One of the best things about the Lenovo Ideapad s10 4231 4505 3121-1 is the improved battery life and quick start interface in the 1.6 GHz Intel Atom processor laptop. This also includes a standard hard disk drive instead of the small solid-state drives that many laptops now have installed. This is one of the laptops that are used by business people even though it is from the Lenovo consumer line of laptops, with the larger battery that was changed from the original 3-cell battery. The three hour battery under testing lasted about two hours, which is not the optimum for laptop mobility performance and has since been changed to the 6 cell batter for longer mobility life. Now the Lenovo IdeaPad s10 is equipped with a 6 cell battery  [...]

The Toshiba Portege R600-St520W is one of the more portable notebooks and one that sports a built in DVD burner. For its higher price, it has a lot to offer the person looking for one of these small notebooks, with a longer lasting battery, the built in DVD burner and has a 1.4GHz processor capable of handling spreadsheets, office documents and other business needs. The usability, the backup options, along with the battery life makes the R600 the perfect lightweight business notebook. The Toshiba has a Core 2 Duo processor and is WiMAX ready all in an ultra light design weighting 2.4/3 pound. This is one of the Toshiba portables that can provide the level of performance for producing work in a lightweight notebook without forfeiting quality for its mobility. This is only matched by the security options that are a part of the Portege  [...]

The Samsung N110 laptop has features that offer the user a longer battery life, without a bulky battery. This is Samsung’s second generation higher end laptop with an Intel Atom 1.6 GHz processor with 1GB DDR2 SDRAM. These features and a long lasting AC battery give the Samsung model the usability that computer users want from a portable notebook that is 10.3 inches by 7.3 inches is compact and light weight enough to carry when traveling or as an easy way to surf the net in any room of the home. The Samsung N110 has a slim frame with a 160 GB hard drive and the standard features of the laptop are: The 1.6 Hz Intel Atom N270 processor 1GB, 533 MHz DDR2 memory This model features a 160 GB 5,400 rpm hard drive The  [...]

The Gateway UC7807U laptop model is an Intel core processor with a 13-inch screen that features quality components and a good computer for most Internet users. This is a portable way to surf the web. Although the battery life could be a little longer, but this model has the option of power management to help extend the amount of time the AC battery will last when the notebook is running on the battery. The Gateway UC7807U features a 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, and 3072 MB DDR II SDRAM giving it the speed to do all of the computer user’s tasks while on the Internet and off for multi tasking or videos and other media. This is a laptop that is easy to travel with at a weight of about 6 pounds and in the price range of under $1,000, and a 13-inch wide screen. The Gateway UC7807U is able to handle the everyday jobs and also a good  [...]

The Gateway TC7804u notebook is a well designed laptop with a 16.9 inch wide screen display with a nice sized keyboard and other features that gives the user the feel of a more expensive notebook for a reasonable price. The one downfall is the notebook is not Bluetooth ready, which for most laptop user’s is not something that can be corrected. What is more important is the 2.00 GHz Intel Centrino Core 2 Duo processor and the 4096 MB DDR II SDRAM that is installed in the model. The design is made for the laptop user with the advantage of the 16.9-inch wide screen and a large hard drive that is media friendly. This Gateway notebook can be compared with the other Gateway TC7804u 15 and 14 inch screen that are build with quality components. The features that are found in the economically priced Gateway RC7804u Laptop are: 2.0GHz Intel Core 2  [...]

Dell Inc. announced on Thursday, that the company recorded a net income of $290 millions for the first quarter of the fiscal year 2010, and earning of 24 cents per share or15 cents per share when accounting for write downs from severance pay and factory closings during the quarter, in comparison to $784 million, and 38 cents per share for the same period the previous year. This portrayed a sharp decline of 63 percent as the recession continued to crimp computer sales around the world. Revenues were also down 23 percent to $12.3 billion. Analyst Analysts were expecting earnings of 22 cents a share on revenue of $12.6 billion. In a call conference, Chief Financial Officer Brian Gladden said sales were slow in the first quarter and gradually picked up towards the second quarter, but that is normal for the first time of the year. He stressed  [...]