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We all know the popularity of gaming today and normally desktop computers are the preferred setup. Laptops were never known to handle gaming since most of them focused a lot of business related matters. But not anymore!

With this laptop, the Alienware Area-51 m17x now been unleashed in the market and providing avid gamers a more mobile way of playing their favorite games to date.

The Area-51 m17x has the following specifications:

• Intel Core 2 Duo Processors (6MB Cache, 800MHz FSB)
• Intel Core 2 Duo Extreme Processors (6MB Cache, 800MHz FSB)
• 17″ Wide Screen WUXGA 1920 x 1200 with Clearview (1200p HDTV resolution support)
• Up to 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz
• Dual graphics cards:
• 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
• 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT
• 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
• Up to two hard drives in RAID 0
• Smart Bay accepts third modular hard drive or modular DVD burner
• Two speakers with SubWoofer
• 12-Cell Lithium-ION Battery
• Full Size Keyboard with Separate Numeric Keypad – optional AlienFX backlighting
• Height: 2.1″
• Width: 16.1″
• Depth: 11.5″
• Weight: 10.5 lbs
• Rear-Exhaust Cooling

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Ever since Apple release it’s best selling Ipod, Apple has consistently voted as the number one manufacturer of laptop models. It’s latest addition to it’s family is the Apple’s MacBook Air which sports one of the most ground-breaking designs we’ve ever seen. But it’s not alone in the department of sleek and shinny. Even though it shares a desktop trail with the typical black and white MacBooks, the first thing you see about the Air is its aluminum framework which is analogous to the one found on the MacBook Pro. Picking it up, the MacBook Air feels a slightly heavier than you’d be expecting from looking at it, even supposing it’s only 1.4kg.

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The Vaio AR series employs a 17.8-inch monitor with a towering native resolution of 1,920 x 1,200 pixels, which is skilled of mixing out high-definition content at 1080 pixels. You obtain an HDMI video output, a TV tuner, and it all operates off a 2GHz Core Duo CPU and a plucky GeForce Go 7600 GT graphics card. Sony seems to be departing all-out with the AR series, as it seems that some models will feature dual 200GB hard drives. Also, if you are thinking of taking it out in the road, think again -they’ll weigh up in the region of 3.8Kg, and make you £2,000 not as good as when someone attacks you of them.  

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Another of HP’s winners, it is a full HD laptop, capable of attaining the full 1,920×1,080 resolution. Deemed as an ideal replacement for an ailing desktop, it has a crisp and bright display screen at 16 inches is truly a sight to see and coupled with the BluRay optical drive, it makes movie viewing a breeze. Loaded with a 2.26 Gz processor with Intel’s Core 2 Duo P800 processor and 4GB’s of ram it it fast, though not as fast as people would expect it to be with that processing power contained within. External devices can be easily connected with a FireWire, HDMI, and d-Sub connector for those cameras and external display devices. It does sport quite a slick finish that is quite childish to some and the ultra-glossy finish tends to be prone to finger smudges and other greasy stuff as you much away and continue to blog or finish your report that was due a few hours ago. [Read more →]

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Considered as a convertible with the swivel display and heavy case, you might have to shore up those arms to lug this beast around. It has a 13.3 inch large screen and is loaded with BlueTooth 2.1 mobile broadband from a Sierra Wireless MC8790 module, Intel’s WiFi Link 5300 (802.11 a/b/g plus draft n) and an optional GigaBit Ethernet option for wired network connection. Hard drives can be from the standard 160GB or optional 320/120 drives or for a lighter unit a 64GB solid-state drive fro mobile use (drives are protected with their patented shock-protection system through a g-sensor that parks the hard drives in case of a drop). [Read more →]

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The PC maker has long been a favorite of laptop users due to their full line of products that caters to many products that are for people from all walks of life. The specific model has a full keyboard with a 13.3 inch chassis that sports the standard layout, but they tend to rattle a bit, reminiscent of tactile keyboards. They have the always present track pad and two keys that offers a very nice option and finished with a mirror-like tone it is a nifty pad to use indeed. The tiny button is still there to allow easy turn-off of the Synaptics keypad letting you turn it off when using an external mouse. [Read more →]

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As with the many brands, this laptop comes in many models so we’ll be doing a general review of the overall feature. For one, it has a very hygienic keypad coating that uses silver ions to kill bacteria (considering the crazy things we do with our laptops, that’s a very good idea). Samsung hasn’t skimped on styling with a shiny gloss finish on the display cover that shifts to deep red making it a thing of beauty. Powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo running at 2GHz with 4 GB of ram with a video card from the same manufacturer, an Intel GMA X4500HD combined in the GM45 Express Chipset. The optical drive is LightScribe capable and a hard drive that can range from 120 to 320 GBytes. [Read more →]

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Read reviews. An important part of online research on tech products is to read a significant number of reviews about it. This way, you aren�t just basing your decision on specifications (specs) but also on how these products actually perform and what experts think of them.

Comparing prices before the actual purchase is also recommended. Once you�ve narrowed down your choices to a few, see if they�re available in your area. Going around stores and asking for prices will help you get the best value for your money.

Don�t forget about promos! Ask around what promos of freebies are included in your purchase. Especially with laptops, certain stores provide extra freebies like printers, USB flash drives, and other peripherals when you purchase from them.

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Depending on what you’ll be using it for, may be the best question to ask. For browsing and access to the social net on the go, they may have enough juice to get you through. But if you expect usability comparable with their more traditional counterparts, you’re out of luck for they still suffer from limited battery power which powers them to around four hours (or five for some). Some of the lightest ones also do away with the hard drive, one of the biggest power users in traditional laptops, opting to use solid state memory of up to 60 or 100 gigabytes. They have access through the USB port for external drives but they better come with their own power source or battery or you subtract more form the dismal power situation.
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