Ultimate for Professional and Personal Applications - Toshiba Equium L40-156

Toshiba Equium L40-156 Multimedia notebook is especially designed to keep you connected to with Internet. You will be amazed with the incorporated multimedia applications that can entertain you any time at any situation. Whether you are a online gamer or a professional requiring high-speed efficiency – Toshiba Equium L-40-156 can be ultimate for both personal and professional applications.

Design
Just like standard Toshiba type this one is available in silver and black color. Keyboard of the notebook is great that has 88 keys and 2 keys dedicated to Windows. You can take pleasure while gaming in its 15.4” TFT wide screen display with Internet resolution of 1200x800 pixel. The pointing device type is Touch Pad and the sharp corner of system gives finishing touch. The appearing dimension is WxDxH: 365x269.5x36.8mm and the starting weight is 2.80 kg. Of course the first look would be impressive to any eyes.

Performance
Toshiba Equium L40-156 performance with T2310 Pentium Dual Core Processor (front side bus speed of 533 MHz), live memory of 2GB, hard drive space of 80GB SATA and RAM of 512MB. Equium L40-156 uses Window Vista Home Premium Edition. The optical drive The optical drive refers to a removable media bay choice of type DVD Super Multi (Double Layer) drive with excellent reading speed of; 24x CD-ROM and 8x DVD-ROM, and writing speed of; 24x CD-R, 4x CD-RW, 10x HS CD-RW, 10x US CD-RW, 8x DVD-R, 4x DVD-R (Double Layer), 4x DVD-RW, 8x DVD+R, 4x DVD+R (Double Layer), 4x DVD+RW and 5x DVD-RAM. Other features includes in-built graphics card, WiFi card, 3 USB 2.0, 1 x headphone (stereo type), 1 x external microphone, in-built wireless LAN card compatible with 802.11b/g network support. The Lithium-ion battery power last up to 3 hours and comes with 1 year international warranty.

Overall
In general the system works great though Toshiba could have used more brains towards designs. However, the specification serves all-purpose for professional and personal application. Mobile users will be highly satisfied with its host multimedia applications. Need little research before buying for sure.

Pros
+ Fancy standard keyboard
+ Good Design
+ Attractive Price

Cons
- Less Battery life
- Internal video modes missing

Value For Money

Our Rating

Every person discerns Sony seems to build proprietary flash cards. In addition, they just adore forcing their clients into using them. The most recent in Sonys elongated line of proprietary Memory Stick cards, the MS PRO-HG Duo HX has been legitimately initiated. The PRO-HG Duo is accessible in 2 capacities, 4GB and 8GB, and will encompass read/write velocities of 20MB/15MB per second. So whats the summit of yet another Memory Stick? In accordance to Sony, the new-fangled HX cards are perfect for high presentation digital cameras and HD camcorders." These cards are invented to continue up with the elevated anxiety of high-megapixel cameras, and cameras with hefty unremitting shooting capacities. With the card approaches a free data recovery program, the Memory Stick Data liberate Service, which can be utilized to recuperate deleted files, counting photos and videos. The PRO-HG Duo HX utilizes an 8-bit parallel crossing point, and approaches with a 10-year guarantee. The 2 cards will be accessible for procure in October. With the flash cards market a bit hitting the bottoms, and the usage is still the same high levels, the market has degraded to bottom levels that the big players are finding it hard to shore up. A great level of up gradation was looked ahead and SONY has served one right away.

Intel is expected to release the official details of its next generation Pineview Atom processors at the Intel Developer Forum scheduled to be held on September 22. The Pineview platform has chips aimed at the netbook/mobile devices.

Unoffical sources claim that the N450 Atom clocking at 1.66GHz will carry a price tag of $64. The faster N470 Atom having a clock speed of 1.83GHz will cost around $75.

Currently the most popular processor for netbooks is the 1.6GHz N270 Atom. It costs just $44. Compared to this the new processors are expensive and will make netbooks costlier. The inclusion of Windows 7 will further push the prices up.

Although Acer is all set to unveil the first NVIDIA Ion powered nettop PC, the Acer AspireRevo, netbooks with this technology is still a speculation.

While rumors have been circulating for a while about NVIDIA Ion packed netbooks with nothing concrete, pocket-lint.com has reported that a number of companies are getting ready to announce NVIDIA Ion powered netbooks as early as June and some of them are even all set to release these netbooks by July. However there was no indication of which companies will make the announcement and according to their source, “confirmed that there will be some big announcements from ‘key’ players at Computex, the annual PC trade show in Taipei at the beginning of June.”

With this technology, along with the standard Intel Atom chip the netbooks will use the brand new graphics chip from NVIDIA called ION which will allow users to handle more challenging applications than ever before. With NVIDIA ION, playing games like Spore or Portal and viewing 1080p content will be possible in a netbook. You can even get your hands on applications like Cooliris and access Google Earth which is not feasible with any of the current netbooks.

I was preparing to write a long post about all the great deals that I found on Black Friday, but after waiting in line for 5 hours at my local Best Buy I can safly tell you that minus gas expensives I saved round about $300.

Best Buy did have a few reasonable deals but nothing to brag about, and unfortunately most the other stores carried nothing better. My advice though is to wait out the Holiday season, Ive been checking on deals for Laptops for the past 2 months and so far the best deals only save you a few bucks.

But I must commend Dell on having the best deal so far. If you head over to the Dell store you can save yourself up to $500 on select XPS systems. Not bad if you ask me, and couple that with Dells outstanding customer service I think its the best deal you will find for this holiday season.

Philips laptops aren’t necessarily the best known portable computing machines available today. But with X59, they have done a very commendable job.

Philips X59 comes with the Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 processor 1.66 ghz. It has several attractive and useful features. With its sleek dimensions of 37mm x 297 mm x 213 mm, the X59 can be mistaken for any other trendy laptop of today. And it weighs just 1.89 kg making your portable world indeed portable.

This model has a 12 inch display screen and comes with the latest graphics and sound cards. It Uses the Windows Vista operating system and has a 100 GB hard drive and a 2MB cache. It also has an inbuilt modem to help you get connected to the internet wherever you may be. And with the 3 extra USB ports you can connect a variety of devices like multi-media extensions, extra sound capacity or extra memory to the laptop.

The LI-ION battery offers a commendable 3.5 hours up time which is good for a machine that comes with so many features. Philips X59 comes preloaded with MS applications including Word and Excel. And there is a useful diary to help you arrange your life on the go.

