gScreen: The real dual-screen laptop

Of course, we still love the ThinkPad W700ds. Who doesn't? After all, it comes with a cute little secondary panel that makes it just a little larger than its competitors (we are referring to the screen). But now there is another competitor that seeks to steal our hearts with not just one, but two full-sized displays in a laptop form factor.
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Intel Core i7 Mobile laptop chips to launch with Windows 7

Your order for Windows 7 is here--you want chips with that? Good, because that's exactly what you're getting--and not just any old chips, either. Laptop manufacturers are gearing up to release machines that use Intel's next-generation Core i7 mobile chips, codenamed Clarksfield, on Intel's next-gen Centrino platform, codenamed Calpella.
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Intel Core i7 MSI laptops coming in September

One prolific manufacturer of computers has announced what we had already known for a while: Core i7 laptops are ready to hit soon. And by soon we mean September. MSI has confirmed a series of 15.4- and 17-inch mobile Core i7 laptops that will hit just before the launch of Windows 7.

The question is, will you buy one? For those who aren't familiar, Core i7 processors are excellent at multitasking and hard-core gaming, but are hardly power-friendly. They're the chips that will populate the next generation of eye-popping gaming laptops that will, in most instances, also come with eye-popping prices.
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Turn your MacBook into a desktop with BookArc

If you want to use your MacBook as a desktop (and I don't see why), there's now an easy and pretty way.

Mac accessory maker Twelve South released BookArc, a metal stand designed to hold any Apple MacBook, from the MacBook Air to the 17-inch MacBook Pro. The stand is designed to hold the laptop in a vertical position and therefore supposedly should free up your desk space. The BookArc has a compact footprint of just 10 inches (254mm) long by 4 inches (101.6mm) wide, which is significantly smaller than that of any MacBook.
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Wait till October 22 to get a Netbook if you can

We recently asked (and answered) the burning question: "Should I buy a new laptop now, or wait for Windows 7?" Much of our answer revolved around the fact that almost anyone buying a new laptop from June 26, 2009 through January 31, 2010 would qualify for a free upgrade to Windows 7. Those upgrades would be delivered via snail mail sometime after Win 7's October release.

One important exception to the free upgrade fest deserves a closer look--and that's anyone buying a Netbook with Windows XP (and judging from recent sales numbers, that's a lot of you). The shafting current Netbook buyers take is two-fold.

No easy upgrades for Netbooks
First, you don't get a free Windows 7 upgrade, even to the stripped-down Starter Edition. The only Netbook exceptions are a handful of systems, such as some versions of the Asus Eee PC 1101HA, that run Vista Home Premium.
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