Laptops

Dell M11xR2 Review: The World’s Smallest Gaming Laptop Goes i7

With the M11x, Dell and Alienware gave the world the smallest gaming laptop, and we liked it a lot. So why change it? To include the two things we’ve all been waiting for: Optimus and i5/i7 CPUs. https://gizmodo.com/alienware-m11x-review-gamings-new-featherweight-divisi-5504364 Price and Configuration The model we tested came complete with a 1.2GHz Core i7-640UM processor (Turbo to…

Reviews James Pikover Jul 15

Dell Tries to Display Some Personality

Being in the midst of a complex legal battle hasn’t stopped Dell from being able to have bit of fun, with the unit-shifter unveiling a collection of laptops featuring designs from crowd-sourced t-shirt maker Threadless. https://gizmodo.com/dell-knowingly-sold-11-8-million-computers-with-a-97-f-5576237 If you’re not already over the t-shirt company’s house style of weird monsters and oddball machinery rendered in monochrome…

Tech News Gary Cutlack Jul 9

Sony Recalls Over 500,000 Overheating Vaio Laptops

It’s a rough day to be a major laptop manufacturer. First comes news that Dell knowingly sold busted products, and now Sony is recalling 535,000 Vaio laptops that could get hot enough to burn your skin. UPDATED: https://gizmodo.com/dell-knowingly-sold-11-8-million-computers-with-a-97-f-5576237 At issue with the Vaios in question is a temperature-control defect that could distort the laptop’s shape…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jun 30

How to Stop Your Computer From Overheating

I remember the first time my laptop overheated on me, and how thankful I was for not wearing synthetic trousers that day. Lifehacker has done a brilliant job explaining how to prevent your computer from overheating; check it out. [Lifehacker]

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jun 24

HP Mini 100e Netbook: A Student Model For Model Students

Putting computers in classrooms is a noble cause, and one that’s so far been dominated by Intel’s Convertible Classmate PC design. Today, though, HP’s joining the fray with a tot-focused tote-able netbook of their own. The Mini 100e doesn’t have some of the Classmate’s money features—the swiveling webcam, the HDD shock protection—but it does offer…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jun 23

How Jimmy Kimmel Recorded Tonight’s Show With a Laptop

Even if you’re not a regular Jimmy Kimmel Live fan, it might be worth tuning in tonight. Because when they tried to film the episode yesterday, the power went out. So they recorded with a laptop webcam instead. UPDATED: The outage apparently affected the show’s control room, broadcast transmission center, and tape operations area, meaning…

Television Brian Barrett Jun 22

Acer Aspire TimelineX Series Brings (Mostly) Full Duty Core i5 Processors For Under $1000

Acer’s Timeline series has low-voltage processors in the past, but three of the four new TimelineX models they’re introducing are full Core i3/i5. And while the nearly netbook-sized 1830T houses ULV Core i3/i5, it’s still a relative bargain. That 11.6-inch 1830T weighs just three pounds and features up to a ULV Core i5 CPU, 4GB…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jun 22

Toshiba AC100 Netbook Runs Android and Has Massive Seven Days of Standby Battery Life

Finishing off the hat–trick of laptops, Toshiba’s AC100 is their first machine to run on Android, and is shaping up to be a very tidy netbook with up to eight hours of battery, or up to SEVEN DAYS’ standby life. Yep, seven days. It runs on an NVIDIA Tegra 250 chip, with an insy-winsy 512MB…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jun 21

Toshiba Portégé R700 Laptop: Light As a Feather, Strong Like Bull

All those ultraportables using Intel’s ULV Core processors just got taken to school: Toshiba’s Portégé R700 is as light as a MacBook Air, nearly as powerful as a MacBook Pro, and measures an inch thick with a DVD drive. Standard. Putting a full voltage processor in such a thin and light frame really is a…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jun 21

Inspiron R Series: Dell’s Razzle Dazzle Everyday Laptops

Dell’s Inspiron line has never been stodgy, exactly. They’re steady, workaday notebooks that you’d take to college or have kicking around the living room. And that’s been just fine! The R series, though, adds a bit more flair. The new Inspirons that Dell’s announcing today don’t represent much of a spec upgrade—the line’s been packing…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jun 20

Lenovo IdeaPad Y560d: Multimedia Laptop Goes 3D

The 3D laptops keep rolling out. This time from Lenovo, who’s outfitted the IdeaPad Y560 notebook with an extra dimension in the Y560d. It’s got the same Core i7 goodness, a 15.6-inch (1366×768) display, and starts at $1200. Not shabby! Of course, you’ll have to upgrade if you want that Core i7, ATI Radeon HD5730…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jun 17

Toshiba A665 Laptop Plays 3D Blu-ray and Games

In a lot of ways, a 3D laptop makes at least as much sense as a 3DTV, especially when that laptop is the first to play 3D Blu-ray discs in the US. That’s Toshiba’s A665. It’s kind of beastly. We’d already gotten a glimpse of the A665—called Dynabook in the UK—but the we finally know…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jun 15

