review-hardware
Asus U56E – Review
Asus claims that the U56E is a high-performance, maximum battery-life machine which should equip buyers for the office, all for $800. It runs on an i5-2430M CPU with 4GB RAM and a 500GB hard drive for storage. Yet machines with similar component lists are available. For direct comparison we suggest the Toshiba Satellite R850. The [...]
Packard Bell EasyNote TS13 – Review
The last generation EasyNote TS11 was already furnished with a Core-i5 Sandy Bridge CPU, and the TS13 upgrade boasts a similarly up-to-date spec list. The Intel i5-2450M processor inside the Packard Bell EasyNote TS13 features a base clock speed of 2.5GHz, rising to 2.8GHz in TurboBoost mode. That CPU is paired with a 2GB NVidia [...]
Acer Travelmate 8481TG – Review
The Acer Travelmate 8481TG is optimized for long battery life, sporting a low-voltage 1.6GHz Intel i5-2467M, and it can be configured with a faster 1.8GHz i7-2677M low-voltage CPU for even more performance, although the extra $400 being asked puts the Travelmate 8481TG into a higher, less justifiable price bracket, even with 8GB RAM instead of [...]
MacBook Pro – Upgraded
The 15-inch MacBook Pro was upgraded from from the original Intel Core i5 CPUs to incorporate the latest second generation Sandy Bridge technology. MacBook Pros, whether 15- or 17-inch, now all ship with quad-core i7 chips. Our $2199 test unit had a 2.2GHz quad-core Intel i7 processor, with 4GB RAM and 750GB of 5400rpm hard [...]
Elgato Thunderbolt SSD
Thunderbolt, the high-speed port technology from Intel that so far appears only on Apple computers, just got a shot in the arm from Elgato with new portable solid-state drives. At the CES few weeks back, Elgato announced two models of its new Thunderbolt SSD. The $429.95 120GB model and the $699.95 240GB model will ship [...]
HP Folio – Review
HP has entered the ultrabook market with the ultra-thin HP Folio 13, and making a play for the business market with a business-oriented version of the Folio offering business-friendly features. The HP Folio 13 weighs 3.3 pounds and is just 0.6″ thick. HP claims battery life of nine hours which would give it the longest battery [...]
Surface tablet – Samsung SUR40
It’s not exactly mobile but it qualifies as a tablet; Microsoft’s next-generation Surface tablet is ready to be purchased from Samsung agents in 23 countries and the 40-inch tablet is also wall-mountable. It should drop through letterboxes in early 2012. It retails for a not insignificant $8,400 and is targeted at the commercial sector. Early [...]
Time2Touch HC701A – Review
Sub-$250 tablets always seem disappointing, but the Time2Touch HC701A is an altogether better package. It features a dual-core 1GHz Cortex-A9 processor paired with 512MB RAM, and a capacitive touchscreen, putting it in the same category as the Motorola Xoom or Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Apple iPad 2. The first rule of economics states there [...]
Samsung Series 9 – Review
Overwhelmed with all the new and exciting CES brought us this year, we had merely previewed Samsung newest notebook, the Series 9. Series 9 is well worth a closer look. Before we say anything else, we have to declare that the Series 9 is a truly beautiful machine. It’s chassis measures a mere 16.5mm at [...]
Touch vs Fire
The Amazon Kindle Touch is doing well, but for an extra $20 you can get a fourth-generation standard Amazon Kindle Fire, so which is better? At first glance, the single difference between the two is that the Fire features single home button instead of the Kindle’s row of buttons. As for other buttons on the [...]
