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ASUS N-Series Laptop Announced (Bang & Olufsen)
March 2, 2010
With the world becoming ever more mobile as time goes on and 3D movies growing in popularity and demand, computer manufacturers have produced some fantastic machines capable of offering both of these properties for as little cost as possible. None more so than ASUS with their latest offering of entertainment laptops. The Bang & Olufsen ICEpowered N-Series laptops are the perfect combination of power and elegance for movie lovers and gamers alike.
The machines are capable of full HD and 3D playback which is clearly something that will be implemented into the majority of entertainment laptops over the coming months.
Obviously, with Bang & Olufsen backing the machine, you would expect the audio to be of high quality too. Therefore this really does make the perfect entertainment machine at what is expected to be a relatively low cost for such a machine and personally I think it looks much better than the ASUS NX90Jq Laptop (Bang & Olufsen design) that was unveiled recently at CES 2010.
Continue reading »Sony Vaio E Series Laptop Launched
February 4, 2010
In a world that is already full to the brim of laptops it is often quite difficult to make an impact if you are simply making an ‘all rounder’, which is somewhat ironic as that is the type of laptop that most people buy – the markets for the thinnest, biggest and most powerful of anything is normally relatively small!
But that is not to say that they can’t be good, and this week has brought the latest of Sony’s multimedia laptops the Vaio E series which promise to have “power, looks and multimedia performance”. So nothing really important then!
The fact that the Sony Vaio E Series is not focused on any particular thing makes it difficult to pick out any real big points to start with, so it makes logical sense to start on the outside with the ‘looks’ and as per usual with Vaio laptops it looks sleek, stylish and comes ready emblazoned with ‘VAIO’ and ‘Sony’ in big silver letters on the lid, just in case you forgot! Admittedly it does look pretty much like every other Vaio laptop such as the Vaio NW Series, Vaio F, S & Y Series and even the Sony Netbook (W Series). Although that said, given what the others do look like that’s not necessarily a bad thing!
Continue reading »Asus G51J – 3D Gaming Laptop
January 29, 2010
Just in case you hadn’t noticed, 3D has been on the rise over the last year, and the success of James Cameron’s Avatar movie has really catapulted the technology into the limelight not only just for films but for games as well and that’s where the Asus G51J-3D comes in – it is the first laptop that comes ready packed with the popular Nvidia 3D Vision technology.
Now Nvidia’s 3D Vision technology is nothing especially new (in fact I was lucky enough to have a play with it at the Eurogamer Expo in October 2009) but this is the first time it has been offered in a laptop, mostly due to the string of requirements needed to get it up and running.
The problem mostly comes in the form of the monitor, but the 120Hz display and compatible GPU that the G51J offers, combined with the necessary Infra-red emitter and the included set of Nvidia’s 3D glasses means that you will be able to play in glorious 3D on the move.
Continue reading »New Sony Vaio Laptops (F, S, Y Series) & Netbook (W Series) Announced (CES 2010)
January 7, 2010
Sony have been out in force at CES 2010 with a number of announcements about new Sony Vaio laptops that they’ll be releasing in the coming months. There would appear to quite a selection to choose from in their various different model series of Sony Vaio branded notebooks and also includes a Sony netbook, a market in which they’ve made a late entry into in the last year.
HP TouchSmart tm2 Laptop-Tablet Announced (CES 2010)
January 6, 2010
Ah, the mythical tablet… Amongst all of Apple’s iSlate rumours and Microsoft’s Courier rumours, the world forgot about HP’s TouchSmart! Their new model, the tm2, has made an appearance at CES this year, and it’s looking rather impressive…
The new TouchSmart is a convertible tablet device, meaning that it’s a laptop when you want a laptop, and a touch screen tablet when you aren’t in the mood for a physical keyboard and mouse! It has a 12.1” screen with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor behind the scenes – it even has discrete graphics powered by ATI.
Continue reading »ASUS NX90Jq Laptop – Bang & Olufsen Design (CES 2010)
January 6, 2010
I dare you to find a Bang & Olufsen product that isn’t well designed… To me, B&O are the pinnacle of design in the technology industry, so when I heard that ASUS had turned to the company to design their brand new laptop – the Asus NX90Jq.
The design screams Bang & Olufsen as soon as you look at it, so surely this is doing to be a hit? One things for sure, everything B&O touches immediately doubles in price, so it’s going to be highly priced.
Continue reading »ASUS ROG G73jh Laptop (CES 2010)
January 6, 2010
If you’re a power hungry user who needs to be at the top of your game wherever you are, you’ll love ASUS’s new gaming laptop, the ASUS ROG G73jh with its ridiculously powerful specs for a portable machine.
If you’re not bothered about sacrificing good looks for a powerful processor, you’re looking at a Core i7 processor; up to 8GB of DDR3 RAM; HD Audio; a whopping 1TB of hard drive space and DX11 graphics provided by the ATI Radeon HD 5870 which gives you 1GB GDDR5 memory. More visibly, your money will get you a 17.3” display with a 1080p resolution for some serious gaming and watching films on the Blu-Ray drive that comes along for the ride!
Continue reading »Stealth Laptop Sleeve (Postal Envelope Bag)
November 27, 2009
Crafted from super strong fabric, the Stealth Laptop Sleeve gives you the power to carry your laptop with you wherever you may go, without having a sling a laptop backpack over your shoulder. It looks just like an old manila envelope so passers-by won’t be looking at you with a painful look of disgust and sharing whispers about your tatty 90’s IBM laptop bag.
Of course, this doesn’t really happen, but either way, it’s something different. A novelty method of safely transporting your notebook PC so you can be a little bit out of the ordinary, but also it will actually deter those more unscrupulous types who might be looking to steal a standard looking laptop bag.
Continue reading »Dell Adamo XPS – The Latest ‘Thinnest Laptop’
November 11, 2009
If you recognise the name ‘Dell Adamo XPS’ and it’s not because of the recent hype it’s probably due to the original “Dell Adamo” machine that went under that name and was released back in March and proudly took the title as being the thinnest laptop around which somewhat took the wind out of Apple’s Air’s sails – by about 0.11 inches to be precise.
Well the race for the thinnest laptop has been a little quieter since then, and this probably down to the fact that most manufacturers have realised most people actually can’t tell the difference between 0.65 and 0.76 inches, and even more importantly aren’t willing to pay hundreds of pounds for the difference. But Dell have seemingly been undeterred by this opinion, and have really pulled the stops out with the Dell Adamo XPS – the new thinnest laptop.
Continue reading »MusicSkins Review (Personalise Hi-Tech Gadgets With Skins)
November 9, 2009
You’ve got your iPod, you’ve got your laptop, and now you can proudly walk around showing them off just like everybody else. But we humans seem to have an inherent need to be different, so somehow stand out, and thus the idea of adding skins to your prized electronic possessions arose and a company called MusicSkins are at the forefront of this market and so we thought we’d have a look.
The first thing you’ve got to do if you want to make your device unique is have the right device, but fortunately this is a pretty easy step as there is a fairly wide range available: the Nintendo DS, Sony PSP and PSP slim, iPhones, iPods, Zunes, SanDisks, a whole variety of popular phones (10) , five different size of laptops (12, 13, 14, 15 and 17 inches), Seagate Hard Drives and most importantly four types of Guitar Hero controllers.
But, alas, despite saying it was easy I found I in fact had none of them which fortunately is more of an exception (especially considering how much I love new tech) than the rule. Mostly this is due to the fact that MusicSkins do not currently offer netbook skins (hint hint!), or at least skins for those less than 12” – so borrowing a sibling’s Nintendo DS was then next step…
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