HP EliteBook 2530p

If you're a corporate road warrior or a student trying to fit as much computer as possible in the smallest space possible, the HP EliteBook 2530p might be the perfect notebook for you. This 12.1" workstation featuring the latest Intel low voltage processors and integrated graphics for extreme battery life, and plenty of ports and storage options inside an impressively durable shell. The EliteBook 2530p looks like a surprising amount of computer in a rugged three-pound chassis. Is it worth a little extra cash to get your hands on this tiny titan? Keep reading and find out.

Performance and Benchmarks

Our pre-production EliteBook 2530p came with the Intel SL9400 low voltage processor, clocking in at 1.86GHz, and jammed packed with 6MB of cache. For graphics, HP included Intel GMA 4500MHD integrated graphics. A fast 80GB Intel SSD was also included in our test configuration, which helped applications load without much lag, helps reduce temperatures and extend battery life. As mentioned previously, the SSD option also makes the notebook less prone to accidental failure due to hard drive impact.

Older generation low-voltage processors performed a much lower levels than standard processors ... a trade off for extended battery life. Thankfully, the latest generation of Intel low-voltage processors perform quite well and nearly rival standard processors in most tests. Typical business users who are only concerned with working in Microsoft Office and encoding the occassional video for work will have more power than they know what to do with it.

ASUS N10JC-A1

The high-class ASUS N10 is a netbook above all the rest, starting a new market segment called the "Corporate Netbook." The N10 offers similar features to standard netbooks, including an Intel Atom platform and WSVGA screen, but with the addition of optional switchable dedicated graphics and a fancy design. With a starting price of $649 for models with dedicated graphics; is a higher configuration worth the price jump? In this review we explain the differences between the N10JC and the cheaper Eee PC 1000HA and tell you if you should consider the costly upgrade.

Performance

From the moment I received this notebook I was very interested in seeing the performance of the Intel Atom platform with a dedicated graphics card attached. Almost all configurations use the dated Intel GMA950 graphics, which slow everything down, including movie decoding. With the NVIDIA 9300M graphics, this netbook might have a shot at decoding 720p video in a very compact package that has HDMI out.

For our test we tried a wide range of high definition content including an assortment of HD movies and HD movie trailers. Sadly, even though we tried a wide range of video codecs, including CoreAVC, the Intel Atom processor didn’t have enough grunt to keep a steady decoding framerate. Depending on the bitrate the N10 working with the NVIDIA 9300M graphics only managed 10-15fps, well below 24-25fps goal.

Since HD content was out of the question we moved onto video games as another area to see where the dedicated graphics might help out. Using Steam we pulled in Half-Life 2 and tweaked the visual settings to be easier on the system. With the resolution set to 1024x600 and most settings on medium the system average 20-25fps, which was playable, but still under what you would want for smooth gaming. Heavy action scenes dropped the framerate into the mid-teens, and if you weren’t lucky, got yourself killed in no time.

Toshiba Qosmio X305

The Qosmio X305-Q708 is Toshiba's flagship gaming and multimedia notebook. This 17-inch monster has a flashy design, dual Nvidia video cards, and Intel's first mobile quad-core processor. Despite all the bells and whistles, is the X305-Q708 worth $4,200?

Operating System & Software

Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit is pre-installed on the Q708, with an unfortunately large amount of bloatware. Trial software, useless games, and other unwanted bits of software litter the main drive. Seeing this kind of bloatware on a $4,200 notebook borders on offensive. Toshiba also includes an inordinate amount of utilities.

Lenovo IdeaPad Y530

The IdeaPad Y530 is a multimedia notebook from Lenovo with surround speakers and subwoofer, HDMI out, touch-sensitive media controls, and a "frameless" display panel. With a wide range of multimedia features this notebook is aimed at dorm rooms or even acting as the media hub for a home theater system. Priced at $999, just how well does the Lenovo IdeaPad Y530 stand up against the competition in a pretty packed market segment?

