Archive for December, 2007

Good reviews of good laptops: Toshiba Satellite Pro A210

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

Another interesting review at Notebook Review. The Toshiba Satellite Pro A210 is not a powerful laptop but, according to the review, is well-built and stays cool. You can find the full review here.

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Toshiba Satellite Pro A210-EZ2203X Notebook

Toshiba Satellite Pro A210-EZ2203X Notebook

Toshiba Satellite Pro A210-EZ2203X Notebook


Gaming laptops roundup: Asus G1S wins!

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

The guys at Extremetech have been talking about gaming laptops lately, and today they publish a roundup of 3 gaming laptops. Conclussion: in spite of the Alienware Area-51 m9750 being the best performer, the Asus G1S is considered the best in the roundup because of its good performance/price ratio. It is also one of my favorite laptops in the article about powerful laptops I am preparing. Stay tuned!

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2002.99 USD at Buy.com: ASUS G1S B2 Gaming Laptop Computer Core 2 Duo T7700 / 2.4 GHz – Centrino Duo – RAM 3 GB – HDD 200 GB – DVD RW / DVD-RAM – GF 8600M GT – Gigabit Ethernet – WLAN

1844,27 at TheNerds.net: ASUSTeK G1S-B1 Notebook

1168.54 GBP at Shop.com (UK): Notepad G1s-ak005c Core 2 Duo T7500 2gb 160gb 15.4-tft Dvd-rw Vista Hprem



(I know, the links look ugly, but I don’t have permission to change them!)

Vulnerability found in HP laptops

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

A vulnerability has been found in some HP laptops that could compromise its security. The list of affected laptops can be found here. The patch to repair the vulnerability can be downloaded here.

Source: Laptop Logic.

Good reviews of good laptops: HP Pavilion dv6500z and Dell XPS M1530

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

Two good reviews of good laptops:

Laptop Magazine reviews HP’s Pavilion dv6500z, a home laptop with 15.4″ screen and Nvidia GeForce 8400M GT graphics card that scores 4/5.

CNet Reviews reviews Dell’s XPS M1530, a highly configurable laptop with 15.4″ screen that scores 7.8/10.