review-hardware
Asus N56VM – Review
The arrival of Intel’s third-gen Ivy Bridge CPUs means massive discounts are starting to appear on machines featuring the old Sandy Bridge generation of processors. But some people won’t be swayed from buying an Ivy Bridger anyhow. Such as the Asus N56VM , priced at $1200, a 15.6-inch desktop replacement. That means powerful. The Asus [...]
Acer Travelmate 6595 – Review
At first glance the Acer TravelMate 6595 is identifiable as a corporate machine; fingerprint reader, 34mm ExpressCard reader, SmartCard slot. Then there’s a ’3G’ sticker advertising the 6595′s internal 3G/UMTS module, which is tucked away in the battery compartment. The appearance of the TravelMate 6595 is sombre black and gray, and the brushed aluminum of [...]
HP dm4 beats Audio – Review
HP is ever keen to talk up its Dr. Dre Beats Audio sound systems, so it comes as no surprise that the company has now named a notebook after its Beats Audio credentials. The HP Pavilion dm4 is a multimedia laptop with especial emphasis on audio oomph. The DM4 notebook is configurable up to a [...]
Acer Aspire One D270 – Review
The Acer Aspire One D270 packs in the latest Intel Cedar Trail Atom CPU, and sells at just 300 euros. Driver issues mean the Cedar Trail processors only support DirectX 9, and not DirectX 10, yet since the integrated GMA3600 GPU lacks the power to run DirectX 10 games anyway, this shouldn’t matter. The new [...]
Asus Transformer Pad 300 – Review
It’s already a year since the original Asus Transformer launched, with its revolutionary keyboard dock and since then the quad-core revolution has arrived. The new Transformer Pad 300, or TF300, offers improved specs, Android 4 ICS, and all for $379. This is the specced-down version of the Transformer Prime, aimed at the $400 price bracket, [...]
HP ProBook 6360B – Review
Here we review the runt of the ProBook B litter, the 13-inch 6360b targeted chiefly at corporate use. In HP’s words, tailor-made for those who wish to ‘work professionally on-the-go’. Let us take a closer look at HP ProBook 6360B notebook . The ProBook 6360B ranges in price from 760 to 1100 euros ($1450-$2000), according [...]
Samsung Series 3 – Review
For a great many people, a notebook doesn’t need to do too any things apart from let them surf the internet, edit documents, play video and perhaps run the odd game. That sort of person should be perfectly happy with the Samsung Series 3 305E7A 17″ notebook. Under the covers is an AMD A6-3420M quad-core [...]
Asus K93SM – review
Asus has overhauled its K93 series, with four new versions ranging from 850 to 1150 euros. The Asus K93SM notebook which is reviewed here is the top-of-the-ranger, equipped with a no-nonsense quad-core i7-2670QM CPU. The whole line features Asus’s IceCool design to keep the palm rest cool at all times and PalmProof technology, which can [...]
Schenker XMG P502 PRO – Review
The Schenker XMG P502 PRO is an upgrade to the 15-inch XMG P501 gaming notebook, itself rated amongst the best on the market at launch. This time round the chiclet-keyboard has fallen by the wayside in favor of conventional adjacent keys, and the screen has been upgraded to a matte panel. Powering the XMG P502 is [...]
MSI GTX783 – Review
At $2600 the MSI GT783 – 625US doesn’t come cheap, but it’s offers the sort of premium features and outstanding performance which justify such outlay for serious gamers or people in the market for an engineering-quality notebook. MSI GTX783 gaming notebook beats the similarly-priced Alienware M17x on almost every benchmark test. The GT783 features an [...]
