Dell Adamo Arrives: Available For Pre-Order Today

Dell previewed the stylish "Adamo" at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this January, and consumers worldwide have been eager to find out when this attractive laptop will be available ... and at what price. The wait is over. Starting today people who place a premium on precision craftsmanship and design can pre-order the Adamo for a starting price of $1,999.

Adamo, derived from the Latin word meaning "to fall in love," will serve as a flagship in a line of products under the "Adamo by Dell" brand. Dell claims Adamo was "created to disrupt the personal computing space with the combination of new design aesthetics, personalization choices and sought-after technologies."

Those are some fancy words for saying, "This notebook looks hot."

The Adamo uses a chassis milled from a single piece of aluminum featuring precision detailing and a backlit keyboard. The 13.4" edge-to-edge glass display features a 16:9 ratio ideal for viewing HD movies. Wireless connections include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and optional integrated mobile broadband. Unlike some other thin notebooks on the market (such as the MacBook Air) the Dell Adamo doesn't sacrifice important features like a full complement of connectivity ports. In addition, the Adamo is available with solid state drives and comes in your choice of either Onyx or Pearl colors with a range of matching accessories.

Toshiba Satellite A355 Review

The A350 series notebook is the latest 16" notebook from Toshiba and the successor to the 15.4” A305. This new model offers the same look and feel of its smaller brother as well as the same system configuration. In this review we take a look at the Intel configuration of the A355 and find out if it performs as well as its smaller brother.

Toshiba Satellite A355-S6943 Specifications:

Windows Vista Home Premium (SP1, 64-bit)
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P7450 (2.13GHz, 3MB L2, 1066MHz FSB)
16.0" diagonal widescreen TruBrite TFT LCD display at 1366x768 (WXGA)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 with 512MB video memory
Intel Wireless WiFi Link 5100AGN (802.11a/g/n)
4GB PC2-6400 DDR2 SDRAM (maximum capacity 4GB)
500GB+250GB Serial ATA hard disk drive (5400RPM)
DVD SuperMulti (+/-R double layer) drive with Labelflash
1.3 megapixel webcam
Harmon/Kardon stereo speakers
Dimensions (WxDxH): 15.1" x 10.5" x 1.6"
Weight: 6 lbs 11.6oz with six-cell battery
90W (19V x 6.3A) 100-240V AC Adapter
6-cell 10.8v 44Wh Lithium Ion battery
1-Year Standard Limited Warranty
Price as configured: $1,149.99

Getac V100 Rugged Tablet Review

When it comes to making rugged notebooks and tablets, Getac is one of the most respected names in the business. As impressive as the fully rugged Getac V100 tablet might be at first glance, there's one thing that makes this tablet really special ... a screen rated at 1,200 nits brightness! By comparison, a good notebook screen might only be rated as a 250 nit screen. We're talking about a rugged tablet that can not only be used in the middle of the desert, but that has a screen you can still read when the desert sun is beating down from above. Read on to see how well the Getac V100 holds up against our testing.

The New Dell Latitude laptops

The high-performance New Latitude laptops are sleeker, smarter and designed for improved portability. Improved wireless connectivity allows you to connect virtually anywhere*. Extended battery life helps your laptop last as long as your workday. Get up to 19 hours* of battery life - our longest ever - with the optional 9-cell battery, battery slice and solid state drive (E6400 only). Enhanced security features offer protection and prevention against unauthorized access. All wrapped in a sleek, durable design with Strike ZoneTM shock absorbers to protect your hard drive.

Roundup: Turning Your Mac into a Virtual PC

Platform virtualization (the process of running a second operating system inside a virtual environment on your computer) has been on my mind a lot lately, has it been on yours? If you have made a shift recently from Windows to Mac you may have wondered at one point if you could find a way to use any of your old Windows software.

This article is focuses on the experience of running Windows Vista as a guest operating system on a Mac OS X host. The host system is a Unibody MacBook with the following specifications:

Core 2 Duo P7350 2GHz
2GB DDR3 1066 RAM
256MB Nvidia Geforce 9400m (Shared Memory)
500GB 5400 RPM HDD
When talking about virtualization I'll be referring to the Virtual Machine (VM) a lot. This is the virtual PC that will be running the guest OS. The default setup uses about half of your host computer's CPU and RAM. That is how we will be configuring our VMs for this test.