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United States

Language: English

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83

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100

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Laptops

Gateway ID5805g Notebook - The Sleek Entertainer

When notebook makers form a working liaison with automobile designers, you can usually expect a product with a degree of class. HP has done it with BMW, and it's now up to Acer to impress with its own alliance. Using their Gateway branding, the ...

Pininfarina, an Italian car design company noted for their influence on speed demons like Maserati and Ferrari, collaborated with the Acer subsidiary recently to produce the very swanky ID notebook. Geared for entertainment with an HDMI port to boot, ...

June, 2009

Rating

90

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1 reviews

Dell Adamo

Join us in this special edition of ZoneOut as we fiddle around with the stylish Dell Adamo and pit it against the equally elegant Apple MacBook Air. If your only burning question is whether the Adamo is really the MacBook Air killer, then wait no ...

So yes, no tech specs (surprise!) and no full video review of the notebook other than our quirky take on the Dell Adamo. While we understand some of you may want a review of the unit in video form, we hope you will still enjoy the following mini ...

May, 2009

No rating

alaSCORE 94

49 reviews

Lenovo ThinkPad W700

Another monster notebook has hit our labs in the form of the Lenovo ThinkPad W700, a 17-inch workstation behemoth that is strangely agile for its size and weight, and it even boasts an integrated Wacom tablet. We kid you not.

There's really not too much to differentiate the W700ds from the W700, as you'll find that the general build and design are similar. In fact, if you've taken a good look at ThinkPad machines before, you'll note that the W700 will feel right at home ...

May, 2009

Rating

90

alaSCORE 92

45 reviews

Dell Adamo

Dell strikes right into the action with the Dell Adamo, an ultraportable that they claim is the world's thinnest laptop. Well, thin it certainly is, but does it have what it takes for us to fall in love with it? Read on for our take.

Be warned folks, it's really love at first sight when you first set your eyes on this notebook. Its sleek profile coupled with soft delicious curves had us all but drooling, while the solid aluminum build only serves to reinforce the feel of the ...

April, 2009

Rating

90

alaSCORE 94

49 reviews

HP Pavilion dv2 mit Athlon Neo

While ultraportable notebooks have long been pegged at the expensive end of the price range, thus a barrier for most mainstream consumer's wallet, HP's Pavilion dv2 looks to buck the trend with an affordable 12.1-inch ultraportable notebook. ...

(which uses the Athlon Neo processors), so there are a lot of expectations. While obviously, it's no AMD Bobcat yet, as a stopgap measure however, the Yukon platform is expected to perform much better than the Intel Atom which we intend to find out in ...

April, 2009

Rating

80

alaSCORE 87

3 reviews

Notebooks of Yore - Portable Past Meets Future

Your notebooks haven't always been that slim, lightweight, 1.3kg beauty that you're used to carrying around. Join us for a time warp as we take a trip back in time when portable computers of yore weighed in at a 'mere' 10.7kg.

of memory. Interestingly, it had no internal battery and required an external source meant that you couldn't use it on the go though a battery pack which provided about one hour of usage was made available after

March, 2009

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1 reviews

AMD's Yukon Platform and the HP Pavilion dv2 Unveiled!

AMD had no answer for the mini-notebook movement, but today, they've launched the AMD Yukon platform targeting affordable ultra-thin notebooks with HP as their launch partner. Is the shiny, more powerful Pavilion dv2 the answer to a low cost notebook ...

When it comes to mobile systems, Intel has clearly been ruling the ground firmly with their various Centrino platform variants over time. The entry of Intel Atom further deepened their mobile roots to deliver a platform solution that can meet the ...

March, 2009

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1 reviews

Apple MacBook Pro (Core 2 Duo, 2007)

Apple's MacBook Pro series has always offered faster and more substantial hardware over its non-Pro cousins and so it's with great delight that we got our hands on Apple's latest 17-inch model. Want to know how it holds up? Well dear readers, hit the ...

Of note is of course the widely talked about non-removable built-in battery, similar to the MacBook Air and totally different from the 15-inch MacBook Pro and the 13-inch MacBook. Apple states that their non-removable battery is custom designed to fit ...

March, 2009

Rating

90

alaSCORE 95

2548 reviews

MSI Megabook GX400

Not everyone can afford a super high-end gaming notebook, nor handle their accompanying bulk. We looked for alternatives and guess what? We found one that combines decent gaming prowess with the eminently portable 14.1-inch form factor meet the MSI ...

Also at 2.2kg (just 200g above what most people would consider portable), it's also light enough to make it much more portable compared to heavier and more cumbersome 15 to 17-inch notebooks that do have options to be equipped with a GeForce 9600M GT ...

February, 2009

Rating

80

alaSCORE 87

7 reviews

Oh Where Will My Sony VAIO Pocket Fit?

Oh where, oh where, will it fit? With its small size, and its profile so thin, there's definitely more places it can fit besides one's pocket. We let you in on our findings and our overall experience with the gorgeous looking Sony VAIO Pocket.

Now, you may be thinking that the VAIO Pocket will be like other Intel Atom based machines and have only 1GB of RAM and this may explain the slow performance that we've encountered thus far. Sorry folks, the VAIO Pocket comes with 2GB RAM so this ...

January, 2009

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1 reviews

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