This is what happens when you’re rushing to catch your flight: you end up leaving behind something as valuable as your laptop. 1151733_isolated_laptopAccording to a study commissioned by Dell last year, over 12,000 people misplace their laptops at US airport, per week. That adds up to approximately 624,000 incidents a year! The trend’s hotspot? LAX, [...]
Just last summer, Toshiba’s Portege R500 was the first laptop with a 128GB SSD. A year later, Toshiba’s Portege R600 is the world’s first 512GB SSD lappie. So for this one moment, Toshiba is on the top of the world. Design Note: The R600 has been out for several months, we just tested their updated [...]
Enterprises that extend service life of notebooks beyond the prescribed optimum performance of three years will pay more in the long-run than buying new computers, according to a recent study conducted by market research firm J. Gold Associates. In its report entitled Keeping Notebooks Past Their Prime: A Study of Failures and Costs, J. Gold [...]
No matter what you think of Dell, their prices still represent the highest spec-for-buck ratio I’ve ever seen. For instance, the basic Studio XPS 13 laptop costs $999. Here’s what you get for that price: * A 2.0 GHz Processor (Intel P7350) * Vista Home Premium * A 13.3″ 1366 x 768 display, with an [...]
The advent of Blackberries marked the beginning of the frequent mobile use era. It’s not uncommon to see people today check their email or their favorite websites through their phone. The problem is that some people are unaware of how rude they come off, tapping away on their thumboards in meetings or even one-on-one conversations. [...]