Our Verdict
Philips X59 isn’t perhaps the best laptop available out there. Nevertheless, it has some very useful features and is ideal for students and those buying their first laptop. Sleek, smart and light-weight, it is packed with features. It is no wonder then that it has raised considerable interest among buyers.

Gateway has announced three new laptops – the EC14, EC54 and EC58. The machines are highly portable and run on Windows 7 operating system.

All notebooks will have more or less the same hardware including a 1.3GHz Intel Pentium Dual Core SU4100 processor, 4GB of DDR2 RAM, a 320GB hard disk drive and Intel’s GMA 4500MHD graphics. Other features common to the notebooks include WiFi 802.11b/g/n draft-n, 3 USB ports, HDMI, integrated webcam and multicard reader. The trackpad supports multi-touch gestures. The machines are expected to give 6-8 hours of battery life.

The EC14 is the smallest model with its 11.6 inch display. It weighs around 3lbs. The other two models are equipped with 15.6 inch displays. The EC14 starts at $549.99 while the larger models cost around $649.99.

A-DATA has launched its 512GB XPG 2.5-inch SSD at the CeBIT 2009 in Hannover. A-DATA claims its new 512GB XPG 2.5-inch to be the highest capacity SSD in the 2.5-inch category up to date. The new A-DATA SSD offers read speed of up to 230MB/s and write speed of up to 160/s with its SATA II interface and comes in a lightweight aluminum casing for durability. The XPG 2.5-inch solid state drive is exclusively designed for notebooks and PCs.

The 512GB XPG 2.5-inch SSD also has an operating temperates of -10oC to 70oC, shock resistance of 1500G/0.5ms and 1,500,000 hours of MTBF. It measures 100 x 70.1 x 9.2 mm and weighs about 85gms. There is no word on its pricing yet.

Intels next-generation notebook platform (Calpella) is programmed to get underway in the 3rd quarter of 2009. As with other Nehalem generation products, Calpella will abandon the present Northbridge and Southbridge chipset understanding and transfer many typical Northbridge components to the CPU wrap up. A solitary integrated chipset codenamed Ibex Peak-M will synchronize other features on the motherboard, according to sources at laptop makers. Ibex Peak-M will support Intels next-generation laptop CPUs (Clarksfield and Auburndale), both of which embrace an on-die DDR3 memory controller. Auburndale will also comprise a graphics core incorporated in the CPU package. The Calpella platform will shore up Wi-Fi a/b/g/n (Puma Peak) or Wi-MAX (Kilmer Peak) wireless modules.

Were not kidding when we tell you that Toshiba is asking a full 600 Washingtons for their new netbook. If youre expecting specs to match such a price, well just read a little further.

Dell has officially confirmed at the CES that it will be releasing an high-end laptop named Adamo very soon. The Adamo is still a prototype with the look of a premium product that is ultrathin and very light, and is rumored to pose a tough competition for the MacBook Air.
Dell only allowed pictures to be taken of its new Adamo and refused to give forth any details of its specifications or pricing. Its release date is also unknown but can be expected to be out by the first half of this year. On the outside the Adamo is aesthetically designed with a sleek aluminum chassis and comes in two colors, a light metallic gray called pearl and the other onyx black. The Dell Adamo also has a 13-3 inch display and speculated to come with a display port for video out and eSATA for storage. It will also have a selection of 2.5 inch hard drives that will max up to 500 GB and a 2x BluRay combo drive.

While the current trend is to lower the notebook price as much as possible, Dell which has been known for budget notebooks so far with its mass productions, has now come up with a cutting-edge laptop that targets a high-end audience. Adamo means “to fall in love” in Latin and may be we will.

The main differences between Blu-ray Disc & HD-DVD had to do with their entire capacity (Blu-ray be able to do 25GB in a single layer and 50GB in a twofold layer while HD-DVD possibly will only do 15GB per layer) and their effortlessness of producing (HD-DVDs could be produced with negligible transforms at customary DVD factories while Blu-ray requisite a significantly larger refurbish). Lets be apparent for a second here: for data archival reasons Blu-ray does certainly just kick HD-DVD around, all over town. More capability is just unadorned king there. For doing high definition movies, though, the dissimilarity in aptitude isnt really a chief one. High definition movies, programmed appropriately, dont need much more breathing space than is presented on a garden multiplicity twofold layer DVD.

The HD-DVD and Blu-ray encounter wasnt determined by the public, it was determined mostly by back room diplomatist, though in equality, while HD-DVD was a better movie format for customers (not for its quality, but for its characteristics, lack of region coding, and uniformity), Blu-ray is better for computer practice. If were moving into the opportunity, the elevated capacity of Blu-ray does make it further ideal. The assorted formats actually cant work any other way.

If there is one thing that has been the heart of almost every laptop and netbook user its the question as to how they can get more juice out of their systems. Yes you always have the option of carrying a few extra batteries (if you dont use a Mac) or go with an outrageously big nine or twelve cell battery.

But thanks to some researches in South Korea led by Professor Cho Jae-phil at Hanyang University a new type of lithium battery that in theory can last eight times longer than traditional batteries. So that means that your average 5 hour battery could last as long as 35 hours.

Now before you get all excited about paying some serious bucks for this one let me remind you that the technology is still in development and will take about 5 years before you see them popping up in laptops near you. But on the other hand you are welcome to drop by your local Best Buy and buy an extended battery on Black Friday.

HP Pavilion tx2500 – A worthy update courtesy AMD Puma

The HP Pavilion tx2500 is the much required modernize to the tx2000 Tablet PC. Thats right; the tx2500 has an efficient processor and graphics. HP to end with have answered our prayers and supplemented the new-fangled AMD Puma processor and ATI Radeon HD 3200 incorporated graphics into the identical great design. So lets see how much enhanced it performs.

Design
The tx2500 has a rock-hard framework and intend. The overall intend is the identical as the tx2000, with the lustrous "Echo" imprint finish which extends onto the silver keyboard. It has an extremely sleek exterior, but be cautious it is a fingerprint enticer. Weighing in around 4.5 pounds the tx2500 is ideal for students. It gets a bit heavy to clutch around in tablet mode all day, but its enormous for sitting on your desk and captivating notes and you can always surrogate in the weight saver if you dont necessitate the optical drive.

