Last year, I took advantage of the student promotion to buy a Windows 7 upgrade license for my Toshiba M700 tablet PC. Since I was at the middle of the previous semester, I thought it wise to postpone the upgrade after the semester, but before the start of the next one. I also decided that [...]
Archive for category Gadgets
Going SSD
Jan 31
Dell Vostro V13
Jan 27
The Dell Vostro V13 is another 13.3″ thin & light laptop with a CULV processor. It’s already available to order at the Dell website starting at around $450, but $600 buys you a Core 2 Duo ULV SU7300 Intel processor and Windows 7 Premium. The design borrows from the first generation Adamo line and it [...]
I signed a few weeks back to get notification once the Google Chrome browser for Mac is already available. Well, I received an email this morning that it now available. I have downloaded the package installer and plan to install it later on my iMac to test drive it. Here are a few fun facts [...]
Astro Boy netbook
Dec 3
Here’s a cool gift to that Astro Boy fan in your family. An Astro Boy-branded netbook. It is only available in Taiwan, but I am sure there are online stores that will be willing to ship it to you if you are willing to pay the price of $900 exclusive of shipping charges. It is [...]
Engadget posted a hands on of Dell’s Adamo XPS. This is Dell’s 2nd generation model for their boutique notebooks that is all form rather than function. I like how Dell was able to come up with a thin chassis for the XPS Adamo and the uber-geek way of unlocking the latch, but I am not [...]
Why go for the Samsung Go
Nov 27
In a previous post, I mentioned that I was in the market for a netbook and was looking at what Samsung has to offer. I read through several reviews that are almost unanimous in their praise of Samsung netbook’s superior build quality, spacious keyboards, sharp screens, and long battery life. Although all of these comes [...]
