Dell are well known for making small and mobile laptops at a competitive price and the fourth generation Dell Inspiron mini 1011 Netbook certainly is affordable but does it deliver the performance and mobility is boasts? Read on to find out more. Design For a netbook to be successful it must be portable, fairly robust and look great as let’s face it you are likely to be using it in public. The 1011 is built with quality in mind and looks good; it is also light enough to carry around in your bag with a barely noticeable 1.35 kg weight. Screen Dell...
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Apple has proved sceptics wrong and has managed to create yet another best selling gadget in the iPad, with one million of the devices flying from the shelves in its first month on sale. The iPad was seen by many as a fairly odd device, offering what looked to be a much larger alternative to the iPhone, but consumers have clearly fallen for Apple’s uniquely beautiful aesthetic touches and user-friendly interface once again. The iPad could well be the device that finally brings the concept of eBooks to a mainstream audience, as Apple...
A new study has shown that 25 per cent of UK consumers will head down to the shops and buy a new computer if they experience serious problems with their existing machines. Furthermore it looks as though nearly a third of Brits are more than happy to deal their computing hardware a blow or two in an attempt to get it to behave. A survey carried out on behalf of Virgin Media has shown that 58 per cent of people are willing to admit to cursing their computers in the event of an issue arising. This figure is probably much higher in all honesty,...
The Swiss army knife is a highly regarded all-round implement and manufacturer Victorinox has produced knives that also have integrated USB storage in the past, but now a new edition claims to be completely safe from prying eyes. Victorinox proved that it was not joking about the security systems in place within the Knife/Drive by hiring a team of alleged computer hackers to attempt to break into the device during a promotional demonstration. The firm was offering £100,000 of its own money to the team if they could succeed. They didn’t...
Media tablets from Archos that are powered by Google’s Android operating system are in the works. The Home Tablets will come complete with touch screen displays and plenty of on-board storage for a modest price to suit a mainstream audience. The Archos 7 will have a 7 inch screen and a 600MHz processor, with a design and interface that are tailored to make it perfect for viewing in the home. At just over a centimetre thick and weighing in at 350 grams, the Archos 7 Home Tablet should be a comfortable fit for most hand sizes. Wi-Fi...
The new HP Slate powered by microsofts Windows 7 got a suprisingly muted response during its launch at CES las vegas. People where impressed with the look and idea of the product but where somewhat dissapointed that it was using a standard version of windows 7. I think people where expecting a new operating system for a new device. That said I think the slate is good looking piece of kit and one that a giant like HP will have great success with. The slate concept bridges the gap between smart phones and notebook computers....
Are you looking for a quick multi media laptop that you can use on the move? If you went into a shop you might be convinced that you need to spend a lot of money for a good spec laptop, thankfully there are many around during the new year sales that are of high in specification and low on cost . One such example is the Hewlett Packard (HP) G61-11SA laptop which is available for £399 for a limited time. The G61-110SA has a 15.6 wide screen and only weighs 2.68 KG making it perfect for people on the move. The HPG61110SA runs on the new...
There are countless thin laptops on the market and unfortunately quite a lot of them carry a hefty price tag. Take the Toshiba portage as an example. However you can get performance, looks and style at an affordable price and today we are going to take a quick look at the new Advent Altro laptop. The advent Altro is only 21.8mm thick and weighs only 1.6 kilograms. That is about as thick, that’s about one and a half pieces of bread thick and about a loaf and a quarter in weight (sorry about the comparison but it is late). It is also...
The greatest concern with the use of non-renewable energy is that once it’s gone it’s gone; hence the need for more energy from renewable sources. With the air powered battery that isn’t really a concern because the fact is that if we manage to deplete the world of its stock of air then we’re going to have much bigger problems than finding a way to power the laptop. The STAIR (St Andrews Air) battery is actually something of a hybrid as you might imagine but inventors claim it will use ten times less energy than...
Microsoft has officially announced that Windows 7 will be released “in time for the holidays”. There’s supposed to be a very good handful of new features that will be part of the release and the full program is now in its final (though perhaps toughest for the engineers) stage of development. No new features are likely to be added but bugs, glitches, problems, and a few more optimised bits and pieces will be added before the expected October release. Additional features will instead be reserved for future updates to the release. Advances...