Performance
The tx2500 captures the new-fangled AMD "Puma" display place which contains mutually the modernized Turion X2 Ultra dual-core processor and the all fresh ATI Radeon HD 3200 incorporated graphics processor (IGP). The Radeon HD 3200 is a significant IGP for the reason that it is the 1st incorporated graphics elucidation that is authentically competent of playing 1080p video without skipping frames or playing many 3D video games with rational frame rates. While most tablets with incorporated graphics manufacture a 3DMark05 score of less than 1,000 the HD 3200 IGP is hypothetically capable of 2 or 3 times that level of presentation.

There is plethora of multimedia buttons for watching DVDs, listening to music or screening your photos. There is even a non-compulsory Web cam, which makes this tablet grand for chatting with friends over the Web, particularly with the efficiency that comes pimped in with the new-fangled Puma processor. It converts into tablet mode with effortlessness and when in tablet mode the speakers are still easy to get to, a definite additional benefit

Overall
Overall I am overwhelmed with the tx2500. The efficient AMD Puma processor and ATI Radeon HD 3200 graphics are a huge plus. Web pages deliver quicker and surfing the Web is a puff of air. Even though our tx2500 had a few issues with the incorporated graphics it still performed enhanced than the majority of tablets on the market now and we are conveying it back to HP to fasten it. College students and supplementary consumers should be pleased with all the features the tx2500 packs, particularly considering it exists for under $1,000.

Pros
+ Reasonably priced
+ Touch screen and vigorous digitizer
+ Amusement features
+ Rock-hard design
+ Enhanced GPU

Cons
- High heat production when system is stressed out

Value For Money

Our Rating

This revise to the tx2000 owes its stronger recital to AMD’s new-fangled “Puma” platform, which consists of new-fangled processors and much enhanced incorporated graphics. Conversely, while the HP Pavilion tx2500z has enhanced in a few areas, the uninspiring flaunt hasn’t. And you’ll forfeit battery life for Puma’s presentation boost up.

Design
The tx2500z exercises the identical high-gloss glances as HP’s preceding tx2000 tablet and sports the “Echo” inlaid conclude, a faint grid outline that extends from the black cover to the silver keyboard deck and palm rest. Measuring 12.1 x 8.8 x 1.2-1.5 inches, the tx2500z sustains the identical build and appearance as its elder brother and weighs 5 pounds with its 8-cell battery. HP prolongs to employ its sole upturned nub design on its touchpad, which serves accurate cursor run. A split column of nubs on the right makes scrolling easier and fewer error-prone than predictable touchpad’s.

Performance
The 1st system we’ve weathered with AMD’s Puma platform, the tx2500z had honest scores on paper. With 4GB of RAM and a novel 2.2-GHz AMD Turion X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile processor, the tx2500z served a solid PCMark Vantage score of 2,298, which, while about 200 points lower than the standard for a thin-and-light, is still reputable. However, it’s PCMark05 score of 3,685 is more than 100 points advanced than the group average. In a side-by-side evaluation of day by day activities with the previous tx2000 (running 4GB of RAM, a 32-bit version of Vista Ultimate and a 2.3-GHz AMD Turion 64 X2) we didn’t spot any perceptible performance differences. Microsoft Word instigated on both systems in 7 seconds and both machines triggered multiple open programs just as effortlessly as ever witnessed.

Functioning in tablet mode on the tx2500z was a delight for the reason that the LCD is invalid of any quiver and is resolutely secured to the keyboard. The dual-mode touch screen/digitizer flaunt, similar to the tx2000, proffered precise input performance in both modes. The screen was receptive to touch, and double-clicking icons with our finger was effortless and necessitated only a squashy press.

Conclusion: With configurations beginning at $1,049, the Pavilion tx2500z is definitely much better in the graphics responsibility than its precursor, and AMD’s new-fangled Turion X2 Ultra processor caters abundance of pep. However, while the dual-mode touch screen zaps functionality, it prolongs to detract from the viewing superiority. We suggest the tx2500z for persons who want multimedia influence pooled with a downy Tablet familiarity.

Pros
+ Smooth tablet PC experience
+ Decent build quality

Cons
- Performance boost is very minimal

Value For Money

Our Rating

Toshiba has introduced two new additions to the Dynabook family of notebooks. The Toshiba Dynabook MX/43 is a 13.3 inch laptop powered by a dual core Intel CULV processor. The other model Dynabook MX/33 has an 11.6 inch display with 1366x768 pixels. It can compete with similarly sized notebooks such as Dell Inspiron 11z and Acer Aspire 1410. Both machines will run on Windows 7.Detailed specifications are not available.

The Dynabook MX/33 runs on a 1.3GHz Intel Celeron 743 single core CPU. Other specifications include 250GB hard drive and 2GB of RAM.

Pricing and Availability
Both notebooks will be available in Japan from October 22. While the Dynabook MX/43 costs around $1300, the smaller MX/33 will have a price tag of $1000.

PC makers favor hitching their project to large Linux distributions because they get the freedom to develop optimizations for low screen resolutions, low power processors, and other hardware used in netbooks. Ubuntu Linux is one such popular version of Linux specifically optimized for netbooks running on Intel Atom processors such as Asus Eee PC.

Eeebuntu is a customized version of Ubuntu and enjoys a huge fan base among the netbook user community. One of the major problems faced by this project is that it has to keep itself updated whenever a new version of Ubuntu arrives. And Ubuntu is known for releasing a major update every six months. Their latest update is due to be released on October 29 and PC users who have installed Eeebuntu on their computer may find it incompatible due to errors in Ubuntu 9.10’s Intel display drivers. Eeebuntu developers say that the Ubuntu 9.10 is full of problems that could affect the functionality of netbooks. They say that things that worked just fine in Ubuntu 8.10 are no longer working in 9.10.

The worlds most loved netbook (literally) has just gotten more love from the big guys over at AT&T. There is a catch as usual though. To get the onboard 3G card youll have to sign a dumb two year contract with AT&T. But you do get the netbook for $99.

For the amount of rumors we have heard about a possible Apple tablet computer, it would be impossible for this not to be true. As to when it will launch is something we are not sure of but if we are to believe news coming from AppleInsider today, Steve Jobs has finally gotten a prototype he is happy with and has given the go ahead to actually build the device.

More importantly we’re being told that it will be packing a 10-inch screen (rumored earlier), 3G and will be running on “the network.” Furthermore, we’re hearing that the purchase of P.A Semi is related to this device because it is running an in house chip instead of the Atom that was being pondered earlier.

