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Segador: Sony still makes some of the best laptops around. They just cost too much compared to their competition. more »
soggy_cheerio: I've never really been impressed with Sony's laptop offerings. more »
dingus: I still have my PCG-N505VE. 2.5 lbs, all magnesium case, 10.1" XGA display. It was a tank. more »
Nitesh Singh: Did you SERIOUSLY just compare raw clock speed of two completely different processor architectures? Come now, that's inexcusably noobish. They don't e... more »
PamelaFlying fox: In 2003, I spent 7 months traveling around the world on a writing project with nothing but a pack on my back and this Sony Vaio on my lap. It was AMA... more »
KTK1990: I remember that (PCG-SRX77) as my first laptop (dad gave it to me). Man, that thing was awesome, and was great to take for a internet only pc. Now ... more »
meatbag_pussrocket: "weighed just 276lbs and made do with a 10-inch screen. " Just a stab in the dark here... is there a missing decimal point in this sentance? more »
otko: Smartphones of today will be the _____ of ______. Fill in the blanks. more »
Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: "Because after all, who doesn't want a 10.1-inch Dell phone? Err..." Everyone who's holding out for a 10.1-inch iphone... more »
Alfisted: He should put this into production. It would be huge. more »
JC Whitless: Why would you go to that hard work and leave "Dell" on it. Wouldn't you advertise your super awesome modding skills with YOUR NAME or something on it? more »
Prostate of Grace: "That's a nice little phone there." more »
dingus: Dom Joly is building his own right now. more »
groundlessnfree: This is a scam. It's a normal phone and he has just really tiny hands. more »
RuBBa_cHiKiN: Rollin' in my Lada, ridin' Spetsnaz: This would be great for the visually-impaired! more »
Anomalyi: How can you make a product so... WHITE, and not have any compatibility with Apple MacBooks? Would it be that difficult to add a Magsafe adapter? I wou... more »
MrCheatachu: This is only a DC/DC converter, which means if you wanted to use for your laptop in your hotel room you are going to have to include another AC/DC con... more »
otko: My giant charger already gets mega hot under mild conditions, I can't imagine how hot this thing must get under extreme conditions. However, I'd buy ... more »
otko: Huh. My dad used to have one of those years ago, except it was tiny and smelled funny. more »
dc-united: Something very beautiful about wood. No, not THAT way. That's a lovely case, but I don't know how it'd stand up to the abuse I heap on my laptops w... more »

#laptops

The Best Windows Laptops, From $400 to $1500
To find out the best Windows laptops of 2009, we checked in with Mark Spoonauer who, as editor-in-chief of Laptop Magazine and Laptopmag.com, oversaw 130+ notebook and netbook reviews this year. If you're buying, buy one of these. More »
#notebooks

Dell Vostro V13 Hands On: Bruce Wayne's Laptop
Magnesium alloy. Aluminum. Zinc. That's what Dell's Vostro V13 is built with. It's as thin as Dell's primo Adamo at 0.65 inches, but it weighs less, 3.5 pounds. Yet somehow, it's $450. More »
#laptops

Dell Precision M6500 Workstation Has Hardcore Guts
Dell's Precision M6500 refreshes their hardcore workstation with ass-beating guts: It's the first with Intel's Core i7-920XM Quad Core Extreme, Nvidia's new QuadroFX 3800M, and up to 16GB of RAM running at 1600MHz. More »
#laptops

Dell's Studio 17 Touch (Their First Multitouch Laptop) Starts at $800
While Dell has made tablets for years, their quietly announced Studio 17 Touch is their first multitouch laptop, and it's one big machine. More »
#dell

Dell Adamo XPS Hands On: Insanely Thin (and Just Insane)
The Adamo XPS is a daring slice of design and engineering. Quite frankly, it's batshit insane. More »
#dell

Dell Doesn't Understand That a "Hard Drive For Laptops" Program Doesn't Fly With Support Customers
So, this guy sends his laptop to Dell for repair and Dell sends him back a hard drive...just a hard drive in a box. So what's the problem here? More »
#bloatware

Acer's Bloatware Adds 2+ Minutes to Boot Time, HP, Dell and Sony Not Much Better
PC Pro looked into the bloatware included on new laptops by major manufacturers, measuring how memory, HDD space and boot times are negatively effected. And good lord, it's worse than you thought. More »
#dealzmodo