Performance

The performance of the Lenovo IdeaPad Y530 with an Intel Core 2 Duo P7350 processor and NVIDIA 9300M graphics card was slightly under multimedia oriented notebooks like the Gateway MC7803u which offered a better graphics card. For day to day use or enjoying high definition video content the Y530 performed quite well. For the average user, both machines performed at roughly the same speed for web browsing, watching movies, typing documents, and fast startups or shutdowns. Gaming is where the Y530 falls behind the competition, equipped with only a 9300M graphics card while others use a more powerful graphics card such as the ATI 3650. This could mean the difference between running some of the latest games with at moderate resolution or lowering the resolution and heavily tweaking the detail settings.

WPrime is a benchmark similar to Super Pi in that it forces the processor to do intense mathematical calculations, but the difference is this application is multi-threaded and represents dual core processors better. Lower numbers indicate better performance.

ThinkPad X200

Lenovo officially introduced the ThinkPad X200 today, but was kind enough to send me an early review unit last week. The X200 is Lenovo’s new 12-inch business notebook and it’s been a joy to use for the past few days. The X200 has a starting price of just $1,199, making it an excellent value for anyone who needs a fully-capable notebook that can get them through a full work day.

The X200 is now available from $1,434 in its basic configuration.

Lenovo’s revamped the ThinkPad line’s naming convention, with the X200 replacing the X61.The X200 has a widescreen display, which is a departure from the standard (4:3) aspect ratio found on the X61.

The X200 is a whole different animal than the 13.3-inch X300, which is optimized to be as thin and light as possible and has a low-voltage processor, built-in DVD burner, and a solid state drive and has an eye-popping sticker price of $3,225. The X200 doesn’t have an optical drive, but it does have full-speed Intel Core 2 Duo processors, an array of drive options and an optional docking solution.

HP MIni 1000: How to Upgrade RAM in Less Than 20 Seconds

Today I upgraded my Mini 1000’s memory from 1GB to 2GB in less than 20 seconds and I didn’t even need to use a screw driver. Upgrading RAM on a notebook is usually a pretty simple task for experienced computer users, but I don’t see how HP could’ve made this any easier on the Mini 1000. Check out this video to see what I mean.

No tools are necessary as there are no screws holdnig the Mini 1000’s memory door shut. Instead there’s a little latch next to the one of the battery releases. All you need is a pointy object like a pen or a knife to reach a hole in the latch so you can slide it to the side. The battery door pops off and gives you easy access to the single memory slot.

You can get a 2GB memory stick from NewEgg, Amazon.com or most other online retailers for under $25. HP does not sell the Mini 1000 with 2GB of memory if you order the XP version because of a licensing agreement with Microsoft. When the MIE (Ubuntu) Mini 1000 is released in January you will be able to customize it with 2GB of RAM on HP’s Web site.

Fujitsu LifeBook A1110

The Fujitsu LifeBook A1110 notebook is a 15.4” desktop replacement which offers a user-customizable screen cover. With a spill resistant keyboard and durable design it fits in well with the college crowd -- who might not be overly kind to their computers. Prices start as low as $799; our review unit has a suggested retail price of $999 with some upgraded components. Read on to see if this notebook is worth the price and deserves a spot on your desk.

Display

The WXGA glossy panel rates average with comfortable viewing angles and a bright backlight that works in a well lit office setting. Colors are vibrant and contrast is very nice with the glossy screen surface. The vertical viewing range offers a good sized sweet spot with accurate colors with 10 degrees forward and back before colors start to invert. Horizontal viewing angles are better, but at steeper angles the screen starts to dim and you start seeing reflected surfaces instead of the display. The screen brightness overcomes the lights in a bright office setting, but outside viewing would be limited with the reflective glossy screen.

Performance

The Fujitsu A1110 is loaded with an Intel Core 2 Duo P7350 2GHz processor, 4GB of DDR2 memory, and Intel X4500 integrated video. For day-to-day use, including web browsing, word processing, light gaming or watching movies the system performs very well. Dedicated graphics would have been greatly appreciated on the upgraded model, which would have helped gaming performance and HD movie decoding. The 5400RPM hard drive performed quite well, with very little lag present when opening applications or power cycling the notebook.

WPrime is a benchmark similar to Super Pi in that it forces the processor to do intense mathematical calculations, but the difference is this application is multi-threaded and represents dual core processors better. Lower numbers indicate better performance.