So what do you think? Does it make sense or is it too far fetched? Let us know below.

Steve Jobs in his WWDC 2008 keynote revealed the extremely expected 3G variant of Apples iPhone- twice as quick at a partly price. The new iPhone 3G will be tagged at $199 for the 8GB variant and just $299 for the 16GB sculpt. Apples iPhone 3G will be obtainable in more than 70 countries soon after this year, opening with customer accessibility in 22 countries - Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States on July 11.

IPhone 3G puts together all the ground-breaking features of iPhone with 3G networking that is two times as quick as the 1st generation iPhone, inbuilt GPS for prolonged position based mobile services, and iPhone 2.0 software which contains hold up for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and spices it with the hundreds of 3rd party applications previously built with the lately unconfined iPhone SDK. IPhone 3G supports Wi-Fi, 3G and EDGE networks and automatically snaps between them to guarantee the best ever probable download speeds. It also contains the new-fangled Application Store, on condition that iPhone users with citizen applications in a range of categories counting games, business, news, sports, health, orientation and travel.

Sony VAIO FW139E/H – A heavy beauty on sale

VAIO FW laptop was meant to grant up to 4 years of casual and profound computing. The GPU was the significant pronouncement maker; I required something devoted, and the market was deluged with probably defective NVidia GPUs. I lessened my choices down to the VAIO FW and HP dv5t. I finished up going with the VAIO FW for the reason that of the superior screen and quicker processor at my price range.

Design
Im overwhelmed with the on the whole build of the VAIO FW. Its boxed in Magnesium alloy, which provides it appear semi-metal and semi-plastic at the similar time. It is a extremely sturdy looking notebook; the screen hinge is ideal and stands brawny, rubber feet under the notebook keep it from moving, and I have not yet been proficient to make a scratch on it. Design wise, it is stylishly sound. It carries the customary VAIO gaze; the mold I reviewed is the Titanium Grey representation with black colored keys. It has a extremely specialized look.

Performance
The Sony VAIO FW139E/H is a 16.4" semi-desktop substitute laptop configured with an Intel Core 2 Duo P8400, which runs at 2.26GHz with a Front Side Bus velocity of 1066MHz, 3GB of DDR2-800 RAM, an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 devoted graphics accelerator card, and a 250GB HDD.

Now for the excitement part! The P8400 Core 2 Duo is outstanding quick in Vista; I have yet to understand a slowdown caused by the CPU. The bottlenecking constituent of this notebook is the hard drive, sprinting at the standard notebook HDD velocity of 5400 RPM. The relocate of a huge file via a 100Mbps network was moderately slow; this wasnt the entire notebook HDDs fault, though. The notebook is competent of 1000Mbps transfers, and the file restricted a large amount of subdirectories and files and deliberate transfer down in Windows. Boot up is quick, even when multiple startup submissions are in attendance.

This notebook is built well to grip heat. After gaming for about 30 minutes, the notebook was still cool. It doesnt get extremely scorching at all, and is in all probability one of the extremely good things about Sonys engineering. The battery life is fair-haired; I keep the notebook on full brightness while not charging, and it more often than not lasts about 2 hours. The notebook down clocks the processor when there is no peripheral power source to safeguard power.

Overall
This notebook is fine for the gentle power user who still fancies portability. Of course, my vision of portability in all probability differs from someone who finds 6.4lbs weighty. It is nothing like the huge VAIO AR, however. The VAIO FW is an FZ in size, and half-way sandwiched between an FZ and AR in power.

Pros
+ Display quality typical Vaio
+ Amazing speed & performance

Cons
- On the heavier side of the build

Value For Money

Our Rating

According to media reports, Intel has stopped accepting orders for its Z-series Atom processors. Originally meant for use in the Mobile Internet Devices (MID), the Z-series processors are now commonly used in netbooks like Eee PC T91, Sony VAIO P and Dell Mini 12.

Intel plans to completely stop the supply of Z-series chips to netbook manufacturers by the end of this year. The chipmaker will still fulfill orders already placed by Acer, Asustek and MSI. Meanwhile, Intel’s new generation of Atom chips are scheduled for release later this year. These new chips are part of the Pine Trail platform.

VIA Technologies, Inc, a principal leading light of power proficient x86 processor platforms today revealed the new-fangled VIA Open-Book, mini-note allusion design embattled at the swiftly growing global marketplace for ultra-portable laptops.
The VIA Open-Book mini-note orientation intend introduces a swarm of novel innovations, together with the next age band of VIA Ultra Mobile Platform, based on the VIA C7®-M ULV processor and the innovative all-in-one VIA VX800 digital media IGP chipset. Mutually, this ultra packed together, power proficient platform provides the user with more affluent computing and multimedia skin texture, inclusive of a startling 8.9” screen and superior video playback shore up, in a compacted and fashionable clamshell outward appearance feature that weighs at just a mere 1kg.

The VIA Open-Book serves a supple in-house crossing point for high-speed broadband wireless connectivity that serves customers with the aptitude to decide on from an array of option provided like Wi-MAX, HSDPA and EV-DO/W-CDMA modules suitable to their market. In adding together, under a only one of its kind mutual approach, the CAD files of the peripheral panels of the orientation design are presented for download under a Creative Commons ascription Share Alike 3.0 license to serve the likes of customers such as OEMs, system integrators, and broadband service providers with superior freedom in tailoring the glance and feel of their piece of equipment to convene the varied needs of their intended markets.

Creative has initiated its X-Fi Go! - A USB sound card that assures the power and presentation of its award-winning X-Fi audio expertise. The diminutive and lightweight device ponders less than 20g and utilizes Creatives X-Fi Xtreme reliability audio, designed at providing gamers with ultra-realistic surround sound over headphones. Creative informs us that the world prominent gamer Johnathan ‘Fatality’ Wendell assisted test and endorse the USB-powered sound card, and seeing as he liked it, were estimating most lesser gamers would, too. The X-Fi Go! Is plug-and-play geared up and all its setting up software is stored on the devices 1GB of built-in memory, so youll on no account require to be on the lookout for drivers or installation CD’s. The smooth-black terminate is straightforward on the eye, and the X-Fi expertise (counting features such as EAX HD, X-Fi Crystallizer and X-Fi CMSS-3D) will no hesitation be easy on the ear. Its a talented high-end audio explanation for those who necessitate portability, and its accessible in Europe now at a recommended retail price of €49.99.

