DEANNE CHEUK INSPIRON MINI: DESIGNER NETBOOK AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE

Desinger netbooks aren’t necessarily known for their capabilities, but there is still a market for them. Much like the Vivienne Tam editions released by HP, Dell has released a limited edition Inspiron Mini designed by Deanne Cheuk. The netbook doesn’t have any fancy specs: it is the regular netbook fare.

The Deanne Cheuk Inspiron Mini is powered by a 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z530 processor with integrated Intel GMA 500 processor. It has 1 GB of DDR2 RAM and a 160GB SATA hard disk drive. The netbook has a 10 inch display with 1024 x 600 pixels. The only available connectivity option is 802.11 b/g wireless. There is also an HDMI port for transferring video to an external monitor.

Each system in the series will be individually numbered. They are now available at Best Buy for $379.99. The Limited Edition Inspiron Mini runs Windows 7 Starter edition.

AT&T OFFERS SAMSUNG GO AT SUBSIDIZED PRICE

Yet another netbook is now available subsidized from US wireless carriers. AT&T has started offering Samsung Go at a subsidized price if you sign up for a 2 year wireless broadband plan. This version of Samsung Go runs Windows 7 Starter Edition.

The mini laptop weighs around 2.8lbs. It features a midnight blue ‘soft texture’ design with rounded corners and has a chiclet style keyboard. The Samsung Go has the regular netbook specifications. It is powered by an Intel Atom N270 processor with 1GB of RAM and a 160GB hard disk drive. The 10.1 inch display features 1024 x 600 resolution. There are 3 USB ports, VGA, WiFi 802.11b/g and audio in and out. The machine runs Windows 7 Starter Edition. Buyers should be aware that this is not a fully functional version of Windows 7.

The Samsung Go will be available from AT&T for $199 after mail in rebate. You can choose any of the two data plans offered by AT&T. While the 200MB plan costs $35/month, the much bigger 5GB plan can be bought for $60 per month.

AMAZON DROPS KINDLE PRICE BY $60

Amazon Has dropped price of its Kindle 2 e-reader by $60. The popular device can be bought for $299 at the moment.

The Kindle 2 was introduced in February this year. It is a simple device for surfing the web. It comes with a better display and offers a better battery life than its predecessor. Kindle 2 also sports a slimmer body. Reports said that the drop in price was due to an increase in manufacturing volume. Kindle DX, a larger version of Kindle e-reader, is still being sold for its original price of $489.

The e-reader war is getting intense with more and more players joining the fray. Amazon now faces stiff competition from Sony’s Digital Reader which has two models available for $349 and $279.99. Another contender is the soon-to-be-launched CrunchPad, the fate of which will be ultimately decided by its price.

Dell Adamo Gets $500 Price Cut

Its not everyday that Dell produces that rivals Apple in absurd marketing sense. And its not everyday that you see a $500 price cut on a laptop. More importantly its not everyday that this price cut comes a few weeks after the device was launched.

By now you have a pretty good idea that I’m no fan of the “priciness” of the Dell Adamo, especially when you can get a more powerful system from Apple for hundreds less and only a fraction of an inch thicker.

Seems like Dell found out that not everyone is Bill Gates and has subsequently cut the price on all the Adamo trim levels by $500 For example a 1.2GHz system will cost you $1499 (down from the original $1999). The high end model which comes equipped with an SSD and 1.4GHz processor is down to $2299 which again is a $500 price cut down the board.

So what do you guys say, gonna take the jump now or is it still out of your ballpart. Voice yourself in the comments below.

3K WINDOW'S CE-POWERED RAZORBOOK 400 GETS PRICE CUT

Its funny in this day and age, people would be concerned about Window's CE on a netbook when XP and Window's 7 run perfectly.

SAMSUNG NC310 GETS PRICE

Oh well, this didn't take too long. Seems like the price for that netbook we talked about a few ago will be going for $577 USD. The expected launch date for said netbook will be May and we're hearing that it will be available in black and blue.

ACER ASPIRE 10-INCH NETBOOK GETS PRICE AND RELEASE DATE

So you've been just dying to hear about the details of the upgrade to the best selling netbook? Well we've just got word that these will be out of the gate pretty soon, and by soon we mean February and March.