Alienware M17 gaming laptop

Alienware’s latest addition to their gaming laptop line is the M17. This 17? gaming laptop is the first to boast CrossFire X support, and comes with the usual high-end specs: Intel Core 2 Quad/Extreme processor, Maximum 4GB DDR3 RAM, Twin ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 GPUs, WXGA+/WUXGA panel, Optional ATSC HDTV tuner, Maximum of 640GB hard drive space, Dual-layer DVD writer/optional Blu-ray reader, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity, Gigabit Ethernet, even a Facial recognition sensor. Prices start from $1,399 upwards, depending on how amped up you want it.

Fujitsu Releases Three New Notebooks

Fujitsu Computer Systems today announced three new notebooks for both consumers and corporations that demand greater mobility and usability. The LifeBook U820 convertible mini notebook is 1.32 pound update to the LifeBook U810 and combines a full-featured Windows PC with integrated Garmin Mobile PC navigation software ... for about the same price as a premium GPS system. The LifeBook N7010 desktop replacement notebook is the industry’s first full-size notebook to include a second touch-sensitive display for keeping more information visible at all times without cluttering the main desktop. Fujitsu also announced the LifeBook P1630 feather-light convertible tablet PC featuring the new Intel Centrino 2 Ultra Low Voltage processor technology, integrated wireless broadband and a webcam.

Dell XPS One 24 All-In-One PC - Better Media Features

Dell XPS One 24 All-In-One PC: The system ups the size of the PC to 24 inches and gives it a new, edge-to-edge 1080p (1920x1080) display with a 16:9 ratio that should make it ideal for watching Blu-ray movies at native resolution. The update also brings a major speed update with a 2.33GHz Core 2 Quad as well as the option of a GeForce 9600M GT for video that makes it a better fit as a gaming system or for heavy-duty HD video decoding.

The size increase also brings with it better media features, according to Dell: the speakers have been upgraded to a 2.1-channel, 25W JBL system while the integrated TV tuner is now HD-capable.

A starter XPS One 24 is priced higher than the 20-inch original at $1,699 but also carries more features. Besides the quad-core processor, it also doubles the memory to 4GB, gains a larger 320GB hard drive and upgrades the stock Intel video to a GMA 4500 chipset. Sound is also improved through a Sound Blaster Audigy HD chipset. A second stock model at $1,999 adds the GeForce 9600M GT as well as a much larger 750GB hard drive.

Toshiba Qosmio X305-Q708 New Gaming Laptop

Toshiba Qosmio X305-Q708 New Gaming Laptop: The desktop replacement has 17 inch widescreen TruBrite display with an Intel Core 2 Extreme quad-core processor, Dual NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS 1GB GPUs, 320GB hard drive, 128GB NAND flash memory, 4GB DDR3 RAM, Full-size keyboard, Four Harman Kardon stereo speakers with subwoofer, 1.3MP webcam, HDMI and DisplayPort connectors. The Toshiba Qosmio X305-Q708 retails for $4,199.99 upwards, depending on the specs.

Dell Vostro 2510 NoteBook - First Look Reviews

Dell Vostro 2510: The 15.4-inch system marks a few key changes from the outgoing 1510 and comes in a two-tone black and red body instead of the more conservative exterior of the old system. It also switches to a slot-load drive like that of the Studio 15 and uses a new cooling system that vents heat away from the bottom of the notebook to make it more comfortable on its owner's lap.

In spite of the outside changes, the system is similar in most respects to the 1510 and uses current-generation Core 2 Duo processors up to 2.6GHz rather than Centrino 2-era components; new among the expansion options is a slot-load Blu-ray burner for both making large backups as well as playing HD movies.

Dell doesn't yet allow purchasing the system but says a minimum configuration will have a 1440x900 resolution display with a built-in webcam, a GeForce 8400M GS for video and a 160GB hard disk. Custom orders can boost the system to a 1920x1200 display and 320GB of disk space. A sample $899 model revealed as part of the last-minute leak also suggests a minimum 2GB of memory when the system ships sometime in August.

Samsung NC10 Netbook: The 10-inch System - Reviews

Samsung NC10 Netbook: The 10-inch system has the same 1024x600 LED-lit display and 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor of many rivals but includes a pair of features specific to the electronics giant's in-house development. A silver ion powder coat on the keys allegedly keeps them free of bacteria that could make the user sick; the outer shell is also said to be toughened against mild damage, including those from temperature changes.

