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Beastly Gaming Laptop: The Maingear eX-L 18

If you’re looking for a powerful laptop that can do pretty much anything a desktop can do (and more in some cases), your search is over, assuming you have deep pockets. Called the World’s most powerful gaming laptop (according to the maker), Maingear’s eX-L 18 has an Intel Core 2 Extreme quad processor (that’s 4 [...]

In Between: The HP ProBook 4310s

In Between: The HP ProBook 4310s

HP has produced some very solid notebooks in previous years, and this recently announced model is no exception to this rule: The HP ProBook 4310s. It’s aimed for more advanced users who need more power than a netbook can provide, yet not a fire-breathing monster for $1,000+. This one’s starting price is $779 at HP’s [...]

Style and (Amazing) Price: The Dell Inspiron 17 Notebook

Style and (Amazing) Price: The Dell Inspiron 17 Notebook

Dell’s market share has been slipping the last year or so, and now they’ve upped the ante with their new notebook release which combines strong specs with stylish design and best of all: really good prices. The new Dell Inspiron 17 is designed for mobile professionals who are looking for a super-stylish notebook design, big [...]

“Heavy Duty” Business: The Getac 9213 Business Notebook

Usually business type notebooks tend to be pretty fragile as a rule. Well, it seems Getac (a small notebook maker) has bucked that rule, and wants to make a notebook with solid specs that can take a bit of a beating too. Getac has recently announced the 9213 notebook PC. It has a 13.3-inch screen [...]

Priced Just Right: The Sony VAIO W Netbook

Priced Just Right: The Sony VAIO W Netbook

Sony’s line of laptops have traditionally held two things to be true: they’re stylish and cool, and they tend to be a little overpriced. Perhaps they’re starting to get the message, because Sony has responded by announcing the release of their new Vaio W line of netbooks with some very decent stats at a reasonable [...]

Small and Useful: The BenQ JoyBook Lite U102

Small and Useful: The BenQ JoyBook Lite U102

Small package, still pretty powerful and useful. That seems to be the theme for many laptop makers these days, and BenQ isn’t an exception to this philosophy. Witness: The JoyBook Lite U102. BenQ has released a new netbook computer that weighs only about 1Kg, so it can literally go anywhere you need it to go. [...]