ARE SSD'S WORTH THEIR HIGH PRICE

You've seen the word before, SSD or HDD options. And maybe you own that well coveted SSD option on your current laptop. But if you're in the market for a new system and are not sure what an SSD is than let me give you a crash course on whether you should or should not buy it.

SSD stands for Solid State Drive and as the name suggests it does not contain any moving parts unlike its HDD relative which uses a spinning disk to operate. I would love to go into a long discussion as to the pros and cons but since you'd probably be bored half way through I'm going to hit you with the facts straight up.


PROS

Faster operating speeds. Because there are no disk to spin a solid state drive can operate at faster speeds than their hard disk counterparts.

Nearly Indestructible Data: This is not to tell you that if you throw your new netbook down the Grand Canyon you can waltz down there and pick up the pieces and find your SSD in tack. But it does mean that if you should accidentally drop it due to carelessness or some other mishap, you don't have to worry about losing your precious data.

Better Power Management: SSD offer much better battery life than HDD options. Not only do they eat up less battery juices they also cause the system to run smoother because that continuous spinning is gone which can generate a lot of heat.

CONS:

More Expensive: SSD options are considerably more expensive than their HDD counterparts. This is mainly because they are a new technology and like all new tech takes a while to drop in prices.

Less Disk Space: Generally speaking SSD options contain considerably less disk space than their HDD counterparts. Case in point is a 32GB SSD would cost the same as an 80GB HDD. Or an 80GB SDD costs round about the same as a 160GB HDD.

CONCLUSION:

If multitasking is your thing and you have the extra cash than SSD is your answer. But for those who do casual web surfing and document editing, the high prices of solid state drives are too much to offset the little performance gains we could have. In the end though its a matter of choice. Just note that the price you are paying today for an SSD option, a year later you will get double or triple the space for the same mullah.

LAPTOP COP LOCATES STOLEN LAPTOPS FOR A PRICE

Alright here is the deal. We know its pretty easy to loose your laptop at the airport and since 70+% are never found it just goes to show it would be nice to have the magic of GPS on your side when finding a lost or stolen laptop.

Well Skyhook has come up with the solution. If you've been keeping up today with the iPhone you might have remembered this name but anyways the company uses WiFi (yes you read right) to locate yoru computer in the event that it is lost or stolen.

In the iPhone Skyhook uses towers to triangulate your aproximate position. Well in laptops it uses WiFi so basically who ever stole your computer will have a hard time finding out how you were able to beat the crap out of them when they thought they were safe.

Oh and did I mention that you its only $50. Sorry Mac users this ones Window's only for now.

XBOX 360 ARCADE WITH THE SURPRISE PRICE

Microsoft is running after Nintendo with their now-cheap Xbox 360 Arcade gaming cheer up. As Per Microsoft's targets, sales for the Xbox 360 have grown twice over with the most recent price plummet. One week has conceded from the time when the Arcade edition of the Xbox 360 experienced a price plummet to $199.99, which is by all accounts the magical numeral when it comes to eventual sales. Now authoritatively sporting the low-priced gaming cheer up accessible, Microsoft declared that they have qualified a 100% augment in sales, with one scrupulous, unidentified variant experiencing 6x times its preceding figures. Devious Microsoft, like no one will deduce which one.

BLU-RAY AT AFFORDABLE PRICE TAGS

Blu-ray planted VAIOs eventually turn reasonably priced with new-fangled NS & CS-series variants. Sony has revealed 2 novel laptop PCs featuring Blu-ray by defaulting with a comparatively low preliminary price point. The fresh model fit in to VAIO NS & CS-series and symbolizes Sony's fall listings for notebooks.

VAIO NS: The VAIO NS laptops will kick off at around $650, while the Blu-ray Disc reproduction will go for on the subject of $1,000. It will approach in the 15.4-inch form factor and motorized by Intel's Core 2 Duo processor. Color wise, there would be 3 options - nightfall blue, silk white and granite silver.