The X-Fi Gos key features, as scheduled by Creative, are as below:
• Plug into whichever USB port and play
• Installation software and other indispensable files saved on the piece of equipment.
• No necessitate to clutch an installation CD or supplementary USB storage

Hercules, a company known for manufacturing video peripherals, has released a netbook – the eCafe EC – 1000E.

The eCafe comes with a 250GB hard disk which isn’t very common in netbooks. Another not-so-common feature is the selection of Windows 7 Starter Edition OS. The netbook will be powered by an Intel Atom N270 1.60GHz processor with 1GB of RAM. It has a 10.1 inch LCD display featuring 1024x600 pixels. Other features include Wi-Fi b/g/n, 10/100 Ethernet, card reader and 3 USB ports.

The eCafe sports an attractive design. The keyboard is chiclet styled. The battery option is a 4400mAh 6-cell battery. Buyers will also get 50 GB free online space for backing up data. Prices start at $399.

The LifeBook T5010 is the latest addition to the Fujitsu Tablet PC line-up. The T5010 is the successor to the T4220 line of tablets. This tablet is aimed at businesses and it is good for taking notes and giving presentations.

System Configurations for the tablet under review
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26GHz processor
Graphics: Mobile Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500 MHD graphics
Memory: 2GB RAM
Hard Disk Drive: 80GB, 5400rpm hard drive
Operating System: Windows Vista Business
Weight: 4 pounds 13 ounces with battery
Display: 13.3 inch active digitizer display

Design and Build
The LifeBook T5010 has a sturdy chassis and solid design. It is sleek in appearance and weighs around 4.5lbs. The display comes with a resolution of 1280 x800. Colors are bright and vivid. The screen can rotate in both directions – a feature great for presentations. The speaker quality is average. But with a good pair of headphones you will be able to listen to music.

Keyboard/Touchpad/Pen
The LifeBook T5010 keyboard is solid and doesnt show any signs of flex. The keys are flat and the normal size. The touchpad is very responsive. The right and left click buttons work well. The pen is great to take notes with and comes with an eraser. The active digitizer works well with the pen. There are some handy buttons on the screen. They can be programmed as shortcuts in the tablet mode.

Ports and Slots
Port selection is impressive. There are 3 USB 2.0 ports, VGA, LAN, modem, headphone and microphone jacks, memory stick/SD Card slot and dedicated Smart Card Slot. The T5010 is Bluetooth enabled. Other wireless features like Atheros XSPAN (802.11a/b/g/draft-n) also work well. If you prefer, you can get Intel WIFI Link 5300 AGN as an option.

Battery
Battery life is average. You will get up to four hours in the Balanced mode.

Conclusion
Overall, this is a nice tablet PC. It loads web pages fast and you will have no trouble running multiple applications on it. The design is good, so is the bright screen. But prices will still need to come down a bit to entice the customers.

Pros
Active digitizer display that is vivid and bright
Solid design
The screen can be rotated in both directions

Cons
Tends to heat up
Pen tends to get stuck in silo.

Its time to recap the best laptops of the year. So without further ado lets begin.

Sony Z Series: Topping the list is the Sony Z series. Not only does it carry Blu-Ray options it is also the first 13.3 inch notebook to offer 16:9 resolution which means it actually puts the Blu-Ray drive to work.

HP Pavilion DV5T: With an MSRP well below $600, the DV5T is one hot notebook that fails not to appeal to thrill. Couple that with its NVIDIA GeForce 9600M Gt graphics card, and $150 BD drive option whats not to like. Oh and did I mention it also has HDMI output not to mention HPs stellar finishing job on the case of this thing.

Sony FW Series: Blu-Ray drive, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 graphics card, 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 processor, up to 8GB of DDR2 RAM, 500GB HDD, and a 16:9 aspect ratio make this an irresistible choice. And for those of you who are wondering, yes its still below the $1300 mark.

Apple Macbook / Pro: While one of the most expensive notebooks you will ever lay your eyes on the Macbook and its Pro has something going for it that most laptops dont. It can run Mac and Windows. Plus thanks to its new NVIDIA GPU and multi touch trackpad there are few notebooks that can rival the Macbook in performance and ultra sexiness.

Toshiba A305: Other than holding the award for sexiest 15 inch laptop of the year the Toshiba A305 shines in the performance area as well. 2.0GHz Core 2 Duo Processor, 3GB RAM, 320GB HDD, sleep and charge technology, Intel’s GMA 4500MHD graphics card. If you have an extra buck fifty to drop than you might consider upgrading to a nine cell battery (to replace the included six cell) and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 graphic card.

The newly announced Asus UL30, UL50AG and UL50VG will run on CULV processors. Besides being power efficient the new laptops feature a thin design and promises to deliver up to 12 hours of battery life.

Design
The chassis is built of brushed aluminum which lends the laptops an aura of elegance while at the same time keeping the design thin. While the UL30 has a 13.3 inch display, the other two notebooks – the UL50AG and UL50VG – come with 15.6 inch displays.

Specifications
The laptops will be powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 1.40GHz processor with 500GB hard disk. The UL50VG will come with a switchable discrete graphics GPU. Another power efficient feature is the Turbo Boost option which improves the performance of the laptops by 33%.

The touchpad supports multi-touch gestures. Other features include Bluetooth, Wi-Fi b/g/n, webcam and Altec Lansing Speakers with SRS surround sound.

Pricing and Availability
The laptops will hit the UK market on October 22 with Windows 7. Prices start from £599 for UL30, £699 for UL50AG and £799 for UL50VG.

Graphics card maker Nvidia will soon release a light edition of their popular Ion chipset. The new version – Ion LE - will be slightly underpowered. It will also have a lower price. While the full edition of Ion chipsets will be able to run DirectX 10, the lighter edition of Ion will support only DirectX 9. Ion LE will still be able to decode 1080p video content.

The Ion chipsets are commonly paired with netbooks using the Windows Vista operating system and the Intel Atom processor. While Ion is not the best graphics card out there, it is still a great option for most users who are not into heavy gaming. Nvidia said that Ion LE products will be compatible with the soon-to-be launched Windows 7.

1.Make sure that your laptop’s intake and exhaust vents are not clogged up with dust. Poor air circulation will cause your laptop to get hotter fast. This will affect the performance of your laptop apart from damaging its internal components.

2. Declutter your computer. Clean up your registry and remove old and unused files and programs.

3. Having a lot of programs on your startup list can make your computer slow. Remove unnecessary programs from the startup menu.

