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  • 9 Things I Hate About Laptops One of our reviewers tells you how he really feels about laptops these days, and why.
  • Nokia Booklet 3G Netbook The Booklet 3G netbook is rugged and solidly built--but some quirks make it a slightly too-pricey portable.
  • Dell Inspiron 14z The Inspiron 14z is aimed squarely at students, with a stylish look and great battery life; its overly polished screen is hard to see, however.
  • How Will The First 3D Laptop Change Gaming? 3D gaming goes portable with the new Acer laptop, delivering 3D visuals to users wearing the included polarizer glasses.
  • Sony VAIO X Series Netbook The supersexy, slim VAIO X has netbook dimensions, decent specs, and a serious price tag.
  • Lenovo ThinkPad SL510 (2847-22U) The SL510 is an excellent choice for business users and for students who don't goof around much.
  • Hands-On with Dell Adamo XPS--and Prototypes You’ll Never See Get the scoop on Dell’s 0.4-inch thick ultraportable, and check out prototypes you'll never see anywhere else.
  • Five Ways to Overclock a Netbook (Really!) Didn't think hardware this tiny could be tweaked? We explore five ways to turn netbooks up to 11.
  • The Best Tech Deals of the Week We'll show you where to find the best prices on an Apple MacBook laptop, a Casio megazoom camera, a Toshiba external hard drive, and more.
  • A Beef With Battery Benchmarks What do you think of the benchmarks used to gauge how well your laptop actually performs? Want to create your own benchmarks?
  • Windows 7: Hot New Hardware Microsoft put eye-catching hardware on display at last week's Windows 7 launch event. From netbooks and ultrathins to standard-size laptops and All-in-One touchscreen PCs, here's a closer look at some of the shiniest new Windows 7 machines.
  • Unfinished Windows 7 Feature Turns Laptops Into Wi-Fi Hotspots A Philadelphia developer has rooted out an unfinished feature of Windows 7 that turns any laptop into a wireless access point, allowing other Wi-Fi-enabled...
  • 12 Gadgets That Let You Ditch Power Cords, Wires, and Hassles You can ditch the snake pit of power, audio, and video cords with these 12 gadgets.
  • These 12 Gadgets Let You Cut The Cord For Good Cutting the cord has never been so easy with new devices that power-up on their own and allow you to ditch the speaker wire.
  • Pink Tech for the Cure As Breast Cancer Awareness month winds down, we look at some pink gadgets that you can pick up at the last minute.
  • Intel May Allow More Memory on Netbooks Rather than celebrating this as good news, we should be asking why Intel has any say in the matter at all.
  • Has Apple Missed the Netbook Boat? Apple may have missed out by not producing a low-priced notebook to compete with the ultra-cheap portables that have cornered a significant portion of the PC market.
  • Will Windows 7 Bring Touchscreens to the Mainstream? PC vendors are rolling out a wave of new systems that incorporate Windows 7's multitouch features. It remains to be seen, however, whether the overnight success of touchscreens in the smartphone world translates to the desktop/laptop PC market.
  • Windows 7: Six Great Computer Deals Considering a new PC instead of taking the upgrade route? Check out this road map to great Windows 7 computer deals.
  • HP ProBook 5310m Ultraportable Laptop The ProBook 5310m's slim, stylish case impresses--and so do its quick-booting, business-friendly apps. Stay tuned for the results of its lab tests.
  • Low-end MacBook Gets Unibody Design Apple on Tuesday announced an updated version of its low-end MacBook laptop, which will be available immediately. The new model, while still clad in white...
  • MSI X600 The MSI offers a terrific keyboard and excellent graphics in its laptop class, but a big screen plus a ULV single-core processor makes for anemic performance.
  • Fujitsu LifeBook T5010 Convertible All-Purpose Laptop The T5010 multitouch tablet-PC hybrid provides security, strength, and efficiency in a ho-hum package.
  • PC Shipments on the Rise, But at What Cost? Desktop and laptop sales are up, but the news is not all good for the PC industry.
  • Gateway NV5214u All-Purpose Laptop What the NV5214u laptop might lack in features, it makes up for in price. And it's easy on the eyes, too.
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