It’s difficult to pick out a winner in the mid-range notebook category when the majority of the options available all have the same specs. The Dell Inspiron 14z at least tries to distinguish itself from the rest of the pack with a partly aluminum body that should cut down a bit on the weight and […]
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It’s tempting to go with a notebook that offers everything you need at a low price but the Lenovo IdeaPad Y570 notebook fits in a couple of things you want as well for just a bit more. The Intel Core i5-2410M powered device comes prepped with an NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M GPU which will make gaming a […]
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Laptops like the ASUS A53T rarely come about since they break the mold in so many ways. There’s its quad core APU, which goes by the name of AMD A6-3400M, and a discrete Radeon HD 6650M graphics card that pair up inside of its 15.6″ confines in a mobile CrossFireX frenzy. It disappoints a bit […]
The Alienware M18x notebook has plenty of great things going for it. Its Intel Core i7 2960XM processor can handle plenty of heavy applications and games, which you’d want from your portable gaming notebook, and its Dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M SLI graphics chips provide the sort of horsepower you need. If you thought there […]
Read more Alienware M18x Laptop tears through your games on the road
Toshiba’s Portégé Z830 Ultrabook notebook has gone on a bit of a slimming regimen, or at least we’d be envious if it hadn’t, in order to squeeze into its sub 2.5 pound 0.63 inch frame. Yes it’s sharp and sleek but it manages to pack in a 13 inch display, LED back lit keyboard, and a […]
Read more Toshiba Portégé Z830 Ultrabook Notebook is slim and speedy
AMD’s early Fusion chips are creating a bit of a problem for portable manufacturers since it offers great graphics performance but middle of the road CPU performance so you’ll be seeing them pop up into souped up netbooks or somewhat watered down notebooks. The MSI X-Slim X370 Notebook fills an interesting void with its 13.4″ display […]
The mid-range notebook space is in a state of flux with plenty of models sporting exceedingly capable processors but horrific graphics solutions while AMD’s Fusion chips comes along and flips the script with a beefy integrated graphics core but middle of the pack CPU performance. MSI’s CR650 is the latest entry into the Fusion powered […]
AMD’s Fusion program has put together an interesting mix of CPU and GPU performance which is a perfect match for a notebook so it’s great to see models finally making their to market with the chips. The HP Pavilion dm1z isn’t meant to provide the greatest performance boosts known to man but its AMD E-350 Zacate […]
Read more HP Pavilion dm1z brings Fusion power to the masses
The perfect balance of features is a difficult thing to achieve in the laptop market especially when you consider the number of options there are for processors and graphics chips. Samsung’s R580 promises to stay humble with its selection of mid-range graphics and CPU options. That’s not to say it’ll be a slouch on the […]
Read more Samsung R580 Notebook keeps it all middle of the road
Ultra-thin laptops are a great piece of gear to have around if you travel a lot due to the minimal amount of space they take up but you’re going to give up a few things if you go that route. The Apple 13″ MacBook Air has a few downsides, most of which you won’t really […]
Read more Apple 13″ MacBook Air combines the old and the new
Normally all of that tweaking and overclocking is best left to enthusiasts…on their desktop machines… but MSI has worked their magic on their new FX700 and FR700 notebooks which can boost the system’s performance at the touch of a button. The two models sport Intel Core i5 processors and 17.3″ LED backlit displays which should […]
Read more MSI FX700 and FR700 come with their very own turbo buttons
