Stories on laptops

Crave Podcast 5: Giant laptops on trial

Crave We also put super-huge laptops on trial. It's that time again -- the latest Crave podcast is here now, ready to disgrace an iPod, PC or other MP3 player near you. Crave gets down to it with the latest news, a brief guide to space tourism and a look...

10 April 2006, 14:00 > More matches in Crave

Photos: Laptops at CeBIT

News CeBIT 2007 brought plenty of opportunities to check out the latest developments in laptops. This Asus laptop, which doesn't yet have a model name, is the successor to the company's R2H model and is one of a number of second-generation ultra-mobile...

19 March 2007, 10:35 > More matches in News

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3800: Laptops get graphics hotness

Crave Several new developments in the laptops graphics department from ATI and parent company AMD were announced at this year's Computex show in Taiwan. You can already get two Nvidia GPUs in select laptops, a setup known as SLI, so we're pleased AMD's...

Tags: hd, laptop, dedicated, battery

5 June 2008, 10:08 > More matches in Crave

Laptops for people with disabilities

Digital Living Laptops developed specifically for people with disabilities are few and far between. Semi-ruggedised laptops are a good place to start as they can withstand accidental drops and keyboard spills. I'm a visually impaired student looking for a...

11 April 2007, 14:52 > More matches in Digital Living

Laptops to trounce desktops by 2011

News As worldwide desktop shipments continue to slow, laptops are expected to represent more than half of all client PCs by 2011, according to an IDC report released on Tuesday. Meanwhile, in the US retail sales of laptops surpassed desktops in 2005.

21 March 2007, 9:13 > More matches in News

Laptops with solid-state hard drives

Reviews Laptops that utilise SSDs tend to have several advantages over those that use traditional 2.5-inch drives. Laptops that use SSDs are relatively thin on the ground, but there are some you can purchase right now.

20 March 2008, 9:59 > More matches in Reviews

Dell Core Duo laptops inadvertently revealed

News Dell's future laptops were briefly exposed by Google's search engine on Tuesday, before the spreadsheet was removed from a Dell FTP site and from Google's cache. Dell appears to be planning to introduce Intel's Core Duo processor into its consumer...

2 February 2006, 10:28 > More matches in News

SanDisk brings flash hard drives to laptops

News SanDisk wants to replace the hard drive in laptops with flash memory, a swap that it says will make thin laptops faster and more reliable. The commercial drive from SanDisk contains a controller and other electronics that reduce power consumption...

4 January 2007, 9:13 > More matches in News

News.blog: Dell plans for AMD-based laptops

News Dell is set to introduce laptops based on AMD's processors as early as October, according to a report from our colleagues over at CNET Asia. The Dell consumer laptops in October would be based on Turion X2 and Sempron processors and use 15.4-inch...

4 August 2006, 10:52 > More matches in News

Video reviews round-up: Megapixel madness and sexy laptops

Crave We've been fogging up your monitor with steamy video reviews, from splash-proof dSLRs to powerful -- not to mention sexy -- laptops. One of the best-looking 15-inch laptops in recent memory is on display in our Dell XPS M1530 video review.

Tags: laptops, air, megapixel, olympus

17 March 2008, 16:06 > More matches in Crave

Dell multicolour laptops: XPS M1330, Inspiron 1520 and 1720

Crave Dell launched a new range of Inspiron laptops yesterday at a swanky event in Marbella. The laptops include the 15.4-inch Inspiron 1520 and 1521, the 17-inch Inspiron 1720 and 1721, and the cream of the crop, the XPS M1330.

Tags: dell, laptops, edge, inch

27 June 2007, 12:04 > More matches in Crave

Gaming laptops and PCs

Reviews We've even taken the unusual step of comparing laptops with their desktop counterparts -- the advances in portable graphics systems mean the performance delta between the two has closed dramatically in recent years, so why the heck not?

16 February 2007, 12:39 > More matches in Reviews

Hands-on with Sony Vaio CR20, TZ20 and AR50 laptops

Crave When it's not producing proprietary media formats and expensive games consoles, Sony is crafting tasty laptops. Apparently "central to our entertainment experience", these laptops are geared up to better cater for the media-obsessed world we all...

14 September 2007, 13:11 > More matches in Crave

Dell laptops in electric shock shocker

Crave We've discovered a worrying new feature in some Dell laptops: if you touch them, you may get an electric shock. Disturbingly, you could also be shocked when connecting printers, PDAs and other peripherals to the offending laptops.

Tags: dell, laptops, risk, safety

17 January 2008, 15:03 > More matches in Crave

Gaming laptops

Reviews There's a common misconception that laptops are no good for playing games on, but this couldn't be further from the truth. Continuous advancements in mobile graphics technology mean laptops can now push enough polygons to make an Xbox 360 look over...

19 May 2006, 13:10 > More matches in Reviews