Each month we compile data for the number of times a particular notebook is viewed on this site's product pages to get an idea for what mainstream consumers are looking at and thinking about buying. While these laptops aren't necessarily the most popular in terms of sales, they are the most popular based on the number of times our visitors clicked on them.
In that sense, think of this list as the "most clickable laptops of the month" ... the notebooks that most of the people on this site are interested in learning about. Keep in mind that clicks directly on the "Most Popular Laptops" list do not count toward the total in order to keep the list as fair as possible each month. The only clicks that count toward the monthly totals come from web searches like Google or from visitors who have clicked on a laptop after visiting our "Notebook Database" or inside our forums.
This month most of the laptops on the list are the same as last month. The big news is that online sales and coupons have made an impact helping to raise the position of some notebooks like the Dell Inspiron 15 (1525). Apple's recent update of the MacBook helped the new MacBook jump up to the Top 10, and the original ASUS Eee PC continues to show up in the Top 10 list despite multiple new Eee PCs on the market. The Acer Aspire One also made another impressive showing at number three on the list.
1. HP Pavilion dv5t (Previously #1) - The dv5t features an Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, up to 4096MB DDR2 System Memory, NVIDIA GeForce Go graphics available and 15.4" diagonal WXGA BrightView Widescreen.
View NotebookReview.com Review for Pavilion dv5t
2. Dell Inspiron 1525 (Previously #5) - The Inspiron 1525 is a Core 2 Duo powered 15.4" screen notebook from Dell. The Inspiron 1525 has Intel X3100 integrated graphics, an Intel Core 2 Duo processor and a thinner and lighter form factor than the previous Inspiron 1520.
View NotebookReview.com Review for Inspiron 1525
3. Acer Aspire One (Previously #2) - The Aspire One is the latest "netbook" from Acer, offering a convenient, compact design at a budget price. The Aspire One features an Intel Atom Processor, 8.9" WSVGA TFT LCD, and a choice of either Genuine Windows XP Home Edition or Linpus Linux Lite version.
View NotebookReview.com Review for Aspire One
4. Lenovo ThinkPad T400 (Previously #4) - The ThinkPad T400 features an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 14.1" LED-backlight widescreen, up to 8GB of PC2-8500 and integrated Intel X4500 or ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470.
View NotebookReview.com Review for ThinkPad T400
5. Apple MacBook (New to the top 10) - With Intel Core 2 Duo processors, Nvidia 9400M graphics, an optional 128GB solid state drive (SSD), and a stylish yet tough design, the new MacBook promises to be one impressive 13-inch notebook.
View NotebookReview.com Review for MacBook
6. HP Pavilion dv4t (new to the top 10) - The dv4t features an Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, up to 4GB DDR2 System Memory, NVIDIA GeForce Go graphics available and 14.1" diagonal WXGA BrightView Widescreen.
View NotebookReview.com Review for Pavilion dv4t
7. Asus Eee PC (Previously #7) - The Asus Eee PC 701 notebook uses a Linux based OS that Asus has customized themselves. It has a 7" screen and only weighs 2 lbs. The Eee PC is now also available with Windows XP.
Buy the Eee PC direct from Asus
8. Dell XPS M1330 (Previously #10) - The XPS M1330 stays solid on the charts at #5 for the month. The M1330 is a 13.3" portable notebook with the Intel Santa Rosa processor, Nvidia 8400M graphics and slick looks. The M1330 is available in red, black and white color lid options.
Buy the XPS M1330 direct from Dell
9. Toshiba Satellite A305 (Previously #6) - The Satellite A305 laptops use the TruBrite 15.4-inch high definition diagonal widescreen display to get more from movies, games, spreadsheets and multitasking. The "Fusion finish" adds an extra level of durability and sexiness to this laptop. Available dedicated graphics and dual hard drives help this notebook really perform.
View NotebookReview.com Review for Satellite A305 / A300
10. Sony VAIO Z (new to the top 10) - The VAIO Z notebook features a 13.1" XBRITE-DuraView LCD, Intel Centrino 2 Processor and an optional 128GB solid state drive technology ... making it an attractive alternative to the Apple MacBook.
Buy the Sony VAIO Z online
And here's the rest of 'em rounding out the top 20 most viewed and popular on NotebookReview.com for the month of October:
11. Dell XPS M1530
12. Lenovo ThinkPad T61
13. Sony VAIO FW
14. Dell Latitude E6400
15. Dell Inspiron Mini 9
16. Dell Studio 15
17. Sony VAIO SR
18. HP Pavilion tx2500z
19. Apple MacBook Pro
20. Toshiba Satellite A200 / A205
Remember, to get advice on which notebook to buy don't just go with what's popular, visit our What Notebook Should I Buy forum to ask what everyone else thinks you should buy based on your needs. Check out how the current standings for this weeks most popular notebooks looks.
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Saturday, November 1, 2008
Saturday, October 11, 2008
New Apple Notebooks to be Revealed October 14th
The recent rumors of Apple announcing a new batch of notebooks on October 14th has come to fruition. Apple today sent invites for a San Francisco event next Tuesday, the messaging on the invite bares the words "The spotlight turns to notebooks."
Now that we know there is definitely something coming from Apple next week the speculation turns to what notebook products will be there. And of course the various Apple fan sites have a few leads as to what we might see. Some expectations are:
* One of the notebooks to be released could start at $799, this is likely some sort of MacBook replacement
* Some of the notebooks to be released will have similar features to the MacBook Air casing with an aluminum type of finish instead of the plastic look you see on current MacBooks.
* The new design lends itself to a cheaper manufacturing process. The word "brick" is being thrown around to describe this process, although others have speculated the "brick" is a product in itself and not related to a manufacturing process. Generally brick does not carry a positive connotation when used in conjunction with a notebook, so it'll be interesting to see exactly who's right here.
* Indications are that we'll see up to 20 different SKUs of products announced. Indicating that MacBook and MacBook Pro replacements will be revealed, and potentially something else.
* It is likely that Nvidia graphics cards will be on board the MacBook Pro replacement
There's no telling exactly what will be revealed at the event on Tuesday, but suffice to say if you were thinking about buying a MacBook soon you should wait until next week to see what's in store. Generally Apple starts selling products very soon after they are announced, so the lag between the announcement and being able to walk into a store to buy one of these new notebooks should not be long. Meaning we'll have a hands on before the month is out!
Now that we know there is definitely something coming from Apple next week the speculation turns to what notebook products will be there. And of course the various Apple fan sites have a few leads as to what we might see. Some expectations are:
* One of the notebooks to be released could start at $799, this is likely some sort of MacBook replacement
* Some of the notebooks to be released will have similar features to the MacBook Air casing with an aluminum type of finish instead of the plastic look you see on current MacBooks.