Judge Smacks Down Warrantless DHS Laptop Searches

In 2008, it came to light that Homeland Security had the authority to take your laptop, hold it indefinitely, and search it whenever without warrant or probable cause. Last week, a judge rightly ruled that that’s bananas. The case in question the computer of an American citizen who was returning from a trip to South…

Privacy & Security Brian Barrett Jun 11

Alienware M11x Adds Core i7 Power

Dell’s Alienware M11x already offered up some potent graphics, especially for a laptop of its size. Now—just a few months after release—the M11x is getting a Core i7 CPU upgrade that makes it a powerhouse in every sense. While we’d heard before about the Core-i bump, the M11x will also get Nvidia Optimus, a system…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jun 8

Toshiba Dynabook TX/98MBL Is First 3D Blu-ray Playing Laptop

Also known as the Satellite A665 in Europe, the TX/98MBL is a 15.6-inch laptop with 3D Blu-ray playing compatibility. There may be few 3D Blu-rays out there at the moment to watch, but Toshiba’s putting the hardware up first. The display is a 15.6-inch TruBrite LED-backlit panel with a 1366 x 768 resolution, running on…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jun 7

How To: Recover From a Soda-Spill Disaster

There are few moments in life quite as sickening as realizing that you’ve spilled a beverage on one of your gadgets. Because of that, we’ve put together a simple disaster plan for dealing with beverage-soiled electronics. 1. Act Fast Yeah, we know. You’re pissed. You just splashed merlot on your expensive gaming laptop. And while…

Tech News Alex Castle - MaximumPC May 31

Yes, a Crocodile Skin Sony Vaio P Is Exactly What We Need

As if whacking GPS, 3G, an accelerometer and optical touchpads onto the new Vaio P wasn’t enough, Sony’s only gone and painted it with crocodile skin now. https://gizmodo.com/sony-vaio-p-is-a-worthy-upgrade-with-accelerometer-tou-5534892 Available in Japan for now, you can choose the various upgrades on offer for the innards of the croc, including a 256GB SSD or an Intel Atom…

Tech News Kat Hannaford May 26

Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 480M Just Turned Your Notebook’s Graphics Card Into a Sad Little Chip

Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 480M is the steroidal notebook graphics card you’ve been waiting for (if you’re a huge nerd): The world’s fastest notebook GPU according to Nvidia, it’s the first mobile chip using Nvidia’s ridiculous Fermi architecture. https://gizmodo.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-the-fastest-gpu-in-the-world-5503184 The hard specs, for the numbers-inclined: 352 CUDA cores running at 897 gigaflops, 850MHz processor speed, 1.2GHz…

Tech News Matt Buchanan May 25

Intel Shrinks Core i7 CPUs For Ultrathin Laptops

Intel expanded its processor family today with six new chips, each designed to make ultraportable notebooks thinner, lighter, and with 32% better performance. We’re talking laptops less than an inch thick with ULV Core i7 inside. We’re talking MacBook Air. The MacBook Air’s been long overdue for a refresh, especially after its regular-sized cousins so…

Tech News Brian Barrett May 24

Alienware’s 11-Inch M11x Netbook Getting Core i7 Upgrade Next Month?

Courtesy of a Dell representative who let a little too much information loose in a video interview with Shufflegazine, we now know that its gaming arm Alienware is readying an Intel Core i7 netbook next month. Along with the i7 chip, i3 and i5 processors will also be on offer for the “netbook,” which will…

Tech News Kat Hannaford May 24

Dell M11xR2 Review: The World’s Smallest Gaming Laptop Goes i7

Dell Tries to Display Some Personality

Sony Recalls Over 500,000 Overheating Vaio Laptops

How to Stop Your Computer From Overheating

HP Mini 100e Netbook: A Student Model For Model Students

How Jimmy Kimmel Recorded Tonight’s Show With a Laptop

Acer Aspire TimelineX Series Brings (Mostly) Full Duty Core i5 Processors For Under $1000

Toshiba AC100 Netbook Runs Android and Has Massive Seven Days of Standby Battery Life

Toshiba Portégé R700 Laptop: Light As a Feather, Strong Like Bull

Inspiron R Series: Dell’s Razzle Dazzle Everyday Laptops

Lenovo IdeaPad Y560d: Multimedia Laptop Goes 3D

Toshiba A665 Laptop Plays 3D Blu-ray and Games

Judge Smacks Down Warrantless DHS Laptop Searches

Alienware M11x Adds Core i7 Power

Toshiba Dynabook TX/98MBL Is First 3D Blu-ray Playing Laptop

How To: Recover From a Soda-Spill Disaster

Yes, a Crocodile Skin Sony Vaio P Is Exactly What We Need

Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 480M Just Turned Your Notebook’s Graphics Card Into a Sad Little Chip

Intel Shrinks Core i7 CPUs For Ultrathin Laptops

Alienware’s 11-Inch M11x Netbook Getting Core i7 Upgrade Next Month?

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