FLEXTRONICS TO BUILD TWO MILLION HP LAPTOPS AT DIRT-CHEAP RATES

Flextronics, the Singapore based design and manufacturing unit, has been producing consumer electronics goods for several years through a network spanning several countries. You may not have heard of the company but in all probability you have used a product they manufactured.

Now Flextronics has made headlines by inking a deal with HP for the production of 2 million netbooks at $45 per unit. Most manufacturers charge around $70 or more per unit. The deal, it seems, will force them into reducing their prices as well.

HP will save around $50 million on this order. But will their netbooks get cheaper? Well, there is no guarantee that HP will pass this savings on to the end user, but it might just happen.

HOW TO BUILD A LAPTOP FROM SCRATCH

The idea of this project is not for money saving or worse time saving. But if you've ever been interested in building yourself a system from scratch then this might be something you'd be interested in. But before you decide to hit the read link for instructions (courtesy of LaptopMag) let me remind you that this will cost money and it will not be cheaper than most laptops you buy out there. While you can get away with saving yourself hundreds if you build your own desktop the same is not exactly true about laptop machines.

TOSHIBA SATELLITE PRO L300 REVIEW – A COMPLETE DESIGN AND BUILD FOR THE PRO

The Toshiba Satellite Pro L300 offers a vibrant 15.4" WXGA display and Intel Centrino processor expertise. The L300 has all the indispensables for business users in its unsophisticated yet purposeful design. Let's take a nearer a look and observe if the Satellite Pro truly stands up to the rivalry.

Design
The Satellite Pro L300 has an extremely straightforward design. It has that silky business manifestation with its silver lid and black keyboard. You don't acquire any lustrous imprint finishes with the L300. Don't let the unadorned looks dupe you though, it still is exceptionally efficient. The framework is rock-solid and the complete design didn't feel cheap. It does feel weighty for my standards, but I am used to slighter Tablet PCs. Weighing in about 5.7lbs is habitually standard for a 15.4-inch laptop. The L300 hides dust well, but you can begin to spot some scratches from customary wear and tear

Performance
The Satellite Pro L300 didn't encompass any problems while operating multiple programs or multi-tasking jobs powered with its Core 2 Duo 2.1GHz processor and 160GB hard drive. I could try email, open documents and surf through the internet devoid of any holdup. The benchmarks are standard and in general the L300 did well on its PCMark05 score in comparison to other laptops in the similar category. I am sure the truth it is sporting Windows XP as a substitute of Vista helps out this business savvy laptop as well.

The 15.4" WXGA (1280x800) display on the Satellite Pro L300 is greater than average. The colors are brilliant and stunning. The display didn't have any issues or defects. The backlighting was excellent in office surroundings and trouble-free to examine. I didn't notice any signs of backlight bleed through except for a petite bit on the substructure by the taskbar.

The keyboard on the L300 is rock-hard and didn't illustrate any signs of bend, no matter how firm you typed. The speakers on the Satellite Pro L300 aren't the most excellent, but keep in mind this laptop is beleaguered toward business utilize and it's not an amusement or gaming laptop. With the display brightness set to 50 percentages, wireless enabled, and the power profile controlled down to Toshiba's Power Saver the L300 dribbled 3 hours and 45 minutes before I had to plug it in.

Conclusion
The Satellite Pro L300 is a business sense laptop. It doesn't have a lustrous finish or any extraordinary features to make it plunk out. What you witness is what you get: a minimalist, yet very purposeful laptop at an affordable price. The L300 comes with a superior diversity of ports, has a pleasant screen and a great keyboard. It is a diminutively heavy and a bit bulky to be a traveling cohort in my opinion.

Pros
+ Rock-solid design and framework
+ Great keyboard
+ Pleasant display
+ Good selection of ports and has optical drive