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Toshiba Satellite T115D-S1125 Nova Black AMD Athlon Neo X2 1.5Ghz 11.6″

David Buckner — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:07:03 +0000

With up to nine hours of battery life rating on the Satellite® T100 Laptop Series you’ll be able to keep going from the moment you boot up till you log off at night. It’s time to experience more unplugged freedom to do, explore and enjoy.

Don’t give up the performance you need for the thin and light portability you’ll love. With responsive, energy-smart, ultra-low voltage processors from AMD® and Intel®, lots of DDR3 memory and up to 320GB* of storage, this Satellite® T100 notebook will help you go far—and keep you going strong.

Includes:

AMD Athlon™ Neo X2 Dual-Core Processor L325
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
2GB DDR2 800MHz memory
ATI® Radeon™ HD 3200
320GB HDD (5400rpm)
HDMI output port
Hard Drive Impact Sensor
11.6″ HD TruBrite® LED Backlit display
1366×768 (HD), 16:9 aspect ratio, Supports 720p content
Built-in microphone, Standard stereo speakers, Headphone jack (stereo), Microphone jack (mono)
Webcam and microphone built into LCD bezel
Wi-Fi® Wireless networking (802.11b/g)
No Bluetooth (No Antenna)
10/100 Ethernet LAN
Memory Card Reader SD
2-USB (2.0), 1-USB (2.0) with Sleep and Charge

So what is the word? Excellent. This netbook gets high marks for putting everything you need into a single nice package at a decent price. The ATI 3200 graphics processor makes the netbook able to play a decent amount of games. The keyboard is not the best of the bunch, but gets good marks for ease of use. Well built and Toshiba quality round off an excellent buy.

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Belkin Releases Expensive USB 3.0 Components

David Buckner — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:30:55 +0000

The new SuperSpeed USB 3.0 PCIe add-in card ($79.99) will add a couple of USB 3.0 ports to your PC, and the ExpressCard adapter ($79.99) will add two to your laptop. Don’t forget your USB 3.0 cables A-B and Micro-B both of which are “cheaply” priced at $39.99 for 4-feet of pure speed, and a “econo” 8-foot version at $49.99. For those that need the speed now rush out and spend a few hundred bucks to upgrade to the new speeds that very few peripherals actually support just yet.

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3M Vertical Notebook Computer Stand

David Buckner — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:46:40 +0000

Position your notebook screen at an ergonomically correct height while taking up less desk space than the LX500. Riser has 3 inches of vertical adjustability and is compatible with most docking stations. Cable management feature keeps cords organized. Non-skid base. Helps free up desk space. Comes in black and silver.

This unit comes in a small square box, and putting the two pieces together is easy to do. You have to manually adjust the knob to select the height you want. It can be a little tricky, but once set it’s solid construction shows that it will last. This unit works great for netbooks, and small laptops.

At the highest setting your laptop/netbook in order to work correctly your laptop needs to be able to open the screen all the way back to nearly a flat setting. Many notebooks don’t go this far back and only a few netbooks will do so as well. Unless you plan to set it at the maximum monitor height this is not a problem.

We highly recommended this simple unit. The cable management in back is a benefit, and the unit takes the minimum amount of space.

Apple holding special Notebook Event

David Buckner — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:51:25 +0000

Apple on October 14, 2008 will once again turn it’s attention to revamping the MacBook line of it’s notebook computers. Rumors abound from laptops made from a brick of aluminum to MacBooks to get a big boost in graphic performance from nvidia.