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  • How to Buy a Laptop Size, performance, storage options, and keyboard quality are all factors to consider when purchasing a laptop. Let us help you find the laptop that fits your needs.
  • Overclocked Mega Gaming PCs The Falcon NorthWest Mach V and Hardcore Computer's Reactor are two of the fastest and most interesting overclocked gaming desktops we've ever seen at PC World.
  • Atomic Mini-Notebooks A look at two new mini-notebooks powered by Intel's new Atom mobile processor.
  • How to Replace Your CPU A processor upgrade can breathe new life into an old PC.
  • 32, 64, 86: Chip Numbers Explained MicTig asked the Answer Line forum why we call 32-bit PCs x86 instead of the more descriptive x32. After all, we call their 64-bit equivalents x64.
  • New nVidia Platform Promises to Speed Up Netbooks By combining Intel's Atom processor and nVidia's GPU, the Ion platform can bring decent gaming and video performance to typically underpowered netbooks.
  • MSI Updates the X-Slim Laptop MSI's X340 Pro laptop features a ultra-low voltage Core2 Solo processor and bears a strong resemblance to Apple's MacBook Air.
  • Toshiba Starts Selling Small "Netbook PC" The first small netbook PC from Toshiba, the NB100, is now available in Japanese stores.
  • Samsung's Laptop is Lighter Than Air The latest laptop from Samsung, the X360, competes in the same 13.3-inch screen class as Apple's Macbook Air but is a little lighter. Running an Intel Core 2 Duo processor with a 128GB solid-state drive, it should start and shutdown faster than laptops with hard-disk drives.
  • New Intel Processor Developments Intel announced new processor developments at the Intel Developers Forum in San Francisco, and displayed prototypes of the Nehalem processor as well as Centrino 2 chipsets. Assistant Editor Nick Mediati investigated.
  • Beauty and the Beast: Two Power Laptops to Love Senior editor Darren Gladstone takes a look at two powerful laptops, the Sony VAIO VGN-FW198U/H and the Micro Express JFL9226. Both devices use Intel's Centrino processor and have roughly the same hardware specs, but the two machines are as similar otherwise as Beauty and the Beast.
  • Qosmio Laptop Features Face Navigation and Gesture Control Toshiba's new Qosmio laptop features gesture control thanks to the SpursEngine chip.
  • Eee PC Goes Atomic At Computex, Asus has launched a new version of its Eee PC based on Intel's Atom processor.
  • Tegra Chipset For Mini-Laptops Nvidia launches the all-in-one Tegra chip set to compete with Intel's Atom.
  • Intel Introduces Atom Processor The Atom processor is a new line of low-power processors designed for mobile Internet devices.

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