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June, 2009
Monday, June 22nd, 2009
NEW Coupon Expired
30% off web coupon for the purchase of customized HP Pavilion Notebook PC configured at $999 or greater at the HP Home & Home Office Store using coupon code NB2556. Offer excludes HP Pavilion dv4 Special Edition, HP Minis and Compaq models. Offer limited to the first 2,200 coupons redeemed. 1 redemption per person or address. Not valid with other promotions. Restrictions apply. Not combinable with instant rebates. For complete conditions, see “Coupon Information” in the “Customer Service” section at www.hpshopping.com.
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Recommended Configuration:
HP Pavilion dv4t Entertainment PC
- Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD
- Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P7450
- Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1
- 14.1” diagonal WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display
- 500GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
- LightScribe Super Multi 8X DVD+/-RW w/Double Layer
- 4GB DDR2 System Memory
- 802.11b/g WLAN
- Webcam Only
- High Capacity 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
Price = $1,014.99 – $150 IR – $154.50 coupon = $710.49
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Monday, June 22nd, 2009
It is hard to be on holidays and try to keep up with tech news… During the days I spent in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria there have been news about interesting laptops:
- Dell Latitude Z: ultraslim business laptop powered probably by Intel CULV processors.
- Dell Vostro 1220: affordable 12″ business laptop powered probably by Intel CULV processors, too.
- Dell Inspiron 14: 14″ affordable home laptop. The Inspiron Mini 11 seems to have been spotted, too.
- Sony Vaio NW: home laptop, the cheapest series in Sony’s laptop line. The most interesting model (and likely the top of this series) sports an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 and BD player for less than 800 USD.
- Updated graphics cards in other Sony Vaio series: up to now I have noticed the availability of the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 with 1 GB GDDR3 in the FW series (16″) and the 4570 with 512 MB GDDR3 in the SR series (13″; this is a lot of graphical power for a 13-incher!).
Did I miss something interesting?
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Monday, June 22nd, 2009
Laptop reviews of the last two weeks:
- Acer Aspire One D250-1165 (10″, Atom N270, GMA 950): PC Magazine (4/5), CNET (3.5/5)
- Acer Aspire Timeline 4810T (14″, SU9400, GMA 4500MHD): CNET UK (9/10), Notebookcheck (86%)
- Apple Macbook (13″, P7450, 9400M): CNET (4/5), CNET UK (8/10)
- Apple Macbook Pro 13 (13″, P7550, 9400M): PC Magazine (4.5/5), CNET (4/5), CNET UK (8.6/10), Notebook Review, Computer Shopper (9/10)
- Apple Macbook Pro 15 (15″, P8700, 9400M): PC Magazine (4/5), CNET UK (8.2/10)
- Apple Macbook Pro (full series): Engadget
- Asus N90SV-A2 (18″, T9550, GT 130M, BD): Notebook Review
- Clevo D900F (AVAdirect: 17″, Core i7 975, GTX 280M): Notebook Review
- Clevo M980NU (Cyber System QZ18: 18″, T9900, GTX 280M SLI): Notebookjournal.de
- Dell Adamo 13 (13″, SU9400, GMA 4500MHD): Electronista
- Dell Inspiron Mini 12 (12″, Atom Z520, GMA 500): Fudzilla
- Dell Precision M4400 (15″, P8600, FX 570M): Notebook Review Forums
- Dell Studio 1555 (15″, P8600, HD 4570): Notebookcheck (85%)
- Fujitsu Lifebook M2010 (10″, Atom N270, GMA 950): PC World (76%)
- HP Mini 110 (10″, Atom N270, GMA 950): CNET UK (7,0/10)
- HP Pavilion dv2z (12″, MV-40, HD 3410): Hexus.net (57%)
- Lenovo Ideapad Y450 (14″, T6400, GMA 4500MHD): Notebook Review
- MSI GT725-212US (17″, Q9000, HD 4850): CNET (4/5)
- MSI Wind U115 (10″, Atom Z530, GMA 500): Portable Monkey (2nd video), CNET UK (7/10). Warning: this netbook has been banned by Microsoft!
- MSI X340 (13″, SU3500, GMA 4500MHD): Fudzilla
- Samsung N120 (10″, Atom N270, GMA 950): PC World (82%), Register Hardware (80%)
- Sony Vaio P21Z (8″, Atom Z520, GMA 500): Notebookcheck (86%)
- Toshiba Mini NB205 (10″, Atom N280, GMA 950): Laptop Magazine (4.5/5)
- Toshiba Portege R600-ST520W (12″, SU9400, GMA 4500MHD): PC World (72%)
- Toshiba Portege A605-P210 (12″, SU9300, GMA 4500MHD): PC World (73%)
- Toshiba Tecra M10-S3411 (14″, P8600, GMA 4500MHD): Computer Shopper (8.5/10)
Other interesting links:
Buy at 
Alienware UK
Sony Style UK
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Friday, June 19th, 2009
According to Notebook Italia the update to the Dell Studio XPS 16 to the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670 (from the current 3670) could be imminent. Their sources are not very clear, but if you are going to purchase this laptop and you need a good gaming performance, maybe it is better to wait a little.
