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Toshiba has been long known as a good manufacturer of reliable laptops and it is surely not stopping. To date, Toshiba has released new Satellite and Satellite Pro laptops whose specs have yet to be revealed.

The only thing that can be said right now is the glossy black finish which combines stylish slim-line chassis design with desirable features.

The range offers a textured palm rest, touchpad with metallic mouse buttons and a quick launch multimedia bar, with touch-sensitive buttons and LED lighting.

Additionally, it will have the usual Intel and AMD chips along with some graphic card visualization to adhere towards the demands of most techy freaks today.

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Dell has been continuing its dark horse ways in the world of laptop technology and while it has been quiet, it has features that surely will not go unnoticed. Dell claims that the XPS M1330 is the world’s thinnest 13.3-inch notebook and, while we wouldn’t dispute that for the front of the chassis (23mm), it’s far off the mark when it comes to the rear of the chassis, which measures some 34mm thick.

Stylish and feature-rich, the XPS M1330 is Dell’s best ultraportable to date. No, make that the best 13.3-inch notebook you can currently buy that doesn’t have an apple as a logo.

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The thing with laptop buying these days is that people are looking for the lightest and advanced contraption they can get to help aid them in mobile computing. Lenovo is a known brand towards quality and performance and this is why it has been a top preference as far as mobile computing is concerned.

So if you talk about value for your money, you are getting that with the Lenovo Thinkpad X300 along with some other bonuses as well.

The ThinkPad X300 breaks new ground by packing a broad display, full-size keyboard, and nearly every feature a mobile user needs into a sleek, lightweight case.

Specs: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo (1.2 GHz); RAM installed: 2.0 GB; OS provided: Windows XP Professional

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Hewlett Packard is making headway in the mobile computing industry and for sure, it has ranked among the preferred laptops in the market today. You would be forgiven for thinking, after seeing all the TV advertising, that the only notebooks you can buy are powered by Intel processors. But there are AMD alternatives out there and some offer good value for money. One of the latest in HP’s Compaq business range is the AMD-powered 6715b, which offers a good set of features.

For the small business on a limited budget, the Compaq 6715b is worth looking at, as it offers a good set of features including some serious security. It all comes for a decent price, although weighing as much as it does, it may be limited in its on-the-road appeal.

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If you are looking for a new laptop to buy in the market, the Fujitsu Lifebook P8010 deserves a look and considerate option. Known for providing an ultraportable notebook, the P8010 is a continuation of the latest Intel offerings with the reliable battery life that is important in mobile computing.

The Fujitsu P8010 is a great performer when it comes to battery life, system performance, and cool temperatures. When you look at the build quality and design, it’s a completely different picture, that doesn’t stack up against older Fujitsu business notebooks. Body and chassis flex is greater than we would expect from a notebook in this price range. If you can look past the build quality, it is an excellent notebook in terms of its capabilities.

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Toshiba need little effort when it comes to making a sale for laptops today. They are an icon in the laptop industry and surely it needs little introduction and elaboration. Having seen the popularity of Apple’s very stylish but none-too-light MacBook, other manufacturers have got on the 13.3-inch laptop bandwagon; with, it has to be said, varying degrees of success. Toshiba’s foot-hold in this market sector is the Satellite U300 series.

Toshiba’s Satellite U300-134 should certainly stir things up in the 13.3-inch notebook arena as it offers stylish looks, a pretty decent feature set and reasonable battery life.

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Asus has slowly made its way as one of the alternative laptops today and depending on the purpose of wanting a laptop, this is perhaps among the alternative choices when it comes to mobile computing today.

The Asus M51 series notebooks are 15-inch laptops offered with a range of Intel Core 2 Duo processors, dedicated graphics, and enough extras to keep most students or families happy.

The Asus M51 is a nice consumer notebook with good performance, decent port selection, and a solid graphics card option for gaming. Asus has clearly risen to the challenge of creating an attractive general use laptop in an attempt to attract a wide range of consumer laptop shoppers.

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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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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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