Articles on Notebook, Hard Drive, Video Card

HP Envy 15 (Core i7-720QM Processor 1.6GHz, 2GB RAM)

Review Taking over from the HDX series, the new HP Envy line is the company's premium entertainment range. But instead of playing "who has the most features" game with its competitors, the Envy 15 instead loses some functionality as a tradeoff to becoming the sleekest midsize machine...

Dell Adamo XPS (Core 2 Duo SU9400 1.4GHz Processor; 4GB RAM)

Review If you thought the MacBook Air was thin, you haven't seen anything yet. The Dell Adamo XPS sets a new standard on just how sleek a notebook can be. The second generation of Dell's premium laptop line is really an impressive feat of engineering. From its unique hinge design to capacitive latch...

Toshiba Qosmio X500 (Core i7 720QM Processor 1.6GHz, 4GB RAM)

Review Toshiba's Qosmio line has always been the company's experimental playground for high-end systems, from massive gaming rigs to inventive multimedia home theater laptops. While there were a lot of interesting ideas there, you often ended up with slightly overpriced systems with out-of-date video...

Alienware M15x (Core i7-720QM Processor 1.6GHz, 3GB RAM)

Review Keeping the same revised look and feel as the recent 17-inch M17x version, the Alienware M15x is an imposing black slab of computing power that's thicker and heavier than most 17-inch laptops. We love having high-end options such as Intel's uberpowerful Core i7-920XM CPU, and it's a plus...

Acer Aspire 8935G (Core 2 Quad Q9000 Processor 2.0GHz, 4GB RAM)

Review To say we hate the term "cheap and good" whenever we are asked to recommend a laptop does not even begin to describe the depths of disdain we have for that cliche. Most of the time, you can't have it both ways. However, Acer, well-known for offering excellent feature-to-price models, has outdone...

Sony Vaio VGN-Z46GD (Core 2 Duo P9700 Processor 2.8GHz, 6GB RAM)

Review Its predecessor, the Vaio SZ series, was one of the first to sport both integrated and discrete graphics chipsets. However, at that time switching between the two required the laptop to be restarted. But when the Centrino 2 platform with its hybrid graphics capabilities came about, the new Vaio...

Acer Aspire Timeline 3810TG (Core 2 Duo SU9400 Processor 1.4GHz, 4GB RAM)

Review When the first Acer Aspire Timeline series as released in mid-2009, it changed the landscape of portable computing. Sporting the new line of Intel consumer ultra-low-voltage (CULV) processor, the lower cost and thermal signature allowed Acer to produce an impressively slim thin-and-light which ...

HP Pavilion dv3000 (Core 2 Duo T9300 processor 2.5GHz, 2GB RAM)

Review HP Pavilion laptops aren't exactly petite machines. The smallest option was the 14.1-inch dv2000 series which was quite the bear to carry. So when we heard that the Palo Alto company extended the lineup to include a 13.3-inch model, we were hopeful that true portable entertainment was within...