Update: while in the web the 3670 is the only card shown (correction: IT IS available at the Dell’s site), some users at the Notebook Review forums seem to have ordered their laptops with the 4670, so you could try ordering by phone and ask for that card.
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Friday, June 19th, 2009
Notebookjournal.de published Nvidia GeForce GTX 280M SLI benchmarks, and they are the first ones as far as I know. The games tested are Call of Duty 4, World in Conflict, Lost Planet, Race Driver GRID, Far Cry 2, GTA IV and Call of Duty: World at War. The processor is an Intel Core 2 Duo T9900 at 3,06 GHz.
Very interesting if you are planning to spend a lot of money on an Alienware M17x with such cards.
Tags: Alienware, benchmarks, Gaming, Nvidia GeForce
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Thursday, June 18th, 2009
NEW Coupon
$250 web coupon for the purchase of a customized HP Pavilion Notebook PC configured at $1099 or greater at the HP Home & Home Office Store using coupon code NB4366. Offer limited to the first 2100 coupons redeemed. 1 redemption per person or address. Combinable instant rebates. Not valid with other promotions. Restrictions apply. For complete conditions, see “Coupon Information” in the “Customer Service” section at www.hpshopping.com.
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Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
If you live in the US you can already order the HP Pavilion dv2z with dual-core processors: either an AMD Athlon Neo X2 L335 for 25 USD over the MV-40, or an AMD Turion Neo X2 L625 (with twice the cache) for 75 USD. This new dv2z uses a newer chipset with an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3200 instead of the older X1250 (Source: HP USA). I was told that the dual-core models are not going to be available in Spain (so probably in Europe) until December.
It seems that price of the Lenovo Ideapad S12, the 12″ ultraportable based on the Nvidia Ion platform, is going to be 379 € in Italy. In my opinion this price is very low compared with the usual prices in Spain, maybe computers are much cheaper in Italy… (Source: Notebook Italia).
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Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
It’s not a full refresh of the line, but small improvements and a pricing revision that makes Apple laptops even more interesting.
The changes I find more interesting are:
- Faster processors and 8 GB of supported RAM.
- All the Pro laptops use integrated battery (good battery life but not user-replaceable).
- The aluminium 13″ Macbook moves to the Pro line: it gets a FireWire port, and the plastic one is the only Macbook now. The base price is 1199 USD.
- The Macbook Air is now cheaper: 1499 USD the base model (with 120 GB HD) and 1799 USD with 128 GB SSD.
More info: Apple
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Monday, June 8th, 2009
NEW Coupon:
30% off web-only coupon for the purchase of a customized HP Pavilion Notebook or HP HDX Notebook configured at $999 or greater at the HP Home & Home Office Store. Offer excludes HP Pavilion Special Edition dv4 Special Edition, HP Mini, and Compaq models. Coupon code: NB3442. Offer limited to the first 1800 coupons redeemed. 1 redemption per person or address. Not valid with other promotions. Restrictions apply. Not combinable with instant rebates. For complete conditions, see “Coupon Information” in the “Customer Service” section at www.hpshopping.com.
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Sunday, June 7th, 2009
Laptop reviews of the week:
- Acer Aspire 5536G-644G32Mn (15″, QL-64, HD 4570): Notebookcheck (78%)
- Acer Aspire 5935G-9A4G50Bn (15″, T9550, GT 130M+GMA 4500MHD): Notebookcheck (82%)
- Acer Aspire One AOD250-1165 (10″, Atom N270, GMA 950): Computer Shopper (7.9/10)
- Acer Aspire Timeline AS3810T-6415 (13″, SU9400, GMA 4500MHD): Computer Shopper (7.6/10), PC Magazine (4/5), Laptop Magazine (4/5)
- Acer Aspire Timeline 4810T (14″, SU9400, GMA 4500MHD): PC Pro (5/6)
- Acer eMachine E520-571G16Mi (15″, Celeron M 575, GMA 4500MHD): TechRadar (3/5)
- Alienware M17x Allpowerful (17″, QX9300, GTX 280M SLI): Driver Heaven
- Clevo M860TU (Sager NP8662, mySN XMG5: 15″, P8600, GTX 260M): PC Magazine (3.5/5), Notebookcheck (89%)
- Fujitsu M2010 (10″, Atom N270, GMA 950): PC Magazine (3.5/5), Computer Shopper (7.6/10)
- HP Mini 110 (10″, Atom N270, GMA 950): CNET (3.5/5)
- HP Pavilion dv2 (12″, Neo MV-40, HD 3410): Register Hardware (70%)
- HP Pavilion dv3-2055ea (13″, T6400, G 105M): CNET UK (7/10)
- HP Pavilion dv6-1199eg (16″, RM-75, HD 4530): Notebookcheck (80%)
- MSI Windo U115 Hybrid (10″, Atom Z530, GMA 500): Computer Shopper (5.7/10)
- MSI X340 (13″, SU3500, GMA 4500MHD) CNET (3.5/5)
- Sony Vaio CS 220J/T (14″, T6400, GMA 4500MHD): Notebook Review
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