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Toshiba Satellite L645D-S4036 14-Inch Laptop

The Satellite L645D-S4036 from Toshiba is a portable 14-inch laptop that would be great for students, home/small businesses and small families who want to use an affordable notebook computer. It’s just the perfect size for carrying around, which mobile users will certainly appreciate, and the battery will last you between 3.5-4 hours. It will even run your games well enough, however some of the latest 3D games might only work with low quality video settings.

The Toshiba Satellite L645D-S4036 has the following key features:

  • 1.8GHz AMD Phenom 2 P820 triple-core processor that does show impressive features with M880G Chipset of AMD and 1.5MB L2 cache as well. With this strong and economical processor you can enjoy videos, audio or games like never before.
  • 320GB SATA HDD (5400RPM)
  • 4 GB of installed DDR 3 RAM which can be expanded to 8 GB
  • Highly advanced graphics card based on ATI Radeon HD 4250 technology. This provides outstanding features which literally enrich whatever you get to see or do. How about 256MB to 1917MB of shared graphics memory which are dynamically allocated?
  • 14-inch 16:9 widescreen high definition LED-Backlit display with resolution 1366×768. This renders dramatic visuals and is environmentally friendly by using lesser power.
  • 8x SuperMulti DVD drive with double-layer support.
  • Seamless wireless connectivity comes with built-in 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi networking capacities. You’ll get least 5 times better the performance and 2 times the wireless range with 802.11n-compatible routers.
  • Integrated stereo speakers feature Dolby Advanced Audio provides 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.
  • Windows 7 Professional Operating system

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Reviews of the Best Laptops – 2011

Toshiba Qosmio X505-Q890 TruBrite 18.4-Inch Laptop

The Toshiba Qosmio X505-Q890 is meant for hard-core gamers and shines with brilliant graphics. Users can magnify their 3D gaming or video editing experience with unbelievably speedy frame rates. And gamers get a theater like experience with Qosmio X505-Q890’s spectacular 18.4″ display that features s true 1080 pixel high definition resolution. Likewise, the Core i7 processor of Intel comes with 4 cores of sharp processing power.

Furthermore, it brings you fast DDR3 system memory along with the graphics fostered by NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M technology, which comes with 1-GB GDDR5 advanced video memory. Altogether, this laptop has managed to pair high-performing technologies that let the user to literally rip through the newest of 3D games at super-fast frame-rates. This means creating high-def video or audio can get faster and more efficient with smoother rendering or encoding. Read more

Must-Have Laptop Accessories

Whatever laptop you’ve decided to invest in, there are a few basic accessories which you probably won’t want to be without. Here’s just a quick guide to some of the essential must-have items…

Laptop Bag
This is almost certainly one of the first accessories that you’ll want to purchase, especially if you plan take your laptop with you when you’re on the move. Not only will a good laptop bag protect you laptop from becoming damaged, but it can also offer a convenient way to transport you cable charger, and any other accessories which you may choose to invest in.

Cleaning Cloths
If you want to keep your laptop looking as good as the day you bought it, then you’ll want to invest in a few specially design computer cleaning cloths. The fact that WiFi is now much more widely accessible means that laptop owners can access sites such as hotmail, Youtube, Facebook or o2.co.uk from a variety of locations in a daily basis. However, this greatly increases the risk of getting food, drinks or even just sticky fingers all over your laptop – for which cleaning cloths are the only solution. Read more

Software Ideas 2011

Track your stolen laptop

There’s a super sweet program out there called GadgetTrak. If someone grabs your computer thinking they go a free laptop they’re wrong as long as you have this program installed.

It can locate your laptop or phone using its GPS chip (if your mobile computer has one) and wi-fi positioning. It’s amazing and it locates your device to an exact area. What’s even cooler is that if your laptop has a camera (and what laptop doesn’t these days) it will activate the webcam, start taking pictures and sending them to you. Chances are good you’ll get some useful information out of that (at the very least it will be super cool).

Laptops, tablets and smartphones are exceptionally popular to steal these days, so it would be wise to invest in a program like this that will protect you from thieves looking to profit from your trusting nature. To cover all possible kinds of users, there are Windows, Mac OS X, iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry and Android versions of GadgetTrak, so whatever device you use, you can install this security program on it. Read more