4. Solid-state-drives are costlier than drives having moving parts. But they are much faster.

5. Use a good Antivirus Program. Home users can use the powerful AVG antivirus program for free.

6. Encrypt your drive to ensure that the important documents stored on your laptop are safe. BitLocker and TrueCrypt are popular drive encryption programs.

7. Keep every program and application that run of your laptop up-to-date.

Its not too many times I get to say this (as not too many of these products are made) but this slate PC from Fijitsu is pretty darn awesome. The new system comes with a 12-inch WXGA display, low voltage Core Duo 2 SU9400 processor, 80GB HDD and 1GB of RAM. If youre looking to really pack in the specs there are options for a built in camera, 9-cell battery (yes you read right), SSD drive, integrated UWB drive, three different docks and some Intel Turbo Memory.

The giant Fujitsu recently embedded the latest technology of 3.5g into its newest line of product Fujitsu U2010. Some of the specification sounds extremely impressive such as 3.5G WWAN connectivity along with dual antenna and up to 7.5Mbps downlink. The company name it Super-light, 5.6-inch touch-screen table-convertible UMPC with excellent Intel Centrino Atom Processor technology. For now U2010 is available in Asia Pacific, Singapore, Hong Kong and Philippines, in US it is recognized as U820. Company didn’t speak about pricing yet!

Physical Interfaces includes SD Card Slot, Compact Flash Slot and USB2.0. Wireless Interfaces comprises of 802.11 a/b/g and 802.11n. UMPC Portal opinion says it works 3.5hours under bapco is a wifi-off, low screen brightness test. Expect just about 3hrs browsing on this notebook. Battery life is noted as 3.5hrs under Bapco 2007 productivity workload test with the 2-cell battery. Consumer demand of tri-band support UMTS – 580,1900 and 2100 MHz is now full-filled with this machine. Further it Supports quad-band EDGE/GPRS/GSM - 850, 900, 1800, and 1900 MHz. Its optimal connectivity has built-in Wireless LAN, Fast Ethernet and Bluetooth v2.1. Even the keyboard is standard and typing on your keys is fairly smooth despite small keys. If going for it make sure you have unlimited data plan ;-)

Apple recently released a firmware that was supposed to (unofficially since they never claimed it would) fix the memory problems some owners of new Macbooks/Pros were experiencing where their 4GB RAM laptops would suddenly freeze up.

AMILO Pi 3540 – from the house of Fujitsu Siemens

The most recent to adhere the panda team is Fujitsu Siemens. All right, so it’s Amilo Pi 3540 has completely jack crouch to do with pandas, but it is black and white, and thats high-quality sufficient for our agitated imaginations. You can purchase one of these fashionable 15.4-inch multimedia work panda shores now for a paltry £700.

Design
There are quite a few things we akin to about the Pi 3540s intend. It has front facing audio jacks, building it trouble-free to bond a set of headphones. The headphone port yet doubles as a digital S/PDIF jack so you can harvest a surround-sound indication to a set of well-matched exterior speakers. Theres also a front-facing memory card window, and a 1.3-megapixel webcam, with assortment mics on each side of it.

Performance
The Pi 3540 is a Centrino 2 notebook, so it assures strong, proficient presentation. £699 acquires you a reasonably freezing Intel Core 2 Duo 8400 CPU sprinting at 2.26GHz, and 4GB of 800MHz DDR RAM. Regardless of being a Centrino 2 notebook with a comparatively quick CPU, the Pi 3540 is a normal performer. It watched a meager 2,380 in PC Mark 2005, which is pretty lame bearing in mind the correspondingly priced Samsung Q210 racked up 5,184. 3D presentation isnt so hot any way. It gained 2,259 in 3DMark 2006 which, to its recognition, is a miniature bit enhanced than the Samsung.

Battery sprint life is pretty standard, too. It sustained 1 hour 30 minutes in our CPU-intensive Battery Eater examination, and 2 hours 35 minutes in the fewer concentrated reader examination. Thats pretty lame evaluated to the 3 hours 14 minutes and 5 hours 28 minutes accomplished by the Q210.

We have to provide crutches to Fujitsu Siemens for the Pi 3540s tremendously calm operation. You can scarcely hear the fixation when its sprinting, and thats not anything to do with the gimmicky quiet mode push button above the keyboard, which appears to serve completely no purpose.

Overall
The Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Pi 3540 is a comparatively average notebook with above-average glances. It doesnt do extremely well in any fastidious area, but it is appealingly reasonably priced, so for that it receives our admiration. However, if youre subsequent to a quicker, lighter, longer-lasting, albeit uglier Centrino 2 notebook, youll be enhanced off with the Samsung Q210.

Pros
+ Styling
+ Ample hard drive storage

Cons
- Standard battery life and presentation
- Only two USB ports provided.

Value For Money

Our Rating

NOX-Out punch by Zepto NOX A15

Dont be concerned if you havent stumbled upon a brand Zepto -- most people havent. Its a huge outfit, though. This Danish notebook producer has developed since 2002 to be converted into the self-proclaimed principal local producer of notebook PCs in Europe, delivering machines to 19 countries. Its most recent attempt, the Nox A15, is ingredient of its recital range, and captures high-spec components and seems to die for. Prices initiate from around £932.

Design
The Nox A15 is an eye-catching animal. The complete thing has a stunning matte black terminate and cambered edges that formulate it evocative of the old black MacBook. The closure has a Zepto emblem printed in an off-white color, but its so minimalist, we essentially desire it to the large back-lit apple on the MacBook.

Performance
Unlike several producers, Zepto permits customers to constitute its notebooks before buying. As a consequence, there is a quite few ways you can squeeze the A15. Our test equipment came with an Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 sprinting at 2.26GHz, plus 4GB of DDR2 800MHz memory. Nevertheless, for an additional £62 you can pace up to a 2.4GHz P8600 or for £157 more, a 2.53GHz P9500 monster with 6MB of L2 cache.

Zepto has selected an NVidia Geforce 9600M GT graphics accelerator adaptor for the Nox A15. This, youll be satisfied to hear, is rather powerful and wont reticent away from sporting the most recent games -- even though perhaps not at the uppermost resolutions. The A15 arrives with a 1,280x800-pixel panel as customary, but if you necessitate more display real estate, you can avail yourself a 1,680 x 1,050-pixel panel for £62.

