Netbook, Notebook and Laptop Review

Acer Aspire One 721

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:14:29 -0500

The Aspire One is a crisp , by- color display of . inches, which is large enough to comfortably watch the videos without having to be too close to the screen. The is also equipped with GB of DDR memory and, in addition to the CPU to the Neo with an ATI Mobility Radeon HD GPU. The one small gotcha with the is the hard disk. The unit comes with GB of our tester is a version of ATA -. Not many ATA SSD - a small portable netbook performance favorite major upgrade - are there, hot rodders care.What's Aspire One performs: WorldBench score of off the usual crappy Netbook range, but gives only a mediocre laptop. Subjectively, the machine seems fine except when you load multiple applications and then feels lag. Thanks for HD , frame rates in games are actually faster than two or TimelineX T, but it is a Pyrrhic victory - frames per second in Unreal Tournament is still unplayable. Video, on the other hand, is...

5 Reasons to Choose a Notebook Over a Computer Desktop

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:26:58 -0500

Many of us are so used to working on a computer desktop that when it comes time to purchase a new computer, we don't consider other options. Today, computer notebooks - which were once called laptops - offer a number of advantages over a computer desktop. Here are just five reasons why you should take a second look at notebooks.. MobilityYou might be used to pulling up a chair to your computer, but it makes much more sense to pull your computer up to your chair. Laptops can certainly be used at your desk, but you also have the option of bringing them to the spot where you're most comfortable. Maybe you'd like to surf the Web in the evening out in the living room or catch up on your favorite blogs before bedtime. Notebooks with wireless connectivity can travel with you throughout your home, so you can check your email or do your Internet shopping anywhere. Of course, notebooks also make sense for those who are on the go. Students can take laptops to class and to the library, whil...

Tips for Getting the Most Life Out of Your Laptop Battery

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:05:53 -0500

As more and more people are becoming part of the mobileworkforce and using laptop or tablet PC's battery life is oftena primary concern. Today's portable computers use lithium-ionbatteries instead of older style nickel-cadmium power sources.In addition to being able to hold a greater charge, lithium isalso very light weight, another important concern for portablecomputers.When you are purchasing your computer investigate if a long-lifebattery is available. While it will add to the cost it can giveup to double the usage of a normal battery. To get the mostusage out of your battery you'll need to understand a little bitabout how batteries work. Each battery has a limited number ofcharge cycles. If your battery lasts for hours and on thefirst day you use it for hours and then recharge it fully andthe next day you use it for hours again and then fullyrecharge it again, you will have completed one charge cycle.Each battery has a limited number of charge cycles before i...