VAIO CS: The VAIO CS laptop is accessible in 4 lustrous colors sangria, cosmopolitan, dove and black. A customary black matte terminate will also be obtainable. Its instantaneous A/V mode lets you start the ball rolling when it comes to your entertainment with no difficulty. A built-in A/V slide manage also allows you control all functions (play, pause, rewind, fast-forward, stop, eject, etc.) all with one-touch easiness. The keyboard on VAIO CS will encompass an only one of its kind layout which proffers supplementary typing comfort. A 12-tone music analyzer interprets your music into a colorful LED light demonstrate that plays out underneath the palm rest of the PC. This 14.1" Centrino 2 notebook will initiate at about $920, while the BD sculpt will go for around $1,070.

MSI GX700-204UK REVIEW– SPELLS SUCCESS JUST BY ITS PRICE

Notebooks aren't normally known for their gaming novelties, but if you don’t posses the room for a full-size PC and still desire to do the odd bit of replicated action, then the MSI GX700-204UK may well be competent to gratify your implicit aspiration for around £900.

Design
When you 1st get it out of the box, the black lustrous casing appears great. Regrettably, it rapidly becomes flecked with slimy finger marks. If you like to keep your equipment flaunting its best, you'll have to get practiced to giving this notebook a wipe down every time and over. Apart fro the rest of the unit just looks good enough to be tagged style attitude.

Performance
The GX700 isn't a fabulous cheap notebook, but if you're searching for a desktop replacement notebook coupled together with both a vast screen and enough horsepower to play games, you could without doubt spend twice as much. Rather, it's a bargain. It stocks one of Intel's latest T8300 Core 2 Duo processors, sprinting around at 2.4GHz, and comes loaded to a certain extent generous 3GB of DDR2 RAM. As a consequence, it managed a tremendously high PCMark05 score of 5,580, which is more or less unheard of for an appliance with a price tag sub-£1,000.
It's no slump when it comes to betting either, thanks to its NVIDIA Geforce 8600M GT MXM graphics accelerator chip, it could be an enormously high-quality deal for gamers with small-minded pockets. The processor and graphics chip may be the standout items, but it's not bad when you consider its other components. The 250GB hard drive may be small compared to some other machines, but in reality, it's more than enough for the casual user.

The 17-inch screen offers a huge running area, but it merely stretches to a declaration of 1,680x1, 050 pixels, which is dumpy of the 1,920x 1, 080 pixels that is mandatory to show 1080p high classification content with no downscaling. There's also no High definition port or even optical drive incorporated, with just a DVD drive on offer the accessory looks old. It administered to keep departing for just 1 hour 15 minutes in a row during the intensive Battery Eater test which means you will do frequent trips to the power socket.

Overall
MSI has fashioned an enormously proficient machine with the GX700 principally when you mull over its low price tag. It can't take full benefit of HD content, but in the presentation and gaming stakes it's more than competent. Battery life is deprived, but not as worse as compared few other notebook replacement.

Pros
+ Amazing value for money
+ Decent gamer for its price
+ 250 GB is a cool storage space
+ 3GB of Ram is even smarter

Cons
- Battery not the best, but just manages to stay away from the worst.
- Display not the best for HD videos.
- No ports for HD
- No connectivity option for optical drive.

Value For Money

Our Rating

LOW PRICE WITH EXCELLENT QUALITY – ACER 7520 NOTEBOOK

It is not an unknown fact that Acer is now second-largest holder for market share on notebooks globally. Now the company has the ability to bring out amazing low-priced laptop named Acer Aspire 7520 at just $1,000. When it comes to design Acer has always offered something different, even with this notebook they have Gemstone design including the 4710-2013 the anti-smudge black lid with superb gray keyboard underneath. This machine has a weight of 7.4 pounds, which is actually light for desktop replacement. One more thing about design is that you will find black and blue characters, which resembles leather interior of a BMW.

In addition notebook features 1440 x 900 pixels of resolution that appears to be bright and colorful in any viewing angels. 7520 Notebook comprise in-build four USB ports along with plus FireWire, VGA, S-PDIF, S-Video, and IR ports; Ethernet and modem jacks; headphone and microphone ports; and a 5-in-1 memory card reader. This notebook may not go with people interested in games and also people that are looking to buy multimedia machine. It is a great choice for someone who requires a laptop for e-mail, browsing, and word processing, and person that prefers a bigger screen for working purpose and watching movies.