This Sony Vaio P ad is trying to show how small the new subnotebook is while also showing off an ass. It's a method I won't argue with. But some Japanese bloggers aren't buying it. ......

I need some help picking a new laptop to replace my current laptop (early-2008 MacBook), as it no longer suits my needs. Full details inside. I've been using an early-2008 MacBook (last of the BlackBooks) for the past couple months, and for the most part it's been great. That said, I'm finding that ...

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Emboldened by the success of low-cost, ultra portable laptops, Dell [NASDAQ: DELL] has finally entered the market with a basic laptop for the developing world. According to the official Dell blog, this machine is “positioned... as the perfect device for the next billion internet users," and w...

Olidata ha presentato i suoi subnotebook da 299 euro dedicati ai più piccoli, con Windows Xp preinstallato e Magic Desktop, un ambiente realizzato da Olidata per i più piccoli. Il video è stato realizzato dal team di PC Professionale che ha potuto provare in anteprima il nuovo prodotto, mentre il...

Filed under: Laptops This new "in the wild" shot of 3K Computers' upcoming Eee PC killer just pretty much confirms what we already knew: it's a piece of crap. Lucky for us, it's now a piece of crap with a new name, the 3K RazorBook. The specs haven't budged, however, with a 7-inch 800 x 400 screen, ...

According to confidential documents obtained by IDG News, Microsoft plans to issue a list of demands incentive-backed requests to ultra low-cost PC (ULPC) makers interested in Windows XP, such as Asus and OLPC, asking that their screens are smaller than 10.2 inches, hard drives are under 80 GB and t...

For years, the ThinkPad line has been the class of Windows laptops — offering rugged, simply designed machines with great keyboards, even in small sizes. But ThinkPads have always been aimed at corporate buyers, not the broader consumer market. So Lenovo (0992.HK), the Chinese company that too...

Filed under: Laptops In case you've been camped out under a nearby boulder for the past six months or so, you'd realize that low-cost laptops have swarmed the market. Granted, only a handful are actually available for purchase today, but just in case you're trying to arrange your options in order to...

For years, I have focused my twice-a-year computer buyer’s guides on desktop PCs, with less-frequent columns focusing on laptops. Now that the latter are outselling the former, though, I am going to center my main buying guides on laptops. Many of the specs I recommend will also apply to deskt...