An outcome of this elevated presentation, however, is lackluster battery sprint life. The Nox A15 sustained a measly 1 hour and 23 minutes in our Battery Eater Classic test -- but thats to be anticipated from a notebook of this breed. If you desire something with enhanced battery life, then youll require looking at a diverse class of notebook.

Conclusion
We akin to the Zepto Nox A15. Were huge fans of its not glossy black finish and filleted edges, and even superior fans of its presentation and customizability. If you fancy something a diminutive diverse to the Dells and Acers of this planet, then you could do far inferior.

Pros
+ Matte black framework;
+ Customizability.

Cons
- Keyboard not the best;
- Poor battery sprint life.

Value For Money

Our Rating

Asus plans to roll out an updated version of its Eee PC T91 touchscreen convertible netbook. Like the previous version, the new model is also powered by a 1.33 GHz Intel Atom Z520 processor. Though it ships with 1GB of RAM, it is upgradable to 2GB.

The new Eee PC T91MT runs on Windows 7 Home Premium. It has an 8.9 inch touch screen display that supports multi-touch gestures. The display can be folded down over the keyboard to use the device in the tablet mode. Another update over the previous version is the SSD which is now available in 32GB capacity. Asus also offers 500GB of free online storage.

The Asus Eee PC T91MT is now available for pre-order from Amazon for $549. The netbook has a non-removable battery which is expected to give up to 5 hours of run time. Other features include Bluetooth, WiFi 802.11b/g/n and up to 2GB of RAM.

The HP Pavilion tx2500z tablet PC has received rave reviews ever since it was launched. It comes with an AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology Processor. Up to 4096MB DDR2 System Memory can be installed on this tablet. It uses the ATI Mobile Radeon HD 3200 Graphics, and a 12.1" WXGA High-Definition HP Touch-screen/Active Digitizer Display.

You can rotate the display panel 180 degrees and then fold it flat. The tablet has a solid design and incorporates the same features as its predecessor, the tx2000. The battery technology is Lithium Ion based. The tablet is compatible with HP Pavilion tx1000 & tx2000 notebooks.

The HP ProBook 4310s is a 13-inch budget priced business notebook. It has more or less the same design as the ProBook 4510s and 4710s.

Review Unit Configuration
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T6570 Processor (2.1GHz, 2MB L2 cache, 800MHz FSB)
Operating system: Microsoft Genuine Windows Vista Business (with option for Windows XP downgrade)
Display: 13.3-inch LED-backlit anti-glare HD display (1366 x 768)
Graphics: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD
Memory: 2GB DDR3 1333MHz RAM
Storage: 320GB 7200RPM HDD

Price as configured: $779

Build and Design
The HP ProBook notebooks are aimed at small and medium businesses. These laptops offer a good balance of features at an affordable price.

The ProBook 4310s has a square, industrial-looking exterior and recessed keyboard area. The ProBooks are made mostly of plastic unlike the Elitebooks which are made of magnesium and aluminum alloy.

The ProBook 4310s is fairly light at 4.4 pounds. But the use of thin and light plastics lends a cheap feel to the notebook. The base of the laptop and screen lid show flex. Also, the chassis isn’t strong enough to withstand multiple drops off a desk. It would have been nice if HP had used thicker plastics or magnesium alloy in the construction of 4310s. On the plus side there are removable panels on the bottom of the laptop so upgrading components isn’t very difficult.
The average build quality, however, doesn’t prevent the laptop from featuring HP 3D DriveGuard which provides protection to the hard drive in the event the laptop gets dropped. Other security features on the notebook include HP ProtectTools with drive encryption, Device Access Manager, HP Spare Key, HP Disk Sanitizer and File Sanitizer.

Screen and Speakers
The ProBook 4310s comes with a 13.3 inch anti-glare display with 16:9 aspect ratio. The display features 1366x768 pixels. The display is good with good color and contrast. Horizontal viewing angles are excellent but vertical viewing angles are average.

The speakers are placed above the keyboard so that the sound is directed towards the user. Still, speaker performance isn’t very good. They sound tinny and lack range and at higher volumes, the audio tends to sound distorted.

Keyboard and Touchpad
The 4310s has a full-size keyboard featuring a chiclet style. There is enough spacing between keys for comfortable typing. The layout of the keyboard is equally good.

The touchpad is very responsive. On the flip side, the touchpad buttons are a very stiff and require a deep press in order to register a click. Unlike other HP consumer notebooks, there is no dedicated touchpad disable button on 4310s.

Ports and Features
Port selection is good. There are USB 2.0 ports, optical drive, WiFi (802.11a/b/g/draft-n), Ethernet, Modem, and Bluetooth.

Performance
The HP ProBook 4310 is equipped with an Intel T6570 processor running at 2.1GHz and integrated intel graphics. HP also provides the option of discrete graphics (ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 with 512 MB dedicated video memory) at an additional cost. The 320GB hard drive spins at 7200rpm, so applications load without much lag. The notebook has enough power to handle applications like MS Office and FireFox. You will also be able to do some basic video work. High end gaming is still out of question as the integrated graphics isn’t very powerful.

Heat and Noise
During normal use heat production is minimal. Noise levels are also reasonable. But put the machine under pressure, and you will not have to try too hard to hear noise generated by the exhaust fans.

Battery
The base configuration comes with a 4-cell 37WHr battery. A larger 8-cell 73WHr battery is also available. The 4-cell battery will provide up to 4 hours of up time.

Conclusion
A decent notebook offering satisfactory performance. The HP 4310s is stylish and offers a good balance of features at a reasonable price.

Pros:
Reasonably priced
Great keyboard
Attractive design

Cons:
Average build quality
Costly if you buy it custom configured
Bad touchpad buttons

Samsung is expected to announce two new notebooks soon. Dubbed X420 and X520, they will have a CULV processor.

The Samsung X420 will use a low voltage Intel Pentium Dual Core SU2700 1.30 GHz processor. Other hardware specifications include a 250GB 5400RPM hard drive and 3GB DDR3 RAM. The X420 has a 14 inch display.

The X520 has a 15.6 inch display. It is equipped with an ultra-low voltage processor with a 320GB HDD and 4GB DDR3 memory. The graphics on both notebooks will be handled by the integrated Intel GMA X4500M cards. There will be the usual number of ports. The 6-cell battery is expected to give up to 9 hours of battery life. The notebooks are expected to be released after the official launch of Windows 7 in October.

