More Laptops Opinion

  • 13 December 2010

  • Opinion: Opinion: can Google Chrome OS save the netbook?

    It feels like a generation ago that the Asus Eee PC 701 revolutionised portable computing. In fact, Asus revealed its 7in-screen Linux laptop in June 2007, making the netbook two years younger than the still fresh-feeling PlayStation 3.

  • 30 November 2010

  • Opinion: All that you see, all that you hear...

    Sound and vision permeate consumer electronics. And computers, too – from the day that the graphical user interface arrived, and a workstation's built-in speakers went beyond the sporadic 'blip'.

  • 18 November 2010

  • Opinion: Living with Linux: installing and using Ubuntu Netbook Edition

    Heard about Linux but never dared to give it a spin? You don't have to, because I did - and here's how I got on.

  • 02 November 2010

  • Opinion: The three screens

    Last year Microsoft was trumpeting the concept of ‘three screens and a cloud’ to inspire its customers to look for money-making opportunities beyond desktop PC culture. (Remember, Microsoft’s main customers are not really consumers, but the PC hardware manufacturing companies that it persuades to preinstall its Windows software.)

  • 14 October 2010

  • Opinion: PCs with the personal touch

    There’s something very satisfying about the creative process. No matter that the finished object isn’t as polished or slick as a similar one you could buy from a shop; the act of creation and lavishing attention on assembly is rewarding in itself.

  • 29 September 2010

  • Opinion: Powerful portables

    Time was when 'desktop replacement' was a euphemism for 'big, noisy laptop that's too thirsty to run off its battery and too heavy to sit on your lap'. And if you could balance it on your lap, it'd probably be too hot to rest there for long. Thankfully, those days are now more or less over.

  • 07 September 2010

  • Opinion: Geeks bearing gifts

    If the first PC battle became entrenched into a divide between two proprietary desktop systems, the next will be in mobile computing.

  • 21 May 2010

  • Opinion: iPad demand high and rising

    As Google lays the smack down against Apple at day two of its I/O conference, a series of positive reports show us Apple's runaway success with the iPad.

  • 19 April 2010

  • Opinion: Will Dell supersize its Mini tablet?

    The latest tablet rumour is a good one for Dell and Android fans. Engadget has obtained an allegedly leaked photo of two upcoming Dell 'Streak' tablets, a 7in and a 10in model, that would complement the company's previously announced Mini 5 device. (Or will it be the Streak 5?)

  • 09 April 2010

  • Opinion: How I stopped worrying and learned to love the iPad

    I don't need an iPad. I definitely don't need an Apple iPad. But it's, you know, so pretty...

  • 08 April 2010

  • Opinion: Apple iPad not so child's play

    Nearly half a million people have tuned into YouTube to see the cute two-and-a-half-year-old kid instantly understanding how an Apple iPad works (video here). See, it's child's play. Any idiot can use an iPad. Try the same with a netbook, dude!

  • 25 March 2010

  • Opinion: Keep taking the tablets

    We may be on the verge of a tablet revolution, but you've probably heard that one before. Microsoft has been plugging away with its concept for slate computing since 2001.

  • 13 March 2010

  • Opinion: Caring for your laptop: Top six tips

    You're more likely to damage a laptop than a desktop PC (no one has ever driven off, forgetting the desktop on top of their car) and, once damaged, laptops are harder and more expensive to repair. So here's how to look after your laptop.

  • 15 January 2010

  • Opinion: Slate PCs: fad failure or future form factor?

    Along with roughly 4,000 assorted hacks, geeks and fanboys I had the 'pleasure' of attending Steve Ballmer's opening keynote at CES this year. I arrived waiting for the 'big idea'... and left in much the same way. Also, I was jetlagged. Reader, I was whelmed.

  • 14 January 2010

  • Opinion: HP ships first USB 3.0 Envy laptops

    HP has announced that certain configurations of its Envy 15 laptops will come equipped with the new USB 3.0 spec. This makes HP one of the first computer companies to offer the incredibly fast technology.

  • 07 January 2010

  • Opinion: CES: Samsung netbook shuts down when dropped

    Samsung is showing off a netbook that is built to survive the rough and tumble of student life.

  • 27 December 2009

  • Opinion: Intel Atom N450 netbook chip spells trouble for laptops

    Here's a rhetorical question: how are netbooks any less attractive to consumers when Intel improves the Atom chips inside them? That's a question Intel will have to answer with the launch of its new Atom chip for netbooks, the Atom N450.

  • 18 November 2009

  • Opinion: 9 things I hate about laptops

    I'm a big man with big hands. And if there's one thing I've learned from testing laptops, it's that a good keyboard and trackpad on a laptop is a bit like a toilet: you take it for granted until you're stuck with one that doesn't work so well.

  • 09 October 2009

  • Opinion: Sony's X appeal

    So Sony has a new laptop out - well actually, it's a netbook - and it weighs only 780g. It's also really, really small in spite of its 11in screen: just 278mm wide, 185mm deep and 14mm thick.

  • 24 September 2009

  • Opinion: Hands-on: Intel Core i7 920XM laptop

    Intel has unveiled its newest mobile processor. Surprise! Okay, not really. We've heard about this chip for what feels like ages. Well, today we're gonna tell you how a Core i7 laptop performs in initial tests.

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