notebooks (38 articles)

Asus N series pumps up the volume

Asus has announced the latest arrivals to its N series lineup with the focus squarely on multimedia and, in particular, sound.

The Taiwanese computer giant has called upon the Ice-power team...

Next gen Intel Atom netbooks to hit shops

Intel has announced that the latest generation of its netbook friendly CPU, the Atom N550, which is a dual core system, is about to hit the shops inside a number of netbooks.

The N550 has DDR3...

MSI GX660 has audiophiles locked in its sights

MSI has unleashed a beast of a laptop - the GX660, which has all the high-end spec that you'd expect from a £1700 machine, but with a big focus on the audio performance as well. 

MSI has teamed...

Dell takes pop at Apple in latest campaign

Dell has come out all guns a blazing in its latest campaign for the Studio line of notebooks - with its targets well and truly set in the direction of Cupertino.

"Apples to Apples" is a less...

MSI FX600: An "awesome movie experince"

MSI has released its latest notepad, the MSI FX600, and the Taiwanese company is stating that the machine is "aimed at those who demand style, functionality and power from a notebook".

That...

MSI CR630: C-series goes lightweight

MSI has announced the latest arrival in its C-series notebook range - the CR630 - and the emphasis from the Taiwanese manufacturer is on how light the machine is.

It weighs in at less than 2.5kg...

Dell goes Neo Mobile for Inspiron M101z notebook

Dell has followed up the popular Inspiron 11z notebook with the Inspiron M101z - and has decided to go with AMD's Athlon II Neo Mobile processors for the machine.

You can choose whether to go...

LG unleashes 3D triple-whammy

When LG goes on the launch rampage over in South Korea you can always count on two things. The first is that the announcements make the rest of the world sit up and take notice and secondly, they'll...

Gateway NS notebook series named and noted

Gateway, the business arm of Acer's empire with the funky cow packaging, has announced its latest notebook series - the NS.

The NS lineup includes the baby of the bunch - 11.6-inch NS10 - which...

Samsung Q series notebooks get official UK launch

Last month we told you how we had spotted the Samsung Q series notebooks flaunting their goodies for the world to see.

And now Samsung has gone official with the line-up, giving us detailed...

MSI tweaks netbook range with the Wind U135DX

MSI has slapped a DX on the end of its U135 netbook model, giving us the revamped MSI Wind U135DX - which promises better performance and better battery life.

The spec is fairly standard for...

Samsung N230: Mammoth 13.8 hours of battery life

The netbook market is a crowded place. And with so many models, with such similar specs battery life becomes a key selling point. And with almost 14 hours of battery life, the Samsung N230 may well...

PHOTOS: Hands on with the Android Toshiba AC100 smartbook

In an attempt to bridge the gap between your phone and your notebook, Toshiba has now bashed out an Android 2.1 smartbook in the form of the Toshiba AC100, which we've managed to get hands-on with the...

PHOTOS: We go hands on with the Toshiba Portege R700

With the claim of World-beating thin and light proportions, Toshiba's latest Portégé laptop is just 16.8mm thin at its slimmest point and we've got hands-on to bring you some ace pictures of the device.

It...

VIDEO: Toshiba Portégé R700 ultra-thin, full-functional laptop

Toshiba is claiming that its latest Portégé laptop is "the thinnest and lightest full-function laptop in Europe". The Portégé R700 is just 16.8mm thin at its slimmest point and weighs 1.3kg.

As...

VIDEO: Toshiba AC100 Android smartbook

It's an interesting conundrum. Will the gap between your smartphone and your notebook be filled by tablet style devices such as the iPad or the Dell Streak, or will "smartbooks", which have the compactness...

Toshiba Mini NB250 and Satellite Pro L630 typed up

Toshiba loves a notebook release. Only last month it announced three more Satellite Pro machines, as well as the Portege M135 and the A665. And now we can add another two notebooks to the Satellite...

MSI GT660 laptop comes with passive 3D glasses

Notebooks have generally become cheap mass produced products, and it’s hard for any one manufacturer to differentiate itself from its peers, so everyone is looking for that special, stand-out...

ViewSonic brings Core i3 to the masses

ViewSonic is trying very hard to become a serious contender in the notebook market, and its first lot of notebooks weren’t bad. Now, thanks to Intel at Computex, we know at least what one of ViewSonic’s...

Toshiba Portege M135: ultrathin and lord of bling

Toshiba has always had its own unique style when it comes to notebook designs, and its latest model (shown on the Intel booth at Computex in Taiwan), the Portégé M135, is one of the blingest notebooks...

Top 10 laptops under £500

The trouble with laptops is that the good ones just aren't cheap enough - not yet, anyway. You then get faced with two options. The first is to buy a 10-inch netbook and try to use it as a full time...

MSI goes launch crazy at Computex

MSI is having a busy old time at Computex 2010. Not only has it been showing off its Wind Pad, the 10-inch Windows 7 tablet, it's also been using the expo as a platform to launch a whole range of new...

Acer unveils tablet inspired Aspire Timeline 1825PT

The Acer Aspire Timeline 1825PT is a cross between a conventional notebook and a tablet. In fact it's not really a cross, it's more of a notebook that can act a bit like a tablet.

First up,...

MacBook update: It's now official

The Vietnamese site who first got its hands on a supposed iPhone 4G and yesterday released a video showing off a new MacBook has gained some serious kudos as its MacBook exclusive has rung true already.

Apple...

Samsung Q330, Q430 and Q530 slim notebooks out in July

Just when we thought that we couldn't bring you any more notebook news, after the Acer Aspire and Toshiba Satellite Pro news earlier today, Samsung goes and launches three notebooks for its Q range...