Sony VGN-NW235F/W: Black Friday 2009 sales at Best Buy
You will need to brace yourself for this one, because it seems a little hard to believe. Following on from the news earlier today about Best Buy’s doorbuster deals, we have since learned a little more about one of these deals. Read more
Dell Studio 17 multitouch laptop: Release Information & Specs
Dell have recently announced that they will soon be releasing a new laptop, the laptop is called the Dell Studio 17 and amongst other things features a multitouch display. Read more
MSI Wind Top AE2220: $50 Cheaper at Amazon
MSI have announced their latest PC, the Wind Top AE2220 all-in-one desktop. This latest PC offers the latest in design and performance from the computer maker. The screen size is 21.5-inches and offers multi-touch and a Full HD 1080p display. Read more
MSI Wind Top AE2220 all-in-one: A Detailed Look
All-in-one PC’s are becoming more and more popular these days, one of the latest models we have seen is the MSI Wind Top AE2220, this particular all-in-one offers some impressive specifications. Read more
Intel Arrandale CPUs: Release date and price
November 12, 2009
Filed under Computer Hardware, Computers
Intel has been planning to launch three new chips for ultra-thin notebooks, they have now decided on a name, shipping dates and prices. The Intel Arrandale is a 32nm dual-core CPU; the three of these are the 1.2GHz Core i7-640UM, the 1.06GHz Core i7-620UM and the 1.06GHz Core i5-520UM. The price is US$305, US$278 and US$241, respectively. These new processors are due for release in the Q3 2010. Read more
Black Friday Ads: HP, Sony, and Dell computers at Staples
November 11, 2009
Filed under Computers
Some of the latest Black Friday deals we have came across are from Staples, there are a lot of deals available, however the ones we are going to concentrate on are the Computers (see all deals here). Read more
Gateway’s EC Series Notebooks: Detailed Specifications
Gateway have recently revealed full details on their upcoming EC series of notebooks, there are three models which they have revealed details for, one of these is an ultraportable notebook (apparently not a netbook) with an 11.6 inch display, and the other two are more standard sizes with 15.6 inch displays. Read more
Acer Aspire Z5610-U9072 All-in-One Desktop: Launched
Acer have recently introduced their new all-in-one desktop PC, it is called the Acer Aspire Z5610-U9072, it will come as standard with Window 7 and features a wide range of impressive hardware. Read more
Windows 7 Boot Speed
Over at TGDaily a flame war has begun against the self proclaimed “PC Tune-Up Experts” iolo technologies, after the statements which we reported on the 9th. iolo is making claim that Windows 7 boots 42% slower than its older brother Windows Vista. Read more
Sony DRX-S70U-W: New External DVD Recorder
September 30, 2009
Filed under Computer Hardware, Computers
With the boost in sales of Netbooks over last year or so many people are finding that the lack of optical drive is a bit of a hindrance, for this reason many people are now opting to buy external drives, one new external drive is the Sony DRX-S70U-W. Read more
Toshiba T100 with Windows 7: Specs and Price
Windows 7 OS will launch on October 22, just in time for that launch will be the new Toshiba T100. Engadget have learned from Cnet Crave that these new line of laptops come with the new Intel ultra-low-voltage processors (ULV). Read more
HP MediaSmart Home Servers: EX495 and EX490
September 15, 2009
Filed under Computers
HP today have released some new versions of their HP MediaSmart Home Servers, there are a few new models but we will talk about two of them, one of them is the new HP MediaSmart EX495 and the other is the HP MediaSmart EX490. Read more
Dell Inspiron 14z and 15z: Specs, on sale now
Yesterday Dell launched to new ultra-light portable laptops, these are the Dell Inspiron 14z and the Dell Inspiron 15z, the starting prices for the laptops is $599, however if you choose all of the upgrade options its possible to cost nearer $1000. Read more
MSI Wind U200 CULV Release Date
It has been reported that the MSI Wind U200 CULV netbook is close to a release. We say this because the unit has just appeared on a German website, which is now taking pre-orders for the pint-sized netbook. Read more
Open Source Google Chrome OS vs Windows
With the announcement that Google are to launch Google Chrome OS by late 2010, the search engine giant has said that they plan to release the open source code for Chrome OS towards the end of 2009. This latest news will have been a blow to Windows, as it does not take a genius to work out whom Google are aiming to take the market share from. Read more
New Acer Aspire M3800 and M5800 Desktops
As you may have recently read Acer are now the second biggest PC retailer according to the PC Sale’s Chart, they have now released two new desktop models, the M3800 and the M5800, the M5800 is aimed towards the higher end of the market whereas the M3800 is more for the budget end. Read more
Panda Security’s Cloud Antivirus beta
May 7, 2009
Filed under News
Panda Security recently released Cloud Antivirus Beta, which is the first full-featured cloud-based antivirus software. It offers various features that make it unique and stand out from their other competitors on the market. Read more
Windows 7 beta 1 outperforms Vista and XP
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes from ZDNet wanted to put together a little test to see which OS was faster. The operating systems in question were Windows 7 beta 1, Vista and XP, but it was not your average test, it was 23 real-world scenarios to see which the quickest OS was. Read more
Circuit City aims to win sales with latest deals
January 5, 2009
Filed under News
Circuit City hope that they will be able to get off to a great start in 2009, their latest deals proves that they are serious about saving us money, as well as keeping their sales up. Their latest weekly ads have 18 pages, all packed with the latest deals. Read more
Should we worry about Black Friday Laptop Deals?
Black Friday shopping extravaganza is a major thing at the moment and some are saying “Beware of Black Friday Laptop Deals”, so this is why we are asking “Should we worry about Black Friday Laptop Deals?
Most of the Black Friday deals surround Big televisions and computers and of course laptops and it is the laptop Black Friday deals we want to talk about here, well in fact it is what CNET has mentioned. Many buyers are looking for bargains especially the sub-$500 deals. There are many major laptop discounts happening at the moment, but are they the laptops that under-perform?
Many of the deals are indeed low-end laptops and there are so many laptops priced at around $500 being reduced to $300, but what about those $1000 laptops reduced to say $600. For example Best Buy has the Toshiba Satellite A135 which comes with a free printer for $229 (See Here)
Circuit City has an ok deal who is offering a Compaq Presario laptop with a boring Intel Pentium T2310, more info here. Moving over to Dell who is offering its low-end Vostro 1000 for $399 which is normally around the $499 mark which means $100 less, this laptop features 1.7GHz AMD X2 dual-core CPU and 120GB hard drive plus 1GB of RAM.
One of the better laptops comes via Wal-Mart who is offering the Dell Inspiron 1501 for $598, personally we would prefer a better spec model but hey everyone has a choice, it just seems all the Black Friday laptop deals are the cheap Read more
