Looking for a Sony VAIO P at a fraction of the price? Look no further than the Sony Style L80 mini laptop. Like it’s name suggests, its not a real Sony computer but rather a “Sony styled” product. The L80 is a 1.6GHz Atom-powered mini laptop with a 1024 x 600, 8.9-inch screen and a 16GB hard drive. It offers a 1GB or 2GB(add $35) of memory and built in Wifi. More »

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The Spinpoint MT2 is Samsung’s triple-platter hard disk that has up to a terabyte of storage in a 2.5″ form for laptops and notebooks. More »

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Along with everyone else, ASUS is itching to enter the ripe market that Apple’s impossibly successful iPad has created. When ASUS, one of the world’s leading computer manufacturers, releases its Eee Pad tablets, the company wants to remove the “limitations” of the iPad. More »

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Slowly but surely, solid-state-drives are making their entrance into mainstream acceptance. For sometime, higher-end laptops from Apple, Sony, HP, etc. have offered optional SSD hard disks as replacements for mechanical drives, which, due to moving parts, are significantly slower than solid-state storage for random and sequential reading (as well as random writing) speed. More consumers are taking notice of SSD because their benefits are readily apparent: much faster operating system and application boot up times and quicker general response from computers. Unfortunately, the biggest hurdle of SSD (in addition to first generation drives that had terrible Jmicron controllers) has remained its small capacity and high price. While drives are becoming more affordable and bigger, 60-64Gb disks are still in the $150+ range. People like myself have waited for the ideal solution, and with Corsair’s budget Nova series, I think that I have found it. More »

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Long has been the wait for the hybrid 10.1″ Pixel Qi LCD that can transform itself from a conventional color display into an extraordinarily energy efficient (”80% less power”) e-ink mode like on e-readers for viewing text in extremely bright environments. More »

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With Summer finally here, Sony has revealed their VAIO signature summer 2010 collection. This collection includes 9 different models of Sony VAIO’s, as well as one J118FX all-in-one touchscreen desktop computer. But the ones that really stole the show were the three limited edition VAIO EA laptops; The Arabesque Pink EA, Arabesque Gold EA, and Arabesque Black EA. These three gorgeous laptops are all starting at $919.99. Those who love using their tech as a fashion accessory will appreciate the textured design and gold accents found throughout the computer. They will start shipping July 20th.

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With 3D gaining popularity on the big screen, and now in video games and home televisions, it’s no surprise that now we’re seeing more 3D laptops being released. The Lenovo IdeaPad Y560d is a powerful, 3D multimedia machine. It runs Windows 7, and up to 8GB memory with a 750GB hard drive. It has TriDef 3D technology with 3D glasses and Dolby Home Theater surround sound. More »

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Here is a wicked mod that combines old Apple with new: take a G3 Clamshell iBook from a decade ago and toss in an iPad along with a dock extender cable and a wired aluminum keyboard, and you get an A4 Clamshell iPad. More »

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Alienware’s M11x is the most powerful ultra-portable gaming laptop there is. It is almost shocking what Alienware has packed into the 11-inch screen notebook: an Intel Core i7-640UM processor and a 1Gb GeForce GT 335M with NVIDIA Optimus technology. Add on some optional upgrades, and the $949 starting price balloons to $2,572.99. More »

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What do you get when you combine exotic cars with computers? Usually just useless designs that retail for far too much. However, ASUS’s VX6 Lamborghini netbook is an exception because although it houses an Intel Atom processor (1.8GHz D525), it is accelerated by NVIDIA’s Ion graphics, two USB 3.0 ports, Bluetooth 3.0, Wireless N, and 7.5 hours of battery life. More »

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Lenovo has seen the light. Acknowledging the strengths of Google’s open source Android OS, Lenovo is delaying the launches of its Skylight smartbook and U1 Hybrid laptop/tablet, replacing the custom Linux operating systems with (hopefully) Android 2.2 FroYo. More »

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Intel (silly, leave graphics to the big boys) is abandoning its “Larrabee” GPU and will channel its efforts into furthering the mediocre integrated graphics on its chipsets, but NVIDIA wants to put Fermi in a laptop by June. OEM laptop manufacturer Clevo is the first to receive the GeForce GTX 480M, which comes with up to 2Gb of GDDR5 256-bit memory. More »

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Why have computer manufacturers not popularized external graphics? Because laptop makers want you to upgrade your gaming notebook every few years. Unlike tower PCs, most laptops’ graphics are soldered onto their motherboards and cannot be replaced. The MSI GUS (Graphics Upgrade Solution) is attempting to externalize your GPU. More »

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Benjamin Heckendorn is an eminent gaming console mod madman. His latest piece of art is a dreamy black and blue Sony PS3 Slim laptop that can be transported about like a suitcase. More »

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Dreamers still lusting after an Apple tablet/laptop had the fugly LapDock. ClamCase is proposing a sleeker case that converts the iPad into a “laptop,” complete with a Bluetooth keyboard. More »

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