The portable sits at the high end of the notebook spectrum and carries a six-cell battery that Samsung estimates can produce up to eight hours of runtime despite leaving the system fairly light at just over 2.9 pounds. Storage is also focused almost exclusively on rotating hard drives with the choice of either 80GB or 160GB disks, while a three-format card reader handles outside media. Expansion is common for the type with three USB ports and VGA out, although Samsung makes Bluetooth an option.

Unlike other netbooks, Samsung is dropping Linux and instead makes Windows XP Home the only operating system choice; Microsoft's netbook limits dictate that the stock system will carry no more than 1GB of RAM.

HP DV6846 Laptop Latest Addition To DV Series Full Reviews

The DV6846 is the latest addition to HP DV Series. The DV6846 is no different. As always, the construction is excellent, with sturdy hinges and a tough body that can take a lot of beating. Its profile too remains unchanged. Rather surprisingly, the DV6846 is a bit heavier than previous models in the series and heats up a lot more as well. This could cause some issues if you use it literally as a 'laptop'!

Another thing that remains unchanged is the keyboard. As with its predecessors, the keyboard offers a very comfortable working experience. The keys themselves are well-spaced out and offer good tactile feedback, and their smooth textured finish make short work of long hours of typing.

The touchpad is also well-designed. Unlike other manufacturers that tend to deploy a textured finish for the touchpad, HP offers a smooth finish. This allows for quick manipulation of the mouse cursor, and when you combine it with its larger-than-average size and the satisfying 'deep-click' feel of the mouse buttons, it certainly scores.

Colorware Makes MacBook Air Even Sleeker

MacBook Air owners can now spend even more cash on style thanks to ColorWare. The computer personalization company will paint your MacBook Air for $500 to $700 depending on how many surfaces you colorize.

ColorWare has 35 colors to choose from and will paint your MacBook Air solid. If you’re really tasteless creative you can paint your notebook’s lid, hinges, palm rest, mouse button, case bottom and Apple logo all different colors.

You can either send in your own MacBook Air to be painted or you can buy one new from ColorWare for $2,589 and up. There’s a 3-4 week turnaround on the custom paint jobs.

ColorWare will paint all of your non-MacBook Air notebooks and electronics as well. The company does an excellent job in colorizing components, but you’ve really got to LOVE the color you’re choosing because it’s not a cheap process and it’s nearly impossible to sell your notebook once it’s been so heavily customized.

Guide to the New MacBooks and MacBook Pros

Apple updated its MacBook and MacBook Pro lines with faster Intel processors and higher capacity hard drives. The MacBook Pros now feature a Multi-Touch trackpad and NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics with up to 512MB of video memory. The 17-inch MacBook Pro can be ordered with a LED display for the first time.

Apple will continue to offer three MacBook, two 15.4-inch MacBook Pros and one 17-inch MacBook Pro retail configurations. All three notebooks can be customized at Apple’s online store.

If you’re considering switching from a Windows-based notebook to a MacBook for the first time remember that Apple’s a luxury brand and there is no budget MacBook. You may also miss some features which are standard on many PC notebooks that cost much less. None of the new MacBooks or MacBook Pros come with built-in card readers, docking ports, extended battery options or a remote control for example.

ModBook Demo

Notebooks.com first took a look at the ModBook, the first MacBook Tablet at MacWorld 2006. Veronica of Maholo Daily caught up with the CEO of Axiotron, the company behind the ModBook and some artistic-types who are already using the ModBook professionally.

The ModBook starts at $2,200 and the inventor admits the market for a Mac tablet is too small for Apple to go after directly.
Check out this video and you’ll see how a DJ, a photographer and a cartoonist use the ModBook.

ThinkPad X301: Thinnest ThinkPad Gets 128GB SSD

Lenovo’s introduced the ThinkPad X301, which is replacing the X300. The ThinkPad X301 is about 20% faster than the previous model and can be configured with a 128GB solid state drive, which is double the original storage capacity.

I’ve recommended the X300 to several friends and they all absolutely love their new ThinkPads. The ThinkPad X301’s improved performance and roomier drive just make it that much better.

