Notebooks

Apple MacBook Pro MB991LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop

January 8, 2010

I want to break this into TWO reviews. One about Mac in general (specifically OS X) and one about THIS computer. Mac in general: I was raised in a PC household. Dad worked with old-school technology in the 70s and 80s, and was serious about PCs. As a Linux / UNIX admin (and former Windows [...]

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HP Pavilion DV4-1541US 14.1-Inch Espresso Laptop – Up to 4.25 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Home Premium)

January 8, 2010

Since my Dell laptop is seven years old, I’ve been looking for a replacement for the last few months. There are so many options that it was hard to make a choice. Since I bought a Sony Vaio for my wife recently – the VGN-NW270F, I had a good laptop to compare to this HP [...]

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HP Pavilion DV7-3060US 17.3-Inch Espresso Laptop – Up to 4.5 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Home Premium)

January 8, 2010

Wow what can I say about this laptop? I placed my order on 11/7, product was shipped 11/9 and delivered 11/11! The shipping was listed as free super saver shipping but since Amazon had a free 2-day shipping promotion going on shortly after I bought it, I think they may have automatically upgraded it to [...]

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Dell Inspiron 1545 15.6-Inch Jet Black Laptop – Up to 4 Hours 34 Minutes of Battery Life (Windows 7 Home Premium)

January 8, 2010

I bought mine from Dell with a little better price but I buy a lot from Amazon and find the reviews helpful. I have a Dell XPS which is a high end Dell and running my benchmarks it is really preforms quite well considering the cost. Like one lady said the sound is better than [...]

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Apple MacBook Pro MB990LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop

January 8, 2010

Well I must say I am very happy i did not buy apple’s first iteration of the 13″ aluminum macbook last year b/c they really got it right the second time around upgrading it to a macbook pro! Its nice to have that “pro” stamp on a 13″ now! Apple has listened to their customers [...]

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HP G60-530US 15.6-Inch Black/Silver Laptop – Up to 3.75 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Home Premium)

January 8, 2010

I purchased this Windows 7-64 bit notebook to replace a crashed desktop. It’s nice enough that there’s a sleek design with its black case and aluminum touchpad and trim, but there’s a lot more “under the hood” of this budget-priced model. 4GB of installed DDR2 @SDRAM with 1MB of installed memory cache, a 320 GB [...]

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HP Pavilion DV6-1350US 15.6-Inch Espresso Laptop – Up to 8 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Home Premium)

January 8, 2010

I ordered this laptop for high school and college classes i will be attending while in high school. Before i fully review this item please listen to me and disregaurd a couple reviews that have dragged the overall rating down such as the one complaing about the price increase (maybe you should’ve acted on the [...]

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Apple MacBook MC207LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop

January 8, 2010

The last time I used Apple computers was somewhere in the 80s then the whole barrage of PCs took over. What a difference it made through the years. Like the others, have been using PCs and Microsoft basically that almost forgot how I missed this innovation. Every time I use my Macbook I can’t stop [...]

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ASUS K50IJ-X8 15.6-Inch Black Versatile Entertainment Laptop (Windows 7 Home Premium)

January 8, 2010

I have researched the hell out of laptops netbooks etc. I actually had purchased a ASUS netbook eee PC. They are all well and good, but honestly just too small for my taste. The keyboards are small and really are only good for surfing the net. So I figured for 200 more bucks I can [...]

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ASUS UL30A-X5 Thin and Light 13.3-Inch Black Laptop – 12 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Home Premium)

January 8, 2010

Just received my Asus UL30A-X5 yesterday. After much review, and a try-out with an Acer 1410, I decided that I wanted a full-sized chiclet/island keyboard and the larger screen. I’m already quite pleased with my decision. At the <$700 price point, this is an excellent notebook. Pros – Keyboard. A pleasure to type on. – [...]

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