http://www.laptopadvisor.com Netbook Reviews, Laptop Reviews, Advice, and Opinion Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:23:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Lenovo unleashed their new X-series ThnkPad laptops last week, each featuring a burly Core i7 processor. The X201 and slim-and-trim X201s are "perfect for mobile professionals that need full performance and long battery life," as Lenovo's website eloquently puts it. These are indeed computers for traveling business-folk, at a feathery ... http://www.laptopadvisor.com/lenovo-x-series-core-i7-powered-bidniss-laptops.html Asus Laptop and Netbook Computers [ad#top-left-1] Well Made Machines For All Last Updated Mar. 3, 2010 By Johanna Maaghul Asus basically invented the netbook category in 2007 with the original Eee PC. They've remained a major player in that segment since that time, and their current netbook lineup features models of varying screen size, ... http://www.laptopadvisor.com/asus-laptops.html The Best Netbooks Laptop Advisor's Guide To Bite-Sized Laptops You Can Take Anywhere [ad#top-left] Last Updated Feb. 12, 2010 By Joel Durham, Jr. It’s hard to say where netbooks got their start, but one of the first popular models was ASUS’ Eee PC. Since that tiny notebook came out in 2007, virtually every major ... http://www.laptopadvisor.com/the-best-netbooks.html Acer Laptop and Netbook Computers [ad#top-left-1] A Fast-Growing Brand On The Cutting Edge of Energy Efficiency Last Updated Feb. 25, 2010 By Johanna Maaghul Acer is out to conquer the world of computing. These aren't the most solidly built machines on the market, but consumers are snapping them up fast: Acer sold more units ... http://www.laptopadvisor.com/acer-laptop-and-netbook-computers.html Dell Laptop And Netbook Computers [ad#top-left-1] The World's Most Popular Laptop Brand Has A Machine For All Your Needs Last Updated Feb. 22, 2010 By Johanna Maaghul With a strong reputation in the industry, Dell continues to sell more portable computers than any other manufacturer in the industry. While smaller manufacturers are quickly approaching ... http://www.laptopadvisor.com/dell-laptop-and-netbook-computers.html The Best Gaming Laptops Portable Muscle for Taking Your Games on the Road [ad#top-left] Last Updated Feb. 12, 2010 By Joel Durham, Jr. No laptop will ever beat a powerful desktop PC as a gaming powerhouse. There have been, however, great strides made in the portable gaming space in recent years. Multi-core mobile ... http://www.laptopadvisor.com/the-best-gaming-laptops.html Gateway Laptop and Netbook Computers [ad#top-left] Last Updated Feb. 8, 2010 By Johanna Maaghul Gateway was a late entrant into the portable computing market, standing loyally by desktop machines for a long time. They seem to have accepted the inevitable shriveling of the desktop market and have focused on refining their notebooks over ... http://www.laptopadvisor.com/gateway-laptop-and-netbook-computers.html Sony announced their latest line of Vaio laptops last week, the brightly colored mainstream E Series. The color options are certainly, uh, flamboyant? Styles listed on the Sony Style web store include: Coconut White, Gunmetal Black, Lava Black, Hibiscus Pink, Iridescent Blue, Caribbean Green. Gadget blog CrunchGear also listed matte ... http://www.laptopadvisor.com/sony-vaio-e-series-mid-tier-laptops-with-panache.html In case you've been trapped under a bus for the last 30 hours, Apple announced their "latest creation" in San Francisco yesterday, a "magical and revolutionary device." It's the tablet computer that the world has been expecting from Apple for nearly 10 years now, the product of Steve Jobs' dreams. It's ... http://www.laptopadvisor.com/the-apple-ipad-nerdsll-hate-it-laymenll-love-it.html Acer is giving Intel's powerful i3 and i5 Core processors a home in a pair of new budget-minded laptops. The 15.6-inch Acer Aspire AS5740 and 17.3-inch Acer Aspire AS7740 will both start at $750 when they ship on Sunday, January 17th. The larger AS7740 comes standard with a 2.14 GhZ ... http://www.laptopadvisor.com/acer-debuts-powerful-budget-laptops.html Intel's new Pine Trail processors have finally launched, and it's about flippin' time. A chunk of all netbooks released in the past year or so have run on Intel's 1.6 GHz Diamondville Atom N270 or N280 processors, which is a nice configuration for a portable mini-computer. Battery life is decent, ... http://www.laptopadvisor.com/intels-new-pine-trail-netbook-processors.html [ad#top-left] The mythical Crunchpad has actually (almost) arrived--only now, it's the JooJoo Pad. It's been a dramatic saga so far. Long story short, TechCrunch.com's Michael Arrington decided in July 2008 that the world needs a web-ready media tablet computer for $200. Singapore-based developer Fusion Garage agreed to design such a device. ... http://www.laptopadvisor.com/the-joojoo-pad-tablet.html Dell announced their new ultra-thin and light Vostro V13 13.3-inch notebook yesterday. It's just 0.65 inches thick, weighs in at a miniscule 3.5 pounds, and costs as little as $450. Now that's a good deal on an ultraportable. That base model gets you a Celeron processor and Ubuntu operating system, while ... http://www.laptopadvisor.com/dells-ultra-thin-and-light-vostro-v13.html Samsung's relatively long-awaited N510 netbook has arrived in the states, just in time for Cyber Monday. It's a fairly standard 'ol netbook, but Samsung is marketing it as the "entertainment netbook," featuring a 16:9, LED-backlit display with an NVIDIA Ion processor for 720p HD capability. That should look pretty nice, ... http://www.laptopadvisor.com/samsung-n510-hits-the-shelves.html The world's first convertible netbook-tablet for Windows 7 has arrived stateside. The