The latest laptop news from around the web for June 19th:
- Lenovo Laptop Roadmap Leaked (Overclockers Club) - A new roadmap showing Lenovo’s laptop lineups through March 2010 has been leaked. The roadmap shows the R, SL, SLc, X, T, and W laptop lines. The next laptop scheduled for release is the T400s which is scheduled for July. Following the T400s are the SL410 and the SL510, both of which are slated for August. Perhaps the most interesting section of the roadmap is January 2010. It displays eleven …
- Minifit XL Laptop Stand Chills Your Computer’s Hot Spots With Movable Fan [Laptops] (Gizmodo) – We’ve seen other laptop stands with built in fans, but this one promises to only cool your computer’s hot spots. The Minifit XL looks like any other laptop stand until you add the USB powered fan by…
- MSI lands netbook orders from NEC, says paper (Digi Times) – Micro-Star International (MSI) recently landed netbook orders from Japan-based NEC, according to a Chinese-language Apply Daily report.
- How to select the right Acer laptop – CNET Asia – When one thinks of value-for-money laptops, a trio of major brands spring to mind and Acer is invariably in the top three. Though the Taiwanese maker does not offer the flexibility to configure the hardware at point of sale that Dell machines do …
- Are You Ready to Ditch Your Laptop for a Smartphone? (Network World) – Have you ever wanted to ditch your clunky laptop? Perhaps you were meeting a client for dinner or friends at a bar after work. Or you were trying to catch a flight in the morning and had to fumble with your laptop at the airport security check.
- Sony Rolls Out Inexpensive, Blu-Ray-Equipped Vaio NW Laptop – Softpedia – Sony, a leading vendor of consumer electronics and computer systems, has just announced the expansion of its line of Vaio laptops with the introduction of the new Vaio NW model, a 15.5-inch system that is surprisingly affordable. The new machine …
- Acer Aspire One AOD250 reviewed: a new sub-300-dollar Netbook – CNET News – With back-to-school planning practically around the corner, it’s a good time to start thinking budget. Acer has already beat you to the punch, releasing the latest version of their extremely popular 10.1-inch Aspire One Netbook in a quartet of new …
- Why Your Laptop’s Batteries Die So Fast (Newsweek) – Why your laptop runs out of juice so fast.
- DIY Netbook Linux (Linux Today) – Linux Line: “There are a variety of netbook distros out there, but you can have a little fun creating your own. Here are some software packages and tips worth considering:”
- DIY Netbook Linux (Network World) – There are a variety of netbook distros out there, but you can have a little fun creating your own. Here are some software packages and tips worth considering:
- Gadget Gal’s daily deals – Laptop Edition: Sony VAIO, Dell Studio XPS, Lenovo ThinkPad (ZDNet) - It’s laptop sale time! Find sales on Sony laptops (and desktops), Dell Studio XPS and Inspiron 15 laptops, and Lenovo ThinkPad laptops. Here are your deals for Thursday, June 18, straight form the Gadget Gal: 1. Save up to 51 percent off of select Sony laptops and desktops at Amazon.com. You can get the Sony VAIO VGN-FZ455E/B 15.4-inch Laptop for only $680.12, down from $1,399.99. It has a 1.83 …
- HiPhone enters the laptop game, to our great amusement (Engadget) – Leave it to the brain trust at HiPhone to thwart our expectations. Instead of delivering a KIRF laptop befitting the company previously known for that dubious nano / Aura mash-up, the iLaptop-2009 makes no attempt to be anything other than what it is: a totally nondescript 12.1-inch device that sports an Intel N270 (1.6GHz) processor and a 160GB SATA HDD. Yours now for a cool $450. And have you …
