Top Laptop

Samsung has been pretty quiet of late with no major announcements in the computing segment. Once upon a time they were known for their hard drives and optical drives, but today Samsung is known for their quality LCD monitors, and that too at attractive prices. We have yet to see what they come now with the LED display industry as they have announced a few models. However, we have to wait a bit longer to get our hands on them.

In an age where true luxury laptops seem an endangered species, it’s always nice to run across a well built system with few compromises, such as the HP Envy 17. We have always liked the Envy line in general, and

Gernaral Function: Laptop with Intel N270 1.60GHz CPU, 1GB(DDR2) Memory, 160G Storage Device, USB Port, SD/ MMC card slot, 1.3 mega pixels camera, speaker and Mic

Gernaral Function: Portable Computer, Intel Atom N450 Processor, 13.3 Inch LED Screen, 1.66GHz, 1GB (DDR2) Memory, 160G Storage Device, USB Port, SD/ MMC/ MS card reader, 1.3 mega pixels camera, speaker and Mic

Laptops, laptops, and more laptops. I'm sure you may noticed the increase in laptops in recent years. It seems as if everyone from the middle school kid to the older professional to the retired senior have one.
Whether you are shopping for a new laptop online or you make the journey to your local Best Buy or other retailer, keep your eye out for the newest in computer fashion and accessories. Bentley has teamed up with Ego Computers to introduce the Bentley Laptop which is due to hit the market early next year.

Three other notebooks were tested this month. All had some interesting features, but various shortcomings kept them off the chart.
The ABS Mayhem G4 Revolution fell just short of our all-purpose list. This gaming notebook's ability to flip between an nVidia GeForce Go 6600 graphics chip and its Intel integrated graphics is unique, but its battery life of 2.5 hours was less than stellar.
We also looked at Gateway's new Tablet PC, the CX200X. Although this model was too slow and heavy to make our Top 10 ranking, we found its 14-inch wide screen impressive.
A fourth notebook tested, the WinBook A710, came nicely loaded with features including a 17-inch wide screen and with an attractively low price ($1100), but usability problems with its keyboard pulled down its ranking.
Click on the links above for full reviews of the four notebooks tested this month.
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f 2008 was the year of the netbook, 2009 was the year of the luxury laptop.  After a flurry of tiny, basic notebooks rushed out the year before, manufacturers like Dell, HP and others kicked out sexy, top-of-the-line computing powerhouses.  The HP Envy Luxury Laptop  is a prime example, featuring an Intel Core i-7 processor, a Blu Ray player, 1080p playback and a premium ATI Radeon graphics processor.  The design itself is minimal, refined, but it might be a bit too similar to the latest Macbook Pro design for some.  Either way, it’s a step in the sexy direction for HP

Former Alienware product development engineer Oscar Zapata launched a new company this week, called NVousPC (very clever!) that customizes laptops with any color paint or image you want. You can choose different colors for each part of the laptop, including bottom, and upload images to their website to be printed on. If you don't buy a new computer from them (starting at $999), you can send in your old piece for a paintjob as well (starting at $186). Or you can just send it to me along with $8 and I'll hook you up with some sweet holographic unicorn stickers, maybe a few garbage pail kids, and top it off with some scratch and sniffs for good measure.

hey presently have four collections, the Ego editions, The Personal editions, the Diamond editions and the Limited editions.
My favorite new one is the latest in their Limited editions designer collection by Dani Bles and Ego for the Jackie Summer Fair resulting in gold, silver and bronze leather covers debossed with three witty sayings: “She’s pretty, but not perfect”, “She’s sexy, but in control.” and “She’s International and on the run.”.
Danie Bles is fashion director of Jackie Magazine, stylist of Dutch celebs and each year Danie Bles Styling organizes two fashion shows: a summer tour and a winter tour.

The Jackie Magazine collection:

Ego Lifestyle is introducing their latest European-designed luxury laptop, the Tulip Ego, at Barneys New York. The laptop features fashion-forward interchangeable "skins", which are available in a wide variety of designer fabrics and finishes.
The Tulip Ego has an elegant design with round shapes and interchangeable skins, which can be changed anytime and anywhere. It features AMD Turion 64 Mobile Technology, an integrated webcam, a keyboard with 15 dedicated keys, and a state-of-the-art audio system with two microphones.

The Dell Inspiron 1300 Laptop is powered by 1.70 GHz Intel Pentium M Processor 735 and it features 2MB Cache, 667MHz FSB, Intel 945PM Chipset, 256-MB DDR2 SDRAM (upgrdable to 1-GB maximum in 2 slots), 40-GB ATA/100 5400rpm hard disk drive and 24X DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive.
The Dell Inspiron 1300 Laptop sports 14.1-inch Widescreen TFT Active Matrix WXGA display powered by integrated Intel Media Accelerator GMA 950 Graphics Chipset with upto 128 MB shared RAM capable of upto 1280 x 800 pixels screen resolution.Preloaded with Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition, the Dell Inspiron 1300 Laptop is equipped with Dell 1390 Mini Card Wireless WiFi 802.11a/b/ LAN connection, integrated Dell Wireless Bluetooth connection (optional), integrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN connection, and a 56kbps V.92 fax/modem card

The Dell Inspiron 6400 Laptop is powered by 1.60 GHz Intel Pentium Core Duo Processor T2050 and it features 2-MB Cache, 667MHz FSB, Intel Mobile 945PM Chipset mainboard, 512-MB DDR2 SDRAM (upgrdable to 1-GB maximum in 2 slots), 80-GB 5400rpm SATA hard disk drive and a standard 24X DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive.The Dell Inspiron 6400 Laptop sports 15.4-inch (39.1 cm) Widescreen TFT Active Matrix WXGA display powered by ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 Graphics chipset with Hypermemory and shared memory which is capable of upto 1280 x 800 pixels screen resolution.

The S6F's 1.4kg chassis also includes 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi and Gigabit Ethernet. Asus said the machine ships with two batteries - one twice the capacity of the other - so users can choose themselves how best to balance weight and operational duration.
The notebook comes with a global two-year warranty and Asus' zero bright dot policy, which invokes a replacement screen if the bundled unit shows just a single bad pixel.
Asus said the S6F will be offered by a number of IT retailers, along with posh peoples' stores Harrods and Selfridges.

Asus will ship its leather-clad laptop, the S6F, next month, the manufacturer revealed this week.
 It hopes well-to-do punters will be happy to fork out almost £1,700 for a compact computer with an 11in display and a low-voltage Intel dual-core processor.
The S6F's wrist-rest and lid are both covered in genuine cowhide,
+tanned and coloured in either Camel or Dark Chocolate - light or dark brown, for the rest of us - and then hand-pressed onto the luxury laptop.
 Asus said its engineers have ensure the leather will age gracefully.