Posted by Kelly Hodgkins on Oct 8, 2008 1:31 pm
Filed in Laptops, Mac OS
Want an ultra-portable touchscreen tablet mac? Don’t look to Cupertino for this one; the closest thing you can get your hands today, for a reasonable price at least, is a Gigabyte M912x netbook running the Mac OS X 10.5.5. This is the Dell Mini OS X hack with a twist as the M912x is a [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on Oct 5, 2008 6:28 pm
Filed in Apple, Laptops, Rumors
Over the past week or so, the rumor of a mysterious “Brick” running around Cupertino has set forth a flurry of speculation throughout the blogosphere. Now, according to an unnamed “adamant” source, the mystery of the Brick has been revealed. A report from 9 to 5 Mac states that the Brick is actually an internal [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on Oct 4, 2008 12:41 pm
Filed in Asus, Laptops, Linux, Windows XP
With every computer manufacturer and their chip supplier’s barber now jumping on the netbook train, it’s clearly about time for Asus to step it up a bit. Many would credit the Eee line of ultra-portable laptops with popularizing the new breed but now that Asus is competing the likes of top manufacturers, the Eee is [...]
Posted by Kelly Hodgkins on Oct 3, 2008 6:58 am
Filed in Laptops, Mac OS
Another netbook gets the Mac OS X treatment. Both the MSI Wind and the Asus Eee PC have seen a successful OS X install. Now it’s the Dell Inspiron Mini’s turn and its transformation into a Mini-Mac appears to be relatively easy. To begin, you will need to get a hold of a slipstreamed version [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on Oct 2, 2008 1:38 pm
Filed in Apple, Laptops, Rumors
They say seeing is believing but anyone in the tech blogging game knows that simply isn’t the case. As such, we’re treading lightly with this one. Someone by the name of “Techno Minds” has bestowed modmyi.com with what he claims to be an image of two new MacBook Pros that was snagged from an Apple [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on Sep 29, 2008 9:42 am
Filed in LG, Laptops, Windows Vista
So is it safe to say that the netbook game is in full swing now? It seems like every week we see two or three new tiny laptops released, announced or at least leaked. Hey, the more the merrier. Today’s first entry comes from Korean gadgeteer LG. The X110, or “Momo” (short for More Mobile) [...]
Posted by The Boy Genius on Sep 25, 2008 11:09 am
Filed in 1xRTT, CDMA, EDGE, EV-DO, GPRS, GSM, HSDPA, Laptops, News, UMTS, Windows Vista
For those that are in a “rougher” industry than us, you might already be carrying a Panasonic Toughbook. If you are, you’ll know that the fully-ruggedized models are pretty huge. But if you don’t require maximum roughness, Panasonic has come to market with their lightest model yet, and we’re definitely intrigued. The new Toughbook F8 [...]
Posted by Kelly Hodgkins on Sep 22, 2008 2:40 am
Filed in Asus, Laptops, Wacky Gadgets
For real, no joke here guys or shall I say “gals” since this product is obviously targeted at you. Now available online from DataVision is the Asus F6V scented laptop that comes in such fragrances as floral blossom, morning dew, blue ocean, and dark musk. For a mere $1275, you can garner attention with the [...]
Posted by Kelly Hodgkins on Sep 21, 2008 3:28 pm
Filed in Laptops, Linux, News, Windows Mobile
Anyone keeping up on technology would notice a recent explosion in the netbook market. More or less started by the surprisingly successful Asus EEE Pc in 2007, the market for these low-cost, lightweight notebooks is on the rise with no less than 14 netbooks being announced or launched this past week. They come in all [...]
Posted by Kelly Hodgkins on Sep 18, 2008 2:24 pm
Filed in Asus, Hardware, Laptops, News
What would you do if you put in your recovery disk for your Asus laptop and your anti-virus software alarms started going off? You would do what a reader over at PC Pro did. You would do some investigating. He first realized that something was amiss when his anti-virus was kicked off by the presence [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on Sep 16, 2008 8:54 am
Filed in Apple, Laptops, Rumors
It makes sense, doesn’t it? Apple’s new iPods have been launched, version 2.1 of iPhone software has been issued and now version 10.5.5 of OS X is available as an update. Just about everything that has been rumored over the past month is now behind us. But where are those sexy new aluminum MacBooks we’ve [...]
Posted by Kelly Hodgkins on Sep 13, 2008 11:44 am
Filed in Laptops, News, Unboxing, Windows XP
After launching a mere week ago, Dell Mini’s were arriving on doorsteps everywhere Friday. As expected, it did not take very long for one of you eager, early adopters to put together an unboxing video. This time it is a reader over at Gotta Be Mobile who posted 12 minutes of brand spanking new Mini [...]
Posted by Kelly Hodgkins on Sep 9, 2008 10:54 am
Filed in HP, Hardware, Laptops
Mobile travelers rejoice, your battery woes may be alleviated, at least a little bit. HP announced today that you can get 24 hours of run time on a single charge with their HP EliteBook 6930p. The HP EliteBook 6930p was specially configured with an Ultra Capacity 12-cell battery, a power-saving Illumi-Lite LED display, an Intel [...]