Sometimes the range of a Wi-Fi signal is frustratingly small. In an apartment in the city that’s probably not an issue because you’re not going to be roaming far. What if you’re out in the suburbs or living in the country? What if there’s a coffee shop right down the street from your laptop and you want to extend the Wi-Fi range of your laptop so you can use it even while you’re not at the coffee shop? There are solutions to these problems and they’re remarkably simple. Read on and you’ll get the info you need to change things up.

A typical router has a decent range but won’t extend too far beyond its location. That’s fine most of the time, which is why most people don’t need a long range wireless Wi-Fi router. If your needs run outside what’s normal that’s when you make a change. Your best bet to extend the Wi-Fi range of your laptop is to buy a long range wi-fi router. It’s a simple thing that can replace your current router and simply raise the range output. Read more

Like many other products from HP, the HP Pavilion dv4-2173nr comes with great value in terms of performance, durability and style. For users looking to keep an all-purpose Laptop, the loaded multimedia features are great new. The dv4-2137nr from HP can work as an ideal entertainment laptop, which delivers high end mobile performance. This machine runs as good as it looks. The latest Core i5 processor working at the back end supplies high end graphics technologies. It’ll deliver finest mobile performance for making your life easier and speedier.

• 2.26 Gigahertz Core i5-430M processor from Intel with Turbo Boost Technology. This pulls the performance up till 2.53 Gigahertz
• 4 Gigabyte of DDR3 System Memory works @ 2×2048 MB, which can expand till 8 GB
• 1280×800-resolution 14.1″ Widescreen Display showcases high end performance of Diagonal WXGA HD BrightView technology
• Network interface powered by Base-T (10/100) technology. This goes hand in hand with integrated wireless 802.11b/g/n WLAN system
• Three USB 2.0 and a HDMI port
• Altec Lansing high quality SRS Premium Sound
• 640 x 480 pixels webcam

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There’s incredible competition among the big box retailers come the holiday shopping season (places like Wal-Mart, Best Buy, and Target, for instance). Everyone runs great deals on Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving in case you’ve been living under a rock) and you can usually find laptops for cheap. However, the increasing competition means that some places come up with pre black Friday laptop deals to capture some of that consumer money before the doors open on the most hallowed shopping day of the year. It’s smart. There are plenty of consumers that don’t want to deal with the crowds and fighting for merchandise and would be happy to spend a little more money to get a good deal.

Best Buy was the first to strike with a pre black Friday laptop deal this year. On November 11 they launched what is said to be the lowest price laptop ever (not including Netbooks, which are barely computers). It’s an Acer Extensa EX5230E-2177 and it comes with a 2.2 GHz Intel Celeron 900 Processor, 2 GB of RAM, and a 160 GB hard drive. It’s a good computer for hitting the web to watch videos or browse for information, among other simple tasks. You can do basic word processing, manage your digital picture collection, etc. The best part is that the laptop goes for $250, which is an astoundingly good price. They must be looking to get rid of inventory because it’s hard to imagine they’re turning a profit on that. Bless them for starting the competition for customers early! Read more

Belkin CushTop stand: $14.99 at Amazon

If you were looking for a laptop stand that allows you to work on your laptop while comfortably sitting on a couch or a chair, you have got to jump on this offer from Amazon. They’re offering Belkin notebook CushTop stands for as low as $14.99 which is 50% of its regular price. It is big enough to fit even a 17-inch laptop on its side B (while side A is for 15-inch notebooks), has high-durable construction with furniture-like upholstery and a storage pocket where you can put a mouse, power adapter or other laptop accessories. And the price that Amazon currently has for it makes it a very sweet deal and a great addition to your laptop. Read more

With the release of its 14 inch XPS 14z notebook Dell is able to claim the title of world’s thinnest fully featured laptop. What they mean is that it has a slot-loading optical drive (DVD drive), unlike the MacBook air. If you’ve always wanted a super thin notebook but need that drive, your day has come.

The laptop starts at $999 but it comes with a fair amount of power for that cost. It’s built on Sandy Bridge platform and comes with an Intel i5 or i7 dual core processor, up to 8GB of memory, and you can put in an impressive NVidia video card if you like to play games or what tons of movies. If you’re a power used the 256GB solid state drive is wonderful and will make your computer much faster. The standard hard drive is 750GB, proving plenty of space. The computer is available in the US on November 1 and worldwide November 15. Read more

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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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

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

In the age of computerization and mobility, there are millions of people taking advantage of the new technologies. There are already hundreds of jobs that only need a laptop and Internet connection to get things done, such as programmers, FOREX traders, writers, designers or webmasters, and the fact that they can work and make money from anywhere in the world, has been a subject of jealousy for people of other, “less mobile” professions. However, things are changing quickly and it looks like the happy crowd of mobile workers will be soon joined by no one else but COOKS (what a surprise).

Introducing the concept of the mobile kitchen designed for Electrolux by Dragan Trenchevski.

This conceptual wunderwaffle that cooks can take with them everywhere is going to have an induction cooking element and a built-in grater. Not only that, it can also act as a high-tech cutting-board and, obviously, a mobile computer with a touchscreen interface, Bluetooth, wi-fi, webcam and a cooking book loaded on it. Read more