The ThinkPad X301 is the thinest notebook on the market with an integrated optical drive.

If you’re considering buying an X300, wait a couple of weeks for the X301. I don’t have solid pricing info on X301’s the 128GB solid state drive, but strongly recommend getting it if your budget allows. 64GB isn’t a whole lot of room since you have to account for both the Windows operating system and recovery partition.

HP EliteBook 2530p Announced (video)

HP’s introduced the EliteBook 2530p, a thin and light 12-inch business notebook that can be configured with dual hard drives and either ULV or LV processors. I sat down with HP’s Kyle Thornton to take a close look at the 2530p last week.

The 2530p feels extremely solid and I really like some of the features HP’s loaded into this thing. At the top of the 12.1-inch LED display is a 2MP Webcam that can be used to scan business cards into Outlook.
One thing I liked about the 2530p is how its extended batteries fit at the rear of the notebook without raking the base of the notebook.

Like the rest of the EliteBook line, the 2530p has an ultradurable case that’s scratch resistant.

The EliteBook 2530p will start at $1599.

Toshiba Launches P4 Notebooks

Toshiba has released a new line of notebook computers with Intel's new mobile Pentium 4 chip.

The new consumer Satellite 5105 and Satellite Pro 6100 for mid-sized business customers will ship with 1.7GHz mobile Pentium 4 chips built on Intel's NetBurst architecture, said Masa Okumura, director of portables and worldwide product planning for Toshiba's Computer Systems group.

Toshiba will also use the chip in the Tecra 9100, aimed at corporate users.
The faster processors should help speed various multimedia applications such as streaming video and gaming. In addition, the Pentium 4 chip includes hyper-threading technology that can let one chip appear as two processors to the operating system, helping a PC-run numerous applications at once.

While the Pentium 4s do increase software performance, Okumura said that with normal usage battery life would be about 15 minutes to 30 minutes shorter with the new chips. Users should expect around two hours of battery life with normal usage.

The Satellite 5105 comes with a LCD touchpad call the cPad. Located on the main body near the keyboard, the cPad has a black and white display that allows users to launch applications such a calculator or clock and to input signatures.
Users can set their own grayscale pictures as the cPad's background and customize the control panel to run various programs, Okumura said.

The Satellite Pro 6100 is targeted at small and medium-sized businesses and touts 256M bytes of DDR SDRAM memory, a 40G byte hard drive and Nvidia's GeForce4 420 Go GPU. The notebook also includes built-in support for 802.11b and Bluetooth wireless technologies.

The Satellite Pro 6100 arrives in mid-March, starting at $2,399.The high-end Tecra 9100 also ships with 802.11b and Bluetooth support, along with 256M bytes of DDR SDRAM memory and 40G byte hard drive. The notebook starts at $2,829.

AMD Athlon XP for Notebooks

Extending its focus on the mobile computing market, AMD, the microprocessor major, has introduced its new Mobile AMD Athlon XP Processor.

The new processor is based on AMD's state-of-the-art 0.13 micron technology featuring AMD PowerNow, power management solution and QuantiSpeed architecture, that offers optimal performance of Windows XP operating system.
The new product is targeted at the notebook manufacturers. This new product has been evolved as a next generation processor incorporating the winning features of both Athlon XP and its earlier mobile processor Athlon 4 processor 1600+.

"Mobile AMD Athlon XP Processor is available in India. But we do not expect the Indian market to show great sales as there are very few notebook manufacturers in the market here. But if there are manufacturers who want to use this new product, it is available for them," said Rahul Singh, Senior Market Specialist, AMD India.

Sharp has already announced notebook PCs in Japan based on this processor, while Compaq has been using Athlon 4 processor 1600+ for it laptops.

The Mobile Athlon XP processors 1400+ and 1500+ are being shipped in the beginning of this quarter. While models 1600+ and 1700+ are expected by later this quarter.

This product is seen in direct competition to Intel's recently launched Mobile Pentium 4. According to some resellers in Delhi, AMD's Athlon processors for desktops have been seeing a good market response due to its pricing and speed, which they claim is nearly 20 times that of Pentium 4.

According to an IDC analyst, the launch of this mobile AMD Athlon XP processors will help AMD consolidate its position in the consumer market and will help thrust it into the mobile computing arena.

