Archive for the 'More than $2500' Category
Alienware Area-51 m5790 Special Edition Laptop Review
Sunday, March 25th, 2007Special editions are usually reserved for DVDs and the occasional iPod, so for a laptop to be labeled as such, it must be pretty special indeed. Alienware has added the Special Edition designation to its Area-51 m5790 desktop replacement, but what’s so special about it? You can now order the m5790 with an overclocked Core [...]
Sony VAIO TXN17P/B Laptop Review
Monday, February 5th, 2007After the first wave of laptops specifically designed for Windows Vista, such as the HP Pavilion tx1000 and the Toshiba Portege R400, major PC vendors are releasing updated versions of workhorse systems, nearly identical to previous iterations with the exception of Windows Vista. Sony has added Windows Vista Business Edition to its popular mobile-broadband-enabled ultraportable [...]
Dell Latitude ATG D620 Laptop Review
Monday, January 22nd, 2007While broken, damaged, or otherwise banged-up systems are the bane of every laptop owner, rugged and semirugged systems (companies apply the terms loosely according to their own standards) are often hampered by limited configuration options and outdated parts. Dell hopes to energize the rugged laptop market with its first such model, the Latitude ATG D620.
Toshiba Portege R400-S4931 Ultraportable Review
Tuesday, January 16th, 2007I’ve always envisioned Apple implementing a rotating hinge and a digitizer screen on the Apple MacBook 13-inch (White). Needless to say, such an announcement won’t be coming any time soon. But with its Portégé R400-S4931, Toshiba offers a sweet alternative. The R400-S4931 looks very similar to the MacBook 13-inch, complete with a piano-white finish and [...]
Asus Lamborghini VX1 Laptop Review
Monday, January 15th, 2007The target buyer of the Asus Lamborghini VX1 isn’t exactly looking to go incognito: The laptop’s bright yellow lid, with a shape evocative of a sports car’s spoiler, prominently features the Automobili Lamborghini logo. And the sports-car resemblance doesn’t end with appearance–the Lamborghini VX1 raced through our performance benchmarks, keeping up with laptops that incorporated [...]
