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The laptop market has now become similar to the cellphone market, there are lots of companies pouring in their dough and we are now spoilt for choice. But this doesn't necessarily mean that all the notebooks out there are good. You need a lot of money for buying a laptop and hence you go to be careful about what you want. We have been following the notebook market since childhood days and friends always ask us whenever they are buying a new laptop. We guide them and they are also quite impressed by the amount of knowledge that we have.
Thus, we decided to take all this to the next level and create a blog dedicated for laptops. We wanted to give advice to anyone looking to buy a notebook. In our reviews, we make sure there are all the technical specifications of the laptop. This is for advanced users who have already made up their mind and just want to go through the specs. Apart from that, we give a complete detailed review including all the tests that we have performed in my labs. We are quite lucky to get all these laptops from the manufacturers like Sony, HP, Dell, Gateway, Asus, etc. for review. What initially started as a hobby has now grown in to a huge blog. We at notebookshopper.net must thank all you guys for your support!
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Lenovo ThinkPad T420 – Hardcore Business Laptop
The Lenovo ThinkPad T420 comes loaded with a lot of positives including incredible performance, brilliant battery life, lot of ports and an immensely comfy keyboard.
Cons:
The business-oriented Lenovo ThinkPad T420 is a bit bulky in comparison to some other laptops in the market, and it gives an ancient feel to it. In addition to this the Lenovo ThinkPad T420 has also been priced well over some of the other consumer laptops. Also there isn’t any USB 3.0 and HDMI.
Introduction
In comparison to a lot of laptops that we’ve seen at the CES 2012, including some of the incredibly sleek laptops and Ultrabooks, the Lenovo ThinkPad T420 is a giant, at least that’s what the external look says that. With plenty of ancillary buttons, that makes it look like a control panel of [...]
February 13th, 2012 | Lenovo | Leave a Reply
The lightest ultrabook – Toshiba Z830
Toshiba Z830 is one of the latest laptop introduced by the manufacturer. It is claimed to be one of the most affordable and lightest Ultrabooks currently available in the market. It is shipped with connectivity, boosts a matt screen, as well as various offers like premium touches such as a backlit keyboard. The laptop has a staid design that limits the visual appeal; moreover the keyboard doesn’t offer the finest typing experience as well. The laptop has poor viewing angles; the 13.3 inches isn’t of any help either. It is one of the most common ultrabooks in the market.
Presently, the movement of Intel’s Ultrabook is on a roll. Most of the leading laptop manufacturers are having their competitors in the field, while some are busy training them up. The manufacturers are ensuring that [...]
February 10th, 2012 | Toshiba | Leave a Reply
Lenovo IdeaPad V470 – Nicely Built 14-in Laptop
The definition of a laptop according us is changing every passing day. The machine that we initially thought was simple and straightforward computing functions now has started boasting spectacular features and exceptional design. But sadly none of those aspects could be seen in Lenovo IdeaPad V470.
Now, that’s not to say that the Lenovo IdeaPad V470 is a bad or poor laptop. It’s just that this system this is just too average. Priced at $599, the Lenovo IdeaPad V470 comes loaded with Intel Core i3-processor, and is a pretty bulky, but with an incredibly exceptional keyboard. In comparison to the $549 priced Dell Inspiron 14z, the IdeaPad V470 is priced $50 in addition and brings in USB 3.0 instead of an eSATA port, though at the same brings a fingerprint reader. Seeing at all those features [...]
December 16th, 2011 | Lenovo | Leave a Reply
Lenovo ThinkPad X130e – Next Generation Laptop From Lenovo
The ThinkPad X130e from Lenovo is company’s latest offering and it will take over from its precursor ThinkPad X121e. The ThinkPad X130e is an 11.6-in system and hence it surfaces in between Netbook and laptop, but the hard drive of the system classifies it as a laptop computer. This latest offering from Lenovo is aimed at the scholar market, and has been given all the attributes to lure the students. The ThinkPad X130e boasts a tough exterior body, and is being offers with a decent choice of specifications which allows the students and the parents to get the correct system at right price.
The ThinkPad X130e from Lenovo is an 11.6-in system and will be available with a selection of central processor from AMD E-450 and AMD Fusion E-300. You even will get a second generation Intel Core [...]
December 14th, 2011 | Lenovo | Leave a Reply
Toshiba Launches One More Ultrabook
Nothing beats Ultrabooks when it comes to portability, and if you also are looking for something that’s incredibly portable, then we’d suggest you to go for an Ultrabook. The simple reason for that is the fact that Ultrabooks are light and slim laptops with minimized design. The manufacturers of Ultrabooks keep the weight and space in control by replacing hard drive with SSD (solid state drive), which is small, light and at the same time could handle a decent amount of storage space.
The Toshiba Dynabook R631 is an attractive looking system which already is offered in Japanese market, where Ultrabooks are considered as a major improvement in the laptop technology. Though, you don’t get all that for cheap and it very well could be a problem for someone who thinks that shedding the [...]
December 9th, 2011 | News | Leave a Reply
Acer president says prices of ultra thin laptops may fall
Acer Inc. is expecting a fall in the retail prices for their ultra thin laptops from second quarter of the next year. Jim Wong, the president said that his company will be concentrating more on ramping up the production. Ultra book will be retailing somewhere between $799 and $899 by next year and this number is less than the current $1,000 that the computer is being sold for right now.
In the year 2013, this price might fall down to $499. The president is maintaining a shipping target of 250,000 to 300,000 ultra books in fourth quarter but he declined to say the number of laptops that were sold in the month of October.
The manufacturer also said that the ultra books will be accounting for twenty five to thirty percent of the notebook shipments for [...]
December 1st, 2011 | News | Leave a Reply
Toshiba Portege Z835-P330 – Thin design
Toshiba Portege Z835-P330 is an ultrabook contender and it is made to compete with laptops like Asus Zenbook, Lenovo U300s, and Acer S3. It is also a good alternative to the high end Apple MacBook Air.
The best thing about the Toshiba Portege Z835-P330 is its price. Unlike most Ultrabooks out there, this system is priced below $1,000. The review model which I got in my offices costs $899 and for this money, you get 128 GB SSD memory (Acer S3 which was priced similarly had just 20 GB of SSD memory with traditional platter drive). However, the CPU is dropped to Intel Core i3 and the Toshiba has cut serious corner here for keeping the price down. Everyday users won’t see much difference but this one is definitely slower than a Core i5 chip.
This isn’t the Apple MacBook Air but Toshiba [...]
November 24th, 2011 | Toshiba | Leave a Reply
Microsoft says Windows 8 will have fewer annoying restarts
Microsoft recently released a statement saying that their next OS will have fewer restarts after bug fix, patch or other Windows updates installs. A lot of people are bugged by the restarts post the update installation because the files inside have to be updated and cannot be modified while the PC is working. Microsoft has now acknowledged that this problem is irritating and has promised to take care of it.
Farzana Rahman, the Windows Update group program manager said that when there are any talks about Windows Update, the first thing that springs up to the mind is the frequent restarts. He also said that these restarts might come in the way of something important that you might be working on. One big question that Microsoft faced while making Windows 8 was if it was possible to update the [...]
November 17th, 2011 | News | Leave a Reply
