Toshiba Launches Portege R500 & Tecra M8 laptops
The department of Digital Products at Toshiba announced the release of the Portégé R500, a new ultra portable laptop. This would be one of the thinnest Toshiba’s laptops with an internal 7 mm optical drive with a slot loading mechanism. The R500 would also be the first 12.1-inch widescreen laptop to feature a transflective backlit LED screen that uses the ambient light reflected inside the screen to form the image and allows for operating the laptop even under direct sunlight.
Another model launched by Toshiba today was the Tecra M8: a
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Alienware Aurora M9700 laptop
The new Alienware Aurora M9700 laptop looks very attractive and professional, with its thin chassis and 17-inch wide screen with a native resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels. It’s a desktop replacement kind of laptop priced at $1599. The laptop is very solid and its build is absolutely top notch. It has 2 USB 2.0 ports, a firewire port, 1Gbps ethernet port, 4-in-1 Media card reader and the ExpressCard Slot.
Alienware Aurora M9700 specifications:
- Processor: AMD Turion 64 Mobile 2.2GHz
- Display: 17-inch WideXGA+
- Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR
- Hard Drive: 160GB
- Video Card: Dual 256MB NVidia
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Lenovo V200: The First Ultra Portable Laptop
Lenovo has recently released a replacement to its V100 model, a Core 2 Duo based ultra-portable 12.1-inch laptop, the Lenovo V200.
This model became one of the first netbooks that is built on a Santa Rosa platform, so despite its compact size you’re getting a very powerful machine. Add to that a built-in DVD drive (which can rarely be found on compact laptops), a webcam, a fingerprint reader and an ExpressCard slot, and the V200 becomes a very attractive solution for mobile users.
Lenovo V200 has the following specifications:
- 2.0GHz Intel Core
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Foleo, Palm’s Compact Portable Computer
After Treo smartphones and personal digital assistants (PDAs), Palm has introduced a compact portable computer to retain its roots in the high-end handheld device market. This portable device seems to make your dreams swerve into reality by replacing a bulky laptop PC with this computer enabling business travelers manage their e-mail and documents on their way.
Now let me introduce you to some of its features. Known as a “smartphone companion,” the “Foleo” is a 2.5-pound device (half the weight of other existing phones) with a 10-inch screen, full keyboard and
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Intel Metro Laptop: News bits
Intel has teamed up through the Ziba plan dense in Oregon to make a sample notebook given name “Metro notebook”. The Metro is 2.25 pounds in mass and 0.7-inches wide. Intel say that a producer will really begin create this at the ending of the year which would be shocking because we’ve see Intel build a tradition of discharge conception strategy that never in reality create it to market. Possibly this one will be extra genuine. The Metro come through a magnesium stop with gold inflection and a few kind
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Gateway NX570X Dual Core Laptop
The Gateway NX570X is an entry-level budget workhorse laptop with a price starting at only $699 which, however, provides adequate value for its money. It has a solid build thanks to the scratch-resistant surface and brushed-aluminum inlay.
The laptop comes with a newer Inter Core 2 Duo processor 15.4-inch and a wide screen display (1280×800 pixels) that can be upgraded to a 1400×1050 one $100 that will allow you to fit more applications and widgets on your desktop.
Besides the screen, it is also possible to configure other hardware, such as
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The New York Times: Laptop in School
New York Times has posted an article for students that are going back to school with the review of different electronic gadgets. The time when getting ready for school meant buying stationery are long gone. Today’s teenagers are going to school with laptops and cellphones. At the same time, more and more schools and universities are starting to implement presentation tools that utilize electronic gadgets as learning aids by engaging students into interactive activities. It makes possible for students to take part in discussions electronically which is particularly good for
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HP Compaq NC6400 business laptop
HP Compaq NC6400 is a 14.1-inch business laptop that runs on Intel T2300E Core Duo Processor. It has three high-speed USB 2.0 ports, 6-in-1 card reader, Bluetooth adapter, ambient light and fingerprint sensor. The 14.1″ matte widescreen is very crisp and bright and has a resolution of 1280×800 pixels. HP Compaq NC6400 has a broad and comfortable full-size keyboard with scratch-resistant, and clearly marked keys. There are two speakers on the front side of a laptop, however the quality of the sound they produce is mediocre, which is typical for
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The Classmate PC powered by Intel
As a part of the One Laptop Per Child program, Intel Corporation has started shipping small and inexpensive convertible laptops for students from developing countries, the Intel Classmate PC. This ultraportable laptop starts at $225 and has a 7-inch display that acts as a touchscreen, a fast (although small) 2GB SSD drive, a 900 MHz Intel Celeron M CPU, 265MB RAM, and comes with Windows XP and MS Office 2003 preloaded. The laptop is built to withstand any possible abuse it might incur from young users: its semirugged construction with
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Lenovo Thinkpad T61
The ThinkPad T61 is a new 14.1-inch business widescreen laptop that is a successor to an older T60 model. This laptop is built on Santa Rosa platform and powered by the latest Intel Centrino Duo processor. One interesting feature that business users are going to like the most is the Active Management Technology by Intel that allows company’s system administrators to manage the laptop remotely, even when it is in a sleep mode.
Here are the specs of Lenovo Thinkpad T61:
- Intel T7300 Core 2 Duo CPU at 2.0GHz
- 2GB RAM,
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