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Sleek, shiny and utterly sexy. This is the first impression you get of the Acer Aspire S7 Ultrabook. It positions itself in the same sort of market as the Macbook Air, with its lack of any kind of optical drive, its light body, and its smooth aluminium exterior, but is this US$1 200 Windows 8 machine a serious competitor, or is it overpriced for the features it offers?
To begin, let's get down to the basics of this machine. The Acer Aspire ...
Sony has just announced a new member to its VAIO family line-up namely the Sony VAIO Fit. Moving away from complicated titles featured in the E, S, T and L series, its allure will be its quality, price tag and straightforwardness. The electronics giant seems to be making a comeback in the dog-eat-dog market which saw Sony suffer a record financial loss last year. The VAIO Fit seems to be perfect for someone with a budget who wants something of ...
Acer has unveiled the R7, a 15.6-inch touchscreen notebook which appears to be an attempt to marry not just laptops with tablets but also the lessons learned from the burgeoning tablet stand market.
The device, which features a 1920x1080 screen and some serious computing power, has four modes. Each of these modes, it says, is designed to serve a specific function:
Ezel Mode -- Reach out and pull the display closer, eliminating the need to reach across the palm rest and ...
The Iconia W5 is the latest Windows 8 laptop/tablet hybrid (a “lappitablet”) from Acer. While it’s not perfect, it’s better than the Surface RT, as it’s a full Windows 8 experience now, not a stripped down version of the maligned OS.
With some decent specs, a great screen, the option of having both a laptop as well as a tablet essentially, and a very solid keyboard (an optional extra), the W5 is the best hybrid Windows 8 computer yet -- but ...
Well this is one for the books. Forget your Dells, HPs and Asuses, the best laptop for running Windows on is a Mac.
To be precise, it's a mid 2012 13-inch Macbook pro and, according to Soluto (the company which has come to this conclusion), it's because Microsoft's OS installs cleaner on the Apple device than any other. It's not Microsoft's fault though. The real problem, apparently lies with the manufacturers:
A main factor in this machine's metrics is the ...
On the surface, Lenovo's Y500 gaming laptop looks like a standard black notebook computer. When we opened the system up, however, we were surprised by a comfortable, full-size backlit keyboard, a high-quality 15.6-inch screen, and above-average audio. Not bad, even if these are expected in a modern gaming laptop.
Digging a little deeper into the Y500's specifications really raised our eyebrows. A Core i7 3630 processor? Not one, but two GeForce GT graphics parts? An SSD bootstrap drive? 16GB of system memory? For ...
Lenovo is overhauling its latest ThinkPad, the T431s and, according to an official blog post, it “combed the world for user input during its most ambitious project yet.”
Lenovo is clearly looking to change its exceptionally boring, yet business-friendly ThinkPad lineup. The official blog post goes into plenty of detail about the people, and how Lenovo sourced the people for ideas or as it puts it “the continual process of refinement.” The PR babble hurts, but Lenovo does outline some ...
Most companies make products because they want people to buy them, but Google doesn't give a fig if you buy a Chromebook Pixel or not. It wasn't made so that people would buy it, though doubtless some will; it's a learning exercise made flesh. Let us explain.
Google's Chrome OS is a fast, secure, always-updated lightweight operating system whose only job is to give you a computer that has a web browser on it. Almost the only thing you can do on a ...
The sheer scale of the Asus Zenbook U500 is quite a surprise when you first open it up - we're used to seeing thin and light laptops, yes, but not at this 15.6-inch screen size.
We'd argue that its size means it isn't truly portable. It's more like a desktop replacement to have around the home; one that's light enough to use on your lap, or carry between different rooms.
It's powerful too, and immensely sturdy, with an exquisite aluminium finish that ...
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