Intel’s own definition of what a netbook is, is rather odd in that it belittles the functionality and versatility of netbooks in general, an extremely unusual behaviour from a company that currently has a firm grasp on the netbook industry in general. Looking at the comparison chart provided, Intel is seemingly unaware of the power of...
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Graphics cards for laptop computers aren’t a major selling point for most people, your average Intel graphics card such as an Intel GMA 4500HD is enough to handle video playback and handle anything but gaming for the most part and it’s becoming as such with netbooks as well; but there are so many out there...
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The 11.6” range of netbooks is a personal favourite, offering a decent sized screen with higher resolutions than your typical 10.1” display or more cost effective than the ones that it equals. Although the new Acer Aspire 1430 Notebook doesn’t technically qualify as a netbook, it does provide a fantastic solution for either a netbook...
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Laptop chargers can be a real pain sometimes, forgetting your charger when you have a high powered laptop that will only last a few minutes battery power makes the whole thing useless so the natural response would be to purchase a secondary charger that you can keep in your bags at all times. Most aftermarket laptop...
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Maingear have been busy working their way into the mobile gaming consumer market, just recently releasing a number of gaming laptops and shortly after offering another two to the collection, the Alt-15 and Alt-17 gaming laptops. The company aims to provide gaming laptops at various prices and performances, these two new additions aim to provide a...
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Notion Ink have made a few contributions to the tablet industry with their Nvidia Tegra 2 powered Adam tablet although we’re still waiting for a release, but in our wait, we’ve had a few sneak peeks of what we can expect to see what it does launch. One thing that is missed from tablet devices is...
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When it comes to gaming laptops, few can challenge the power of the ASUS G73Jw, a 17.3” laptop that has just about the best of anything you can think of and without pasting on a ridiculous price tag. With its Republic of Gamers branding, you know from the start that this device is going to be...
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Touchpads are a common complaint about laptops and netbooks alike, seeing as without an additional USB mouse the touchpad is your main input tool, it’s pretty important that manufacturers get this right; but it’s not down to the manufacturers of your laptop, but the manufacturer of your touchpad, in most cases Synaptics. Synaptics are in the...
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There’s fast Flash drive USB memory sticks and then there’s the LaCie SSD-based USB 3.0 FastKey. LaCie have been making portable hard drives and putting interesting spins on portable re-writable media for some time now, and here they are once again with an SSD-based USB 3.0 ‘FastKey’ which offers huge capacities of storage at high speeds...
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The lacking feature of the Android Market on tablet devices is one that has troubled many, not being able to get apps easily straight to your Android device would seem like a fatal flaw but the Advent Vega is proving otherwise. Powered by the Nvidia Tegra 2 chipset, this surprisingly powerful tablet device from Advent is...
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