by Rafael Hernandez on December 6, 2005
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HotHardware has an early look at ATI’s Mobility Radeon X1600 in a well equipped Asus A7G notebook. It’s been a bit slow in coming with Nvidia next-gen GPUs in the notebook space already but it does well in the mobile…
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by Rafael Hernandez on November 30, 2005
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AnandTech has an early look at the Intel “Yonah” dual-core CPU. The chip is based on their popular Pentium M mobile chip regularly found in Centrino notebooks but the added core gives it a nice kick in multi-threaded environments. It’s…
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by Rafael Hernandez on November 29, 2005
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AnandTech has a look at a batch of notebook PCs in the $600 price range. The segment isn’t known for flashiness and while you can’t expect the best in performance and features there are examples of good build-quality and value…
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by Rafael Hernandez on November 28, 2005
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Storage Review has a look at a batch of 2.5″ hard drives designed for the notebook market. Since laptops have been growing in popularity many of them have become primary systems for which you’d want speedy components. Their indepth look…
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by Rafael Hernandez on November 17, 2005
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X-bit labs has a batch of seven compact notebooks on their testbench. The seven laptops are all very mobile friendly coming in with a max screen size of 12″ which is a perfect travelling size and minimizes weight. A nice,…
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by Rafael Hernandez on November 11, 2005
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Laptop Logic has the details on how to put together the MSI-1029 barebones notebook PC and a short review on it. The laptop is an impressive product featuring AMD Turion CPU support and ATI’s X700 Mobility graphics inside a sleek…
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by Rafael Hernandez on November 9, 2005
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Legit Reviews has a look at the Asus Z36A whitebook laptop PC. Whitebooks are generally just the chassis/LCD/motherboard/battery to which you must add everything else. A nice choice if you want control over the components that go into your notebook…
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by Rafael Hernandez on November 8, 2005
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Laptop Logic has a look at the Lenovo Thinkpad Z60t notebook PC. The usual batch of hardware is included, Intel Centrino hardware and a 14″ widescreen display, nothing fancy hardware wise but it’s extremely well built and can handle the…
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by Rafael Hernandez on November 3, 2005
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DigiTimes has the details on LED backlights moving into notebook PCs. Current LCDs use cold-cathod fluorescent lamps to provide light but they containt some nasty chemicals that are out of favor so the move to LEDs is on. Thinner notebooks…
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by Rafael Hernandez on November 1, 2005
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HardOCP has a review of the ABS Mayhem G4 notebook computer. The system isn’t all that cutting edge in the CPU or GPU department but they do pack in practical components which should offer decent performance in many titles all…
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by Rafael Hernandez on October 18, 2005
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Adrian’s Rojak Pot has a review of the Seagate 120GB Momentus hard drive. The drive spins at about 5,400RPM and includes a healthy amount of on-board cache which is unheard of for a drive that’s usually found in a notebook…
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