Posts Tagged laptops


Review: Sony VAIO VGN-FW510F/T, Great other than sub-par LCD

Great other than sub-par LCD
Pros:
Good specs for a mid-grade notebook
Comforable & quiet keyboard
Upward facing speakers
HDMI output
Aesthetically pleasing
Cons:
LCD is dark even at full brightness
Fan comes on intermitently every 4-5 mins
Heavy (6.9 pounds)
Low battery life (~2.5hrs on light usage)
Review:
I bought this at Bestbuy the weekend of Black Friday ($649.99). It’s rare to find a mid-grade notebook that [...]

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Review: AS5810T-8952 Acer Aspire, Great..

Great expectation………….
I purchased an Acer AS5810T and an Acer AS4810. Both seemed to be exactly what I was looking for: Great price, features, weight, battery usage (would have liked backlit keyboards). In particular, I was anxious to see if their new battery hour claims were true. The only good news is [...]

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Review: ASUS UL50AG-A2 Thin and, Great value alternative to..

Great value alternative to MacBook Pro series
At around $800 for a 15 inch, this laptop undercuts the Apple Macbook Pro by about half. It is thin and light and with great decent build quality. The multi touch mouse is a little too sensitive but I believe with the correct collaboration, it can be [...]

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Review: Gateway EC1433U, A Pleasant Surprise!

A Pleasant Surprise!
I admit to being a Gateway fan and have bought only Gateway computers since 1986. But, when I ordered this computer, I was having second thoughts because I was thinking the chip wouldn’t be fast enough and 2 Gigs of DDR2 memory wouldn’t be sufficient to run multi-media software. But the computer [...]

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Review: AS4810TZ-4508 Acer, Insanely happy so far after..

Insanely happy so far after tons of laptop research
A week ago my home laptop died. Can’t concentrate worth beans once my computer environment is trashed so embarked on massive research to pick a replacement. I ended up with this machine after looking at a range of models from 11.6″ to 14″ displays, had [...]

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Review: Acer AS5738Z-4111, What a Beauty!

What a Beauty!
After making a lot of comparisons between the various laptops being offered since Windows 7 was released I found the Acer 4111 to be an outstanding buy at $479.99 through Amazon. It has so many nice features, 4 gigs of memory, 4 USB slots, a built in modem, 2.1 gig CPU and I [...]

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