notebooks

Games

Five Games That Play Nicely On Netbooks

5:20AM Mark Wilson | Liliputing put together a list of five decent, recent PC games that play smoothly on netbooks. Also, we would add the classic Half Life to their list, along with Diablo 2 (obv). Your recommendations? [Liliputing]
Computers

The Four Gaming PCs Worth Lusting After

4:00AM Will Smith | We asked Maximum PC editor-in-chief Will Smith to name the best gaming PCs in four categories: monster laptop, value laptop, over-the-top desktop and “cheap” desktop. Though that last one is still a bankbuster, his picks are hot as hell. More »
Software

DIY Laptop Etch-A-Sketch Is Almost Worth Destroying A Hard Drive

12:40PM Rosa Golijan | I think my hard drive flinched in fear when I pulled up these instructions for turning a laptop into an Etch-A-Sketch. How could it not when the project is a freakin’ awesome Arduino-powered Hack-A-Sketch that you actually shake to erase. More »
Computers

Dell Studio 17 Touch: Dell’s First Touchscreen Laptop From $US800

7:19AM Mark Wilson | While Dell has made tablets for years, their quietly announced Studio 17 Touch is their first touchscreen laptop, and it’s one big machine. More »
Computers

Asus Eee PC 1201N: A Great Deal, But Have We Been Had?

2:33AM Mark Wilson | On one hand, the Asus Eee 1201N, the first Ion-packing Eee, will arrive in December for $US500. That includes Win 7, a dual core Atom processor, 2GB RAM, 250GB HDD and 12-inch (1366×768) display. But on the other… More »
Computers

Super Cheap, Super Small Lenovo X100E Leaks

12:45PM Dan Nosowitz | Lenovo’s new X100E ultrathin laptop just leaked out, and it’s looking pretty sweet: 11.6-inch screen, redesigned chiclet keyboard, a supposed starting price of less than $US500 and colours. Colours, you guys. On a ThinkPad. More »
Computers

The Asus G51J 3D Laptop Is ‘3D Done Right’

1:42AM Mark Wilson | We reviewed Acer’s 3D laptop not so long ago. We found it fun, but reeking of gen 1 quirks. Now Laptop Mag has played with a new 3D laptop by Asus and found it to be pretty fantastic. More »
Computers

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon-Powered Lenovo Smartbook Coming

8:22AM Rosa Golijan | Qualcomm has announced its newest smartbook concept. It’s a Snapdragon-powered, 10-incher for which they’ve already secured AT&T backing. More »
Hardware

Intel’s 32nm Arrandale Core i5 And i7 Chips For Anorexic Notebooks

8:04AM Matt Buchanan | We know, the Core i7-i5-i3 stuff is confusing. Not to make it worse, but Digitimes outs some of Intel’s notebooks plans for next year: a triplet of processors of Core i7 and i5 processors, codenamed Arrandale, for skinny laptops. More »
Hardware

Windows 7 Netbook Battery Life Sucks Worse Than Windows XP

11:33AM Matt Buchanan | Yeah, netbooks feel so much nicer running Windows 7 than Windows XP, but you’re paying a secret price: your battery. On average, Windows 7 seems to suck all the life out of it 47 minutes faster than Windows XP. More »