Lightweight Notebooks From Compaq

Compaq Computer India has launched two lightweight notebooks, the Evo N200 and Evo N600c for SMEs and large corporate bodies.Ravi Swaminathan, director, Access Business Group said, "With the addition of these two new offerings, Compaq today has the largest portfolio of mobile computing products in the country. We believe, our competitive pricing strategy, broad portfolio of mobile computing products, and dedicated distribution channel of 'Compaq Mobile' stores across the country will help us capture significant market share in the mobile computing market".

The Evo N200, powered by the ultra low voltage mobile Intel Pentium III 700 MHz processor, is ultra-light at 1.13 kg notebook and can operate more than 6.5 hours without having to recharge the batteries.

The portable has a 10.4-inch color display, 192 Mb SDRAM memory and a large 20GB hard disk at a price of Rs 1,44,900.

The Evo N600c comes with MultiPort technology that provides a superior platform to integrate next generation wireless technology such as Wireless LAN and Bluetooth. The notebook weighs around 2.2 kg and is powered by a mobile Intel Pentium III 1.06 GHz or 866 MHz processor.

The Evo N600c includes a 14.1-inch color display, 128 Mb SDRAM memory, an ATI Radeon graphics controller and 64 bit video graphics with 16 Mb DDR SDRAM for increased color depth and graphics performance.

A special feature of the Evo N600c, priced at Rs 1,75,900, is its MultiPort technology, that allows users to connect using multiple wireless standards such as wireless LAN or Bluetooth for networking by simply changing out the MultiPort module.

The new Evo notebooks will be available through Compaq's network of authorised distributors and resellers.

Apple Bets on Notebooks

Focuses on prosumers and education segments
Apple Computer will continue to bet on notebooks as it sees good growth in this segment in the next few years.

Parminder Singh, marketing manager of Apple, said, "We believe that the notebook market will increase by leaps and bounds in the next 3 years with new users in prosumer and education segment acting as catalysts for this growth."
The Prosumer, a combination of consumer and professional was coined by Apple and denotes a customer who is technology savvy.

Rubbishing claims that Apple is not doing well, Singh said, "We are profitable in the markets we chose to address, viz., creative and education."

According to Apple, the education sector and biotechnology labs have been its major customers. Its strategy is to ensure that its products have the widest reach and usage in these segments.

In addition to its flagship products, the IMacs and the PowerMacs, it had launched its Powerbook in February this year and targeted it at corporate segment.

Powerbook 400 is priced at Rs 1,82,600 and the Powerbook 500 is for Rs 2,48,800. According to Singh, response from the reseller community to the Powerbook launch has been good.

Apple has Ingram Micro and Neoterique as its national distributors and has a network of 60 authorized resellers.

Apple is also aware that other PC manufacturers have been coming out with trendy designs but discounts them as imitations. Singh said, "We are still streets ahead on both technologies and designs."

Second Hand Notebooks in Demand

The need for notebooks has been felt not only in the high-end segment but also in the SMEs and the home segment.

Its tremendous potential has created a market for second hand notebooks.

One of the market participants in this business is Mumbai-based Panatron Infotech Systems, which has been dealing in portable computer devices since 1994.

It offers an exchange scheme for old Pentium notebooks of IBM, Toshiba, Compaq, Acer and HP in working condition. The models can then be exchanged for IBM ThinkPad (i - 1161-96A) at Rs 84,900, Toshiba Satellite (2805-5202) at Rs 89,900 and Sony (Vaio FX - FX -120) at Rs 98,900.

Panatron deals in mainly four brands out of which Toshiba and Sony are directly imported, while Compaq and IBM are bought from local dealers.

Kamlesh Nihalani, CEO of Panatron, said, "The prices for these second - hand laptops are very economical and are apt for the segment that is constantly on the move and needs to be connected."

The market is presently flooded with major vendors offering notebooks at comparatively low rates. Thus there is really no need to invest in a used laptop.

However, Suresh Keswani, manager of Panatron at Pune pointed out one distinct advantage. A used laptop is a source of genuine components, as necessary original components may not be available when a custom made laptop is to be configured.

