Friday, July 30, 2010

Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2 10.1 Inch Black Netbook (Windows 7 Starter)

March 30, 2010 by Scott Buckner  
Filed under Netbooks

Small on the outside, but big on the inside, the Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2 Netbook is one of the worlds most feature-rich netbooks with Quick Start and OneKey Rescue System. The IdeaPad S10-2 netbook is just over an inch thick with the 6 cell battery and weighs a miniscule 2.65 lbs but comes packed with features [...]

Gateway EC Series Cherry Red 11.6 Celeron M 743 Netbook

March 9, 2010 by David Buckner  
Filed under Laptops, Netbooks

Claims up to 6 hours of battery life, includes a 11.6 screen, runs a Intel Celeron 1.3GHz single core processor, 2GB of RAM, and finally a splash of Windows 7 Home Premium . Also includes a 250GB drive.
Runs your typical Integrated 4500MHD graphics processor for average performance and a HDMI port. However, this unit is [...]

Valve Announces Steam and Source for Mac

March 8, 2010 by David Buckner  
Filed under Apple, Games, Mac, News Clips, Software, Upcoming

Valve announced today it will bring Steam, Valve’s gaming service, and Source, Valve’s gaming engine, to the Mac.
Steam and Valve’s library of games including Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike, Portal, and the Half-Life series will be available in April 2010.
The importance of this news is that it will bring gaming to the [...]

Logitech G110 gaming Keyboard

March 3, 2010 by Scott Buckner  
Filed under Keyboards

The Logitech Gaming Keyboard G110. Time to step up your game.
Ready to step up your game? With the Logitech Gaming Keyboard G110 on your side, you’ve got what you need to play faster, better and longer. Designed for serious gamers, this keyboard puts customizable controls right where you need them. Locate the correct keys—even in [...]

Acer Ferrari One Netbook

February 20, 2010 by David Buckner  
Filed under Laptops, Netbooks

Acer’s new Ferrrari One 200 netbook with the slick new Ferrari red paint job sports a Athlon 64 X2 L310 1.2GHz processor. A large 11.6″ 1366 x 768 LED backlight CineCrystal technology display, and full size keyboard for easy typing round out this fast netbook.
Basic Windows Experience Scores:

Processor – 3.6
Memory – 4.9
Graphics (Aero) – 3.3
Gaming [...]

Windows 7 Battery Issues

February 3, 2010 by David Buckner  
Filed under News Clips

Microsoft is investigating reported issues with Windows 7 and notebook battery life. The issue seems sporadic, but fairly widespread. It is unclear whether affected systems are simply misreporting the battery life, or if the battery capacity is actually being permanently affected.
Microsoft is investigating reported issues with Windows 7 and notebook battery life. The issue seems [...]