.

* Included Toshiba Utilities:
o Toshiba eco Utility makes it easy to go green as you go mobile. Hit the Eco Button and you’ll launch the Toshiba Eco Utility, which puts all sorts of easy-to-read information on your screen, and gives you the ability to adjust the power settings on your laptop. It also activates a light showing you’re in the Eco Mode. The Toshiba Eco Utility lets you pick the optimal power plan for your situation. Choose High-Performance when you need every watt you can get, Power Saver for the least energy consumption, or Balanced as a perfect blend of the two.
o Hard Drive Impact Sensor takes the worry out of taking your most important files and multimedia on the go. Able to detect sudden movement along three different dimensions, the impact sensor (a complex system of hardware and software) helps safeguard your data by “parking” the hard drive heads in the event of a drop or sudden movement. And it works faster than you can blink to help protect your laptop and all-important data.

* Up to 3.8 hours of battery life (6-cell battery; 48 Wh)

* Dimensions & Weight: 13.3 x 9.13 x 1.5 inches (WxDxH); 4.98 pounds
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Gateway P-7908u FX Edition 17-Inch Black Laptop – Up to 3 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Home Premium) Review

29 Aug

Gateway P-7908u : After my old computer conveniently crashed down about a week after the year Warranty ran out, I was in a mad dash to find a new one. I’m a gamer and love to play computer games, and media and all that fun stuff on my computer while also using it for a business. Of course any Laptop shopper would know those laptops get very verrry pricey. Running across this laptop was the best thing ever, and within my budget which was also a great plus!
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