Apple Mac book

Apple has started selling laptops in india with a very limited number of stores all over india, and i own a Apple Mac book which i bought from a apple store in banglore and overall i had a bad experiance because i bought the laptop for my brother and he wanted to use it at his college on a wireless data card usb connection and the macbook is not able to connect to the reliance data card USB connection because of some driver problems, and this is the problem with any wireless internet connection. This macbook can only be used on a broadband connection with the inbuilt wifi port. The macbook series are one of the best if you can sort out this wireless internet connection problems because of the superb quality inbuilt camera, mac os operating system which can be upgraded to Mac OS X Leopard though i have a dual boot system of Mac OS withwindows xp professional. The pricing of Macbook’s start at 65000Rs in india and include a 1 year warranty.

HP Laptops

HP Pavillion laptops were the products HP started manufacturing with the latest models being HP Pavilion dv2600 series Entertainment Notebook PC, HP Pavilion dv2000 series Entertainment Notebook PC, HP Pavilion dv6000 series Entertainment Notebook PC and HP Pavilion tx1000 Entertainment Notebook PC. With the screen size ranging from 12.1″ to 15.4″ HP offers a stylish design, high-definition viewing and wide-screen twist and turn touch-screen. Current offers from HP include a Hauppage TV Tuner with HP Pavilion/Compaq Presario Notebook PCs worth 5000 INR.

Dell XPS

Dell used to be a market leader in all their products series long back but now its position has been taken by many other laptop manufacturers, and Dell has recently launched a new model - The XPS 1730 which is a powerful notebook with Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 (2.0GHz) / T7500 (2.2GHz) / T7700 (2.4GHz) / X7800 (2.6GHz) processor and is the first laptop to have intel’s latest Core 2 extreme x 7800 mobile processor.

Sony Vaio

My favourite laptops since i own 2 Sony vaio CR and they just rock because of the performance, neat designs , light weight and best of all the other laptops in my opinion. The design part of sony laptops are the design which are very neat though apple macbook gets number #1 rank in terms of looks. The pricing part is very important in case of sony vaio laptops because if you are looking for the basic models they start around 1500USD (or) 55000 Indian Rupees and the latest vaio series come with inbuilt webcam and a fingerprint scanner below the cursor keys which are the latest technology.

Flybook Touch Screen Laptop

Gizmodo Reports that a new Touch Screen Laptop called FlyBook will be coming to the USA in September. It comes in seven colors and will retail for around $2,500.

· 512MB DDR

· Transmeta Crusoe TM-5800,

· ATi Radeon Mobility high performance low power chipset

· clock rate at 1 GHz

· 512K L2 Write-back Cache

· LongRun technology to extend battery usage

· 8.9" wide-view 16:9 display 1024x600 (Wide-XGA) high resolution

· GSM Tri Band (900/1800/1900 Mhz)

Canova Dual Screen Laptops

The electronic revolution is still on its way, as Apple said at the beginning of this year, the first three decades are only the start.

Like Apple creating and developing news ways and means to run our electronic materials, concepts with real technological innovations appear more than ever.

Here is a concept that features the tomorrow laptop. In the same direction that the next mobile phones, this computer possesses two screens, a multi sensitive touch screen, not far from the iPhone system.

No more need for accessories or keyboard shortcuts, all specific commands of each software will be displayed on the screen. It seems that there are no limits to use that kind of computer and that it is possible to imagine to develop new softwares we ever cannot think of today.

Laptops

A laptop computer, or simply laptop (also notebook computer, notebook and notepad) is a small mobile computer, which usually weighs 2-18 pounds (around 1 to 8 kilograms), depending on size, materials, and other factors.

Laptops usually run on a single main battery or from an external AC/DC adapter that charges the battery while also supplying power to the computer itself. Many computers also have a 3 volt cell to run the clock and other processes in the event of a power failure.

Laptops contain components that are similar to their desktop counterparts and perform the same functions, but are miniaturized and optimized for mobile use and efficient power consumption, although typically less powerful for the same price. Laptops usually have liquid crystal displays and most of them use different memory modules for their random access memory (RAM), for instance, SO-DIMM in lieu of the larger DIMMs. In addition to a built-in keyboard, they may utilize a touchpad (also known as a trackpad) or a pointing stick for input, though an external keyboard or mouse can usually be attached.