Dell Selling Core i7 Laptop for $101,353
It's either a glitch or a preventative measure, but Dell is listing an otherwise straight-up Studio 16 for $101,353 because of the succulent Core i7 processor stuck inside. Update: Fun's over More »
#adamo

Specs Leak For Dell's Super Skinny Adamo XPS
More information has trickled out about the Dell's Adamo XPS, the notebook with an eating disorder which we showed you video of yesterday. More »
#exclusive

Video: Dell Adamo XPS Can Only Be Opened By Rubbing It
The Dell Adamo XPS isn't only ridiculously thin, but it opens like no laptop ever seen before. Its propped up keyboard can only be opened by sliding a finger on the lid's heat sensing strip. See it to believe it... More »
#apple

Apple Tax Repealed? Comparisons Suggest It's So
Our friends at Laptop compiled a chart comparing the new $999 white unibody MacBook to similarly weighted 13" laptops from Dell, Acer and Samsung within $100. There are tradeoffs, but at least at this price level, Apple fights on even ground, and makes up for lacks (no SD slot, smaller HDD, less RAM) with perks (LED backlighting, multitouch trackpad) and a much longer stated battery life. Feel free to scream it out below, or check Laptop for the full chart and spec rundown. [Laptop]
#adamo

Dell's $2000 Adamo XPS Opens with a Little Heat or Your Finger
Even though the disgustingly thin Dell Adamo XPS arrives soon for a newly-announced $2000 price, but we're still just learning about some of the features and specifics. One of the latest is purely cosmetic, but it sounds pretty hot: More »
#laptops

First Dell Adamo XPS Profile Photos: OK, That's Like Disgustingly Thin
So that's what the Dell Adamo XPS, a 9.99 mm thin laptop, looks like from the side. Evokes the words "hypodermic," "stab" and "scissors," doesn't it? More »
#dell

Dell Wants To Give Laptops One Heck of an Expensive Manicure
I've never wanted to have the color of favorite nail polish (Ballet Slippers, if you must know) on my laptop's lid, but some may. Dell has teamed up with OPI, the nail lacquer maker, to put 26 hues on laptops. More »
#notebooks

Dell Latitude Z Hands On: Kills Cords With Wireless Charging
Someone at Dell must have tripped over some wires and after cleaning up the bloody gash came up with the $2,000 anti-cord Latitude Z: It has wireless charging and wirelessly connects to displays too. More »
#dell

Dell Brings Intel Core i7 Power to Studio and Alienware Laptops and Desktops
Intel's Core i7 processor kicks ass, as we already know. Dell (and its adopted sub-brand, Alienware) is busting out a new line of laptops and desktops to take advantage of the power and capabilities of the i7. More »
#notebooks

Dell Latitude Z For Rich Execs Could Be First Laptop With Wireless Charging
I'm really praying this isn't another Adamo. The soon-to-be-introduced Dell Latitude Z will have a premium design, super high end specs and a lofty price tag. I've heard that all before, but wireless charging in a notebook? That's new. More »
#laptops

Dell Inspiron 11z Hits for $399, Explains Disappearance of Inspiron Mini 12
Like we predicted, Dell is joining the Intel CULV brigade today with its Inspiron 11Z. The inch thin notebook isn't part of the Inspiron netbook family, but is clearly what Dell planned to take the place of the Mini 12. More »
#dell

Dell Inspiron Z Sorta Thin, Sorta Lights
Can't tell you much about the Inspiron Z series, either, except that like Studio Z, it's the "thin and light" take on Dell's budget Inspiron line using Intel ULV chips. More »
#netbooks

The Dell 'Ultimate Hackintosh' Mini 9 Back for $299
The Dell Mini 9 may not be Dell's newest netbook, but it's widely considered the best hackintosh around. The only problem? It was discontinued...or so we thought. More »
#service

Laptop Mag Determines Acer, Dell and HP Have the Worst Tech Support
Laptop magazine went through the painstaking process of calling the tech support of every major notebook manufacturer. And they timed their waits before asking one of two very basic questions. The results may not surprise you. More »
#acer

Acer Quietly Poised To Surpass Dell As Second-Largest PC Maker
Don't look now, but Acer—yes, that Acer—is on the verge of unseating Dell as the second-largest PC maker. More »
#dell

