...Vista, and Windows 7 Build and Design The new ThinkPad USB keyboard uses the same keyboard assembly from the newer ThinkPad laptops , with a plastic frame and palmrest surrounding it. Compared to older design made under the IBM name...

In this article: Lenovo, ThinkPad, IBM, TechTarget, Windows XP, and Windows Vista

...expensive than their optical counterparts. For example, Apple offers a 128-gigabyte SSD with its high-rent MacBook Air. Asking cheapskate netbook makers such as Dell ( Nasdaq : DELL ) to adopt them for their Chrome OS systems is a gamble.

In this article: Google, Google Chrome OS, Nasdaq, Dell, Intel, Red Hat, SanDisk, Novell, PALM, and Ubuntu

...with PCWorld.com readers for what it's worth. Admittedly, it's counterintuitive to think that a laptop without a screen could be more useful than a laptop with a screen. But as I explain, for some people, that can indeed be the case.

In this article: Laptops, Google, Acer Aspire One, Linux, Acer, IDC, Asia, and Western Europe

...product. Talk about customer confusion! If/when this tablet comes out, I guarantee it won't look like this. 2) At $1,200 to $2,200, Apple can fuck right off. Think MacBook Air. Overpriced, underfeatured. This had better come in under $1,000.

In this article: Apple, Iphone, IPod, Twitter, MacBook Pro, MacBook, MacBook Air, and AT&T

The MacBook is a terrific machine for most people, but if you need FireWire in a laptop , you'll have to consider a MacBook Pro. MacBook Pro The unibody design may be new to the MacBook , but it's been over a year since the unibody...

In this article: MacBook Pro, MacBook, MacBook Air, Apple, Macworld, Nvidia, Intel, and South Dakota

... MacBook Pro , either the 15- or 17-inch MacBook Pros with the 2.8GHz processor with fit the bill. MacBook Air Looking for a Mac netbook? The MacBook Air is the closest you'll get. The most recent MacBook Air models were released in June,...

In this article: MacBook Pro, MacBook, MacBook Air, Apple, Macworld, Nvidia, Intel, and South Dakota

South Korea 's Samsung and Taiwan 's Acer are teaming up with US telecom giant AT&T to introduce low-priced netbook computers for the holiday shopping season. AT&T said the Samsung Go and Acer Aspire One , both of which run Microsoft 's new...

In this article: AT&T, Acer, Samsung, Acer Aspire One, Small business, David Haight, Gartner, Microsoft, and Taiwan

...to find in a 15in notebook in favour of an external USB unit. Unlike Apple , which charges GBP65 for the external DVD burner it offers to MacBook Air owners, HP includes the external LightScribe-compatible dual-layer 8x DVD±RW as standard.

In this article: MacBook Pro, Apple, DVD, MacBook Air, and Intel

...ProBook works as a status symbol as well, since HP claims it's the thinnest notebook out there at .93 inches high - besting Apple 's Macbook Air (.94 inches high). And when it comes to style, black is the new black, so the ProBook is all...

In this article: Dell, Recession, Blu-Ray, Silver, MacBook Air, Apple, and Intel

PC World - The Dell Inspiron 14z laptop makes a clear statement: You are probably a student, you want a whole lot of battery life on a Windows 7 machine, and you probably don't care much about performance. A small, sleek portable, the 14z...

In this article: Dell Inspiron, Dell, Intel, Linux, Silver, PC World, IDC, Asia, and Western Europe

It looks like they'll have specials across the board, but the notebook prices are most interesting. The $500 Dell Inspiron 15 laptop described below usually starts at $833, and the $1000 Studio XPS 16 notebook usually starts at $1418. Not...

In this article: Dell, Hard Drive, Dell Inspiron, Laptop, Netbook, Microsoft Zune, and Microsoft

...they can't be used to watch DVDs or to install new software direct from discs. The same applies to the emerging class of very thin laptop pioneered by the likes of Apple 's MacBook Air that likewise lack built-in optical drives of any kind.

In this article: DVD, MacBook Air, and Apple

Dell on Thursday formally unveiled its Inspiron Zino HD mini desktop PC. The small device is an 8-inch square that comes equipped with an AMD Athlon 2650e processor, with the option for a dual-core Athlon Neo X2 6850e. It includes built-in...

In this article: Dell, Inspiron, DVD, and Blu-ray

With a choice of colors, the Inspiron Zino HD can be easily personalized to add flare to any room in the home. Business Wire The Dell Inspiron Zino HD is a ultra small desktop PC that fits almost anywhere, starting at $229. Starting...

In this article: Dell Inspiron, Blu-ray Disc, Dell, and Texas

...battery brings the weight of the X Series to approximately 2.2 pounds. (For reference, the popular MacBook Air weighs about 3 pounds.) Though the laptop may look like a Jaguar, it runs like a Ford Taurus. The ultrathin ultraportable...

In this article: MacBook Air, Sony VAIO, Hulu, Ford Taurus, and Sony

...CES, said John Swinimer , an AMD rep. AMD also plans to show both the Zino home theater and Ferrari netbook - along with Win 7 netbooks based on the Vision Basic, Premium and Ultimate technologies announced in September - at CES Unveiled in...

In this article: AMD, Dell, Microsoft, Dell Inspiron, Ferrari, New York City, and Toshiba

...by poundsmack "The Moblin project steering committee today announces the project release of Moblin v2.1 for Intel Atom processor-based netbooks and nettops. This project release includes the broadest feature additions, customer...

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PC World - The latest model in the Aspire One netbook line is fairly nondescript. The D250-1613 has the same 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU, plus 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, a tiny keyboard, and a microscopic multitouch pad. With its...

In this article: Android, E mail, Acer, IDC, Google, Windows XP, Acer Aspire One, Netbook, and Palm Pre