January 28, 2011
A sturdy, high-end mobile workstation with a professional-grade display
It’s difficult to pick just one standout feature of the HP EliteBook 8740w mobile workstation. Certainly a bright, 17-inch, 10-bit LCD panel that’s capable of displaying more t…
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January 18, 2011
If we hadn’t just spent time ogling HP’s Envy 17, we might have appreciated the Samsung RF710’s aesthetics more. After all, it too sports a sleek, sophisticated design. It’s just that everything about the RF710 looks low-rent compared to the En…
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January 18, 2011
The Envy 17 is the biggest and most powerful model in HP’s top-end line of laptops, which are known for their sex appeal and solid build quality. The Envy 17’s 11×16.5×1.5-inch chassis is constructed of magnesium alloy with an aluminum wrapping tha…
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December 7, 2010
It’s thin and sleek—too bad it’s an Atom netbook
We didn’t want to admit it, but it’s true: The Atom netbook market is a snooze. Netbooks based on Intel’s Atom platform (currently in its Pine Trail incarnation) ship with a 10.1-inch screen, 1GB…
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December 3, 2010
Featuring Nvidia’s new GeForce GTX 460M graphics
A 17-inch notebook is going to be big, there’s just no way around it. But after reviewing Malibal’s ginormous X7200 desktop replacement in our Holiday issue, Asus’s eight-pound, 11.8-ounce G73Jw-A1…
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December 1, 2010
The ultimate Hackintosh laptop?
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November 29, 2010
Look out USB 3.0, looks like Light Peak may be coming sooner than you had hoped.
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November 27, 2010
The massive tabtop… err… laplet?
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