Sager has unveiled its 15-inch gaming notebook which could be a direct competitor to the Alienware M15x. The NP8690 is equipped with a mobile Intel Core i7 processor and a Nvidia GeForce GTX 280M graphics card. Its specifications are as follows:

Processor: Intel Core i7 (1.6 - 2.0GHz)
Display: 15.6 inch W/LED backlit display with 1600x900 or 1920x1080 pixels
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 280M w/ 1GB GDDR3
RAM: Up to 8GB DDR3-1333

Port Selection
There are 4 USB 2.0 ports, 1 HDMI output port, 1 DVI-I output port, 1 eSATA Port (VISTA only), FireWire, Headphone Jack, Microphone Jack, RJ-45 LAN (10/100/1000Mbps) and RJ-11 Modem. The machine weighs 7.38 lbs with battery.

Pricing & Availability
The Sager NP8690 is now available for pre-order. The notebook will start shipping in October. Prices start at $1,789.

The Lenovo Z60T is a thin and light laptop ideal for mobile professionals. It weighs just under 5lbs making it highly portable. The notebook comes with several great security features including a biometric fingerprint reader. Another useful security feature is the ThinkVantage Active Protection System which will shut down your hard drive if the notebook is dropped or bounced accidentally.

Who should buy ThinkPad Z60t?
Well, any mobile professional who wants an ultra portable laptop with a widescreen should consider buying this. ThinkPad Z60t comes with a powerful processor: It can be configured with 2.13 GHz Pentium M processor or the Intel Celeron M 1.5 GHz processor. It has three 3 USB 2.0 ports, a media card reader and FireWire. You can install up to 2GB of RAM on this PC. The Z60t doesn’t come with a dedicated graphics card. There is, nevertheless, Intel’s integrated multimedia accelerator with which you can still play a lot of games.

Your laptop needs to be thoroughly cleaned at least once a year. The recommended cleaning procedure for laptops differs from model to model. So read your User’s Manual before you clean your laptop.

Cleaning the Exterior
You can clean the exterior of your laptop with a soft damp cloth. Do not use a scratchy or abrasive cloth for cleaning. Also avoid using harsh cleaning agents. Do not spray the cleaning solution directly onto the casing of the laptop. You need to spray it on to the cloth first and then wipe the casing thoroughly.

Cleaning the cooling vents
Use a bottle of compressed air to clean the cooling vents. Don’t spray hard. Use cotton swabs to hold fans in place while you clean them.

I/O PORTS:
You can wipe away large pieces of dirt that may have accumulated in the ports with cotton swabs. You can also blow compressed air on to the ports.

Cleaning the Display
Use a non-abrasive cotton cloth for cleaning the display. Do not use ammonia based cleaning solutions as they will leave a film. Do not spray the cleaning solution directly on to the display. Spray on the cloth first and then wipe the screen with the cloth.

Cleaning keyboard
Use compressed air or cotton swabs to remove the dirt build-up in and around the keys. With some laptop models you can remove the keys for cleaning. Read your user manual to see whether yours allow this. Be sure to put the keys back into their proper places after you are done cleaning them.

HP is about to release a new entertainment notebook series without much fanfare. You can expect to see the new Pavilion dv3z series from HP very soon as declared by their product support page. One of the first models in this series will be the HP Pavilion dv3z-1000 CTO. The HP Pavilion dv3z series is a 13.3-inch notebook with a display resolution of 1280x800 pixels. The series will have AMD Turion with an option to upgrade to either Turion Ultra or Athlon dual core CPUs.
The HP Pavilion dv3z series will also include 8GB of DDR2 memory, HDD and SDD with SATA interface, ATI Radeon HD 3200 integrated graphics, HDMI and VGA outputs, 802.11n wireless connection, web camera, stereo speakers, Gigabit Ethernet LAN, Bluetooth, ExpressCard slot, two USB ports, 5-in-1 media card reader, eSATA port and an optional fingerprint reader.
This latest release of HP will weigh 4 pounds and comes preloaded with Windows Vista OS. The HP Pavilion dv3z entertainment notebooks are expected to hit the stands by the end of first week of Jan and the pricing is speculated to start at about $799.99.

Acer Aspire 6920 – Cool walk down the lane

The all innovative Gemstone Blue series laptops from Acer offer a cinematic knowledge with a 16-inch 16:9 ratio exhibit, built-in subwoofer, and touch-sensitive multimedia control panel. Going ahead of the multimedia familiarity, Acer also give this Gemstone laptop one of the most pioneering designs we have witnessed in years.

Design
Build excellence of the Acer Aspire 6920 is very concrete and held up quite healthy during our testing. Whether it was being tossed inside of a rucksack unevenly or passed around by the edge of the palm rest, it didnt formulate one squeak of noise. The plastics utilized throughout the laptop are high quality, and provide it a harsh feel which doesnt crook under a burly grip.

Performance
The Intel Core 2 Duo T5750 processor establishes in our assessment configuration isnt precisely the greatest processor on the market, but it was more than quick enough for your standard workload. Office efficiency applications and internet browsers were no setbacks for this computer. Even more intricate tasks such as compressing audio or video files in iTunes accomplished without much delay. Overall most consumers will have a hard time telling the dissimilarity between a top of the line processor and base budget sculpt during day to day work.

The 16:9 Acer Cine-Crystal LCD rates average compared to other laptops, having high-quality color and contrast, but deficient in a wide viewing range. On the balanced shape with screen brightness set to 60% and wireless enabled, the Acer Gemstone pulled off 4 hours and 6 minutes of battery sprint life with the 4400mAh battery.

Thermal presentation is better than average, where even beneath heavy stress, like in the center of benchmarking, the laptop is scarcely above room temperature in all of the significant areas. The palm rests were faintly above room temperature and the underneath was fairly cool as well.

Conclusion
The Acer Gemstone Blue string has one of the coolest designs we have witnessed in our office in quite an elongated time. The concentration to aspect is astounding, particularly with the screen cover where you comprehend the color isnt a solid blue, but as an alternative a smooth changeover to a lighter color towards centered Acer logo. Even the screen hinges werent unnoticed, with the chrome inflections and inner blue LED lighting when plugged in.

Pros
+ Rock-hard build quality
+ Elegant screen cover paint finish
+ Chrome and LED trimmed pieces all over
+ Operates with lap friendly temperatures
+ Vast battery life

Cons
- Keyboard flex under typing pressure
- Pitiable screen viewing angles

Value For Money

Our Rating