Dell Latitude Z Gets Leaked, Tentatively Held For Photo Shoot
Well, it looks like the Dell Latitude Z, a svelte, mid-range ultrathin, has come out of hiding for its first photo shoot. More »
#dell

Dell Joins the Sorta Thin, Sorta Cheap Laptop Party With 14-Inch, $649 Studio 14z
Ok, this trend is really growing some legs. Dell has just announced and made available their Studio 14z, a $649 optical-driveless budget ~~ultrathin~~ kindathin with a 16:9 HD display, Nvidia 9400m graphics and a 14-inch footprint. More »
#dell

Words Can Explain Dell Design Only So Well
This is Dell's VP of Consumer Design, Ed Boyd. It all makes sense now. More »
#netbooks

The Dell Vostro A90 Is Familiar for a Reason
If you were to claim Dell's $350 Vostro A90 was just a Mini 9 painted black, there would be nothing we could say to refute it. [Dell]
#laptops

Dell Adamo Dissected: It's Neat and Tidy on the Inside Too
iFixit teamed up with TechRepublic to tear down the new Dell Adamo, and they were especially impressed with how many parts actually fit inside the slim laptop. More »
#review

Dell Adamo Full Review: Macho Outside, Sissy Inside
The Dell Adamo is the MacBook Air designed by Batman. I'm not just saying that because I'm holding the dark onyx version of the machine—the first of the production units, ready for serious testing. More »
#netbooks

Dell Mini 10 With 720p Screen Now Available
You can now configure Dell's latest netbook with a 1366x768 screen, which is big enough to handle 720p vids. No word on the other supposedly forthcoming extras, though.
#productspam

Every Netbook In One Big Obnoxious Picture
UMPC Portal has gone through the trouble of putting every netbook and UMPC released in recent history into one big collage.
#dell

Rumor: Dell Support Documents Show Adamo 9, Studio One 22
The Adamo's only just come out, but it looks like we might already know what Dell's next step is-an ultra-portable 9-inch Adamo and a 22-inch Studio One all-in-one PC. More »
#adamo

Dell Adamo Is New "Thinnest Notebook Available"
Dell fully unveiled their Adamo laptop and it appears to fit somewhere between the Voodoo Envy 133 and MacBook Air with a 1.2 GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 128-gigabyte SSD and .65-inch thickness. More »
#rumor

Dell Adamo To Launch Tomorrow?
If this spyshot of an internal Dell invitation to the launch event is to be believed, yes. So is Dell burying their super-svelte new lappie under iPhone 3.0 or what? More »
#rugged

Dell Latitude E6400 XFR Could Probably Double as Bullet Proof Armor
Dell's new ruggedized laptop, the Latitude E6400 XFR, manages to be slimmer—yet manlier—than its first foray into military-grade notebooks, with better ballistic armor, higher drop specs and dust/moisture shielding in 8.5lbs.
#dealzmodo

Dell is Having a 4-Hour Laptop Sale Starting...NOW
If you're looking for a Dell laptop, they're having a 4-hour laptop sale online right now. ~~No idea what they'll have~~, but it's a sale, and we love those. Updated.
#howto

How To: Hackintosh a Dell Mini 9 Into the Ultimate OS X Netbook
I am typing this on a 9-inch, 3G-equipped, almost-pocketable computer, running the best consumer OS money can currently buy. It costs around $400. Do you want one too? Here's how to get yours. More »
#netbooks

Dell Mini 10 Selling for $400 on February 26
If you were interested in the Dell Mini 10, Dell's latest netbook catered to playing back 720p video, it'll be available starting at $400 later this month. Specs include:
#unconfirmed

More Details on Dell's Mini 10 HD Netbook Surface?
Dell's announcements at CES this year were extremely light on the details, but the Mini 10, with its 720p 16:9 screen and potential built-in TV tuner caught our eye. Now, more details have leaked. More »
#dealzmodo

Dealzmodo: Refurbed 4GB Dell Inspiron Mini 9 $177
Feel like sub-$200 is the magical price for a netbook? With a coupon code, you can pick up a refurbished Dell Inspiron Mini 9 (with the same one-year warranty as new goods) for $177. UPDATED.
#delladamo

Dell Adamo's Ultra-Thin Faptastic Form Factor Fully Revealed
Pictures of Dell's ultra-thinner-than-Air Adamo have been dark or teasers, but here it is, fully revealed. The form factor is gorgeous and makes the Envy look boring. More slobbery shots this way. More »

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