specs for the ASUS EEE T91mt are pretty similar to the regular ol' T91, though it does ship with Windows 7 Home Premium and the hard drive is twice as large. This is an exciting development because we've been ... http://www.laptopadvisor.com/asus-eee-convertible-netbook-for-windows-7-shipping.html Apple’s signature touchpad is now available on both their MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops. Now, let’s say you love the features that the touchpad provides you, but you just prefer to control the movement of your cursor with a mouse instead of a touchpad. Unfortunately, you had to choose one ... http://www.laptopadvisor.com/apple%e2%80%99s-new-magic-mouse.html Last week was a big one for Microsoft, with the Windows 7 launch, but it looks like Apple wants to steal away some of the spotlight with their new MacBook. It could be a necessary update, random chance, or an actual direct competitor to sway the potential Windows 7 ... http://www.laptopadvisor.com/apple%e2%80%99s-new-macbook.html We recently published an article on the new touchscreen features of Windows 7, and why it’s considered to be one of the top selling points of Microsoft’s new operating system. But the more I look on the internet, the more I see the same evaluation of a desktop or ... http://www.laptopadvisor.com/will-touchscreens-take-over-probably-not.html From tech savant to first time user, one thing is very clear, people love touch screens. From the ever-popular iPhone to more obscure products like the Tissot T-Touch, the world is going touchscreen. If you love to get hands-on with your technology like so many other users, you may ... http://www.laptopadvisor.com/love-touchscreens-check-out-windows-7.html [ad#top-left] Update 1/11/10: We originally published this post back in October as a holiday guide to help you choose a laptop for you or your loved one. The holidays are over now, but this post has taken on a life of its own -- we get new comments every day seeking ... http://www.laptopadvisor.com/laptop-advisors-holiday-buyers-guide.html Maybe I’m beating a dead horse here, but Windows has a pretty big Achilles’ heel. In fact it’s so big, that it’s probably an Achilles’ foot or leg. And of course, the problem I’m referring to is the Windows Registry. As much as I would like to ... http://www.laptopadvisor.com/the-biggest-reason-not-to-get-windows.html Most netbook laptops are running either Linux or the more user-friendly Windows XP, but Microsoft never intended XP to live on in this form. Windows Vista, however, was not very netbook friendly, so XP survived to fill the game. The next Microsoft OS, Windows 7, has been developed to better ... http://www.laptopadvisor.com/msi-2010.html Details about Asus's plans for new netbooks have started to emerge and four new mainstream models are worthy of particular attention. These netbooks run between $299 and $429 and are, in Asus's words, their "good, better, best, and elite" models for everyday netbook users. sdc('asus 1005ha', 'pc', 'horiz'); The first in the ... http://www.laptopadvisor.com/four-new-asus-eee-netbooks-coming.html [ad#la-bottom] Best known as the company that made your cell phone five years ago, Nokia is now entering the very active netbook market with a mini-notebook of their own. The adorably-named Nokia "Booklet" offers a fairly robust array of specifications, the most interesting of which is the integrated 3G connectivity that ... http://www.laptopadvisor.com/nokia-introduces-the-3g-booklet-netbook.html MSI announced six all-new notebooks this week, large-screen models that are a bit of a departure from their netbooks, but still maintain low, affordable price tags. The C-series laptops announced include both 16-inch (the 600 models) and 17-inch (the 700 models) displays, making these adequate desktop replacement computers. The six ... http://www.laptopadvisor.com/msi-c-series-notebooks-introduced.html It's been a long time since Blu-ray definitively crushed HD-DVD, and with it, Toshiba's dreams of cornering the high-definition media market. For the past year or so, Toshiba has shuffled around, pouting, trying to find a way to accept the new regime without coming off as desperate and hurting their ... http://www.laptopadvisor.com/toshiba-blu-ray-laptops-in-the-near-future.html The Sony VAIO NW160J matches a Blu-ray disc drive with a vivid, 15.5-inch display, ATI graphics card, and an Intel Core 2 Duo processor. It's not a multimedia laptop, per se. It's more of a middle-of-the-road laptop with one really great multimedia perk, the Blu-ray disc drive. If you're interested ... http://www.laptopadvisor.com/sony-vaio-nw160j-blu-ray-on-a-budget.html Years ago, Gateway was known for their computer showcase stores and their quaint cow-patterned boxes. After a streak of bad luck that led the once popular and prosperous company retreated somewhat, but they're still out there plugging away in the hopes of recapturing past glories. The Gateway LT2000 is the brand's ... http://www.laptopadvisor.com/gateway-introduces-the-lt2000-netbook.html When checking out the Asus N81Vp, at first, it looks like a walking, well rather sitting, contradiction. If you were to take a look at its specs list, you would see a Intel T9550, 2.66GHz, processor, 4GB of RAM, and an ATI 4650, 1GB, Graphics card. When looking at these ... http://www.laptopadvisor.com/asus-n81vp-mobility-meets-gaming.html Although this debate has been going on for a while, even more users are asking this question now, primarily because of the growing popularity of netbooks. Netbooks, unlike most other laptops give the option of choosing between Windows XP or Linux. Some netbooks come with one or the other by ... http://www.laptopadvisor.com/netbook-operating-system-guide-windows-xp-linu.html