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Lenovo Ideapad is an ultra-sleek notebook offered by Lenovo. It is available in red which can provide you with a distinct style.

In fact, owning this product is a fashion statement by itself. It has an alumimun alloy top cover with a unique etched surface which provides it an elegant and classy feel.

Another eye catching and one of its kind feature is its screen which reaches till the very end of the cover giving it a edgeless ocean look.

Ideapad also possesses touch sensitive buttons on the top of the keyboard. In addition, there are user-defined keys for multimedia too.

The cover of Idea pad is dynamic, angled shaped, and with a clamshell like style. It has a special hinge which puts the display in an ergonomic position.

Lenovo has built in a very special security feature for the Ideapad users which can give them ample peace of mind.

This notebook uses Veriface face recognition software that helps control access to the notebook. It recognizes when the owner is sitting at the keyboard.

If others try to access the notebook, their faces are also recorded for your reference. Another feature is the active protection system of the notebook.

It records the movement of the notebook from one place to another and in case there is a fall, it will automatically switch off the hard drive for minimum damage.

Ideapad also comes equipped with battery management system which lets you adjusts system performance when you require more time unplugged.

Lenovo’s eye catching design and frameless screen is ideal for a fashion conscious user. It weighs less than 2.5 pounds hence it is ideal choice for a highly mobile user.

Acer’s new offering is a delight for home users. Its light weight makes it easy to carry around anywhere and its features are a cut above the rest.

It is a multimedia focussed laptop and is very useful for home and outdoor purposes. Its sleek design and gemstone look makes it very classy.

It has a 15.6 inch Cine crystal LCD panel which has a 16:9 aspect ratio to provide you with a true cinematic experience. Read the rest of this entry →

The recession has forced both the buyer and manufacture to think twice before buying a product. Every company has been forced to recheck their prices and negate some features for cost effectiveness.

And with that we saw many notebooks from companies coming out branding a 10inch screen. In these dire crisis, Dell has come out with a cheap notebook, the Dell Inspiron 1545.

You can choose from Microsatin Blue, Red or Pacific High-Gloss Blue lids. The matt black is very accurate in terms of showing fingerprints and will need regular attention in cleaning off those fingerprints and there is no cloth provided for this. Read the rest of this entry →

Lenovo IdeaPad S10e is a netbook basically consist of all the essential components of a netbook.

Powered with an Intel Atom processor, built with a 10.1 inches screen, 160GB hard disk space, basic connecting devices like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, Lenovo’s IdeaPad has yet another unique feature – an instant-on Linux OS.

It is called the Lenovo QuickStart because a small component was embedded into the BIOS making it boot faster – almost around 5 seconds.

The Linux OS offers a web browser, a photo gallery, instant messenger, Skype chat and a music player.

However, various reviews have noted that even thou the Lenovo QuickStart provides a very fast boot into the Linux OS, the time used to load the web browser takes almost 40 seconds.

This clearly defeats the purpose of creating a fast boot BIOS. The time spent on loading the Linux OS and a web browser almost equal the time spent to load Windows itself.

Besides this, other applications like the music player, photo viewer and instant messengers function well in term of speed.

Users had also complained about the level of sensitivity of the touchpad. The highly sensitive touchpad could not be adjusted and users can only try to get use to it.

The design of Lenovo IdeaPad S10e is pretty simple, and it comes in black, red and white versions. Users have given good comments about the keyboards and its good quality plastic used as the notebook’s corpus.

However, the not standardized design of how the keys are situated on the keyboard had annoyed most of the users, mainly due to the weird placing of the right shift key and the function key which is more lateral than the control key.

The battery life of this notebook is 2.5 hours. Because of this, the weight of the notebook could be maintain around the range of 1.14 kg.

Lenovo has not been a conventional and predictable company, has it? It has maintained a line of notebooks, that although are certified to be tough and hardy, lacked the aesthetic features chased and often improved on by the majority of laptop manufacturers.

Likewise, in a most controversial move announced just before the year 2008 ended, Lenovo will be launching a new mobile workstation that has two screens, the first ever.

Not only that, the unit will be supplied with powerful quad-core processor and graphics card to fully maximize the potential of the screens.

As surprising as those features may seem, the weight and size of the Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds and its expected price are not exactly normal either. Read the rest of this entry →

The year 2008 has been an extremely successful one for Asus. Their mini notebooks were so popular, they were like the iPhone and PSP in their respective markets – the pioneer and the leader.

Come the last quarter of 2008, Asus releases yet another 10-inch mini notebook-styled machine. It has since been rated as one of the most exciting mobile computers for that netbook-defined year.

The reason why this unit is so highly rated is because it combines the best features of full laptops and mini notebooks, its price tag at about $600 is also reflective of the market segment it belongs to. It is essentially a cross between laptops and netbooks.

While mini notebooks were previously pretty hopeless for slightly more intensive computing and especially gaming, the Asus N10 boasts having a relatively powerful display card, allowing it to play 3D games and high-definition videos decently and smoothly. Read the rest of this entry →

While it is true that mini notebooks are in hot demand now, it does not mean that the conventional-sized notebook market should be neglected.

Dell is certainly not going easy on either market. The Dell Studio XPS 16 which was released just over 3 months ago is a testimony of Dell’s intent not to allow the bigger form factor notebooks to fade into oblivion.

Dell Studio XPS 16 has the size of a conventional notebook but it is build to be more powerful than most. It is not only pleasing to the eye but it also packs the latest hardwares with top performances.

With its price ranging from $1200-$1800, it is almost 2-4 times more expensive than the average mini notebooks available in the market now. Naturally, its specifications are just as impressive. Read the rest of this entry →

Many people would prefer using laptop computers than desktop computers.  It is simply because laptop computers offer mobility to users.

If you think that laptop computers can give you the same computing needs you have for desktop computers, then you are right.

Typical features of desktop computers are also included with laptop computers.  Most often, laptop features are more advanced than of desktop.

Laptop and desktop computers differ in size but this does not affect the performance they both give. Laptop computers are handy and portable. Read the rest of this entry →

Netbook is a new type of laptop that is defined by weight, size, power and operating system.  It is lightweight, small, consumes less power and run on old or unfamiliar operating systems.

Netbooks typically weigh from 2 to 3 pounds, have 9- or 10- inch screens, and have keyboard size of at least 95% of the normal, standard keyboards.

Despite its weigh, size and structure, netbooks still have the standard components of a laptop:

• 1024×600 screen resolution
• WI-FI capability
• Ethernet at 100 Mbps
• Built-in camera
• 2 or 3 USB ports

Netbooks have no optical drives.  Optical drives are not included to reduce size and cost.  Some netbooks do not include Bluetooth and latest version of Ethernet (Gigabit Ethernet).

But netbooks are still hot in the market because of its benefits stated below:

• If you are the type of user who takes your computer either on a coffee shop or subway and don’t need a heavy, 17” notebook, then you can consider using netbook.  It offers portability to users on the go.
• Netbooks run on low-powered processors. Newer ones make use of larger batteries and capable of 5 hours battery life.
• Netbooks that run on Linux operating systems are very user friendly to new computer users because the interface is simplified.

Use netbooks if you want a small, lightweight and portable laptop.

Bluetooth is a protocol utilizing wireless communication technology over short distances of data transmission.

It gives a way to provide to connect and exchange information between devices like mobile phones, laptops, personal computers, and digital camera.

The following are some of the list of the Bluetooth applications:

• Wireless communication between personal computers or laptops and input/output devices like mouse, keyboard and printer.
• Wireless communication between a mobile phone and a hands-free headset.
• Transfer of files
• Wireless network connection of computers in a confined space, where there is only little bandwidth.
• Wireless connection for game controllers of Nintendo’s Wii and Sony’s PlayStation 3

Bluetooth in a laptop is very useful especially for people on the go and business purposes.

Benefits of Bluetooth in a laptop:

1. The wireless technology of Bluetooth enables easier communication.  When traveling with your laptop, you don’t have to worry about bringing connection cables.
2. Companies implement Bluetooth wireless technology because it is inexpensive, which results in lower costs in a company’s expenses.  These savings will enable companies to upgrade to newer laptops.
3. Bluetooth is using low power signals, and will just require little energy or less battery.  This is advantageous to mobile devices like laptops because it won’t drain the battery.
4. Bluetooth connection is automated.  You don’t have to setup a connection or any configurations.  This will make it easier for laptop users to transfer files.
5. Laptop users can take advantage of personal networks.  Connection can be to seven Bluetooth devices within the range of 30 feet.  This can be very advantageous for laptop users because in a single room, they can setup multiple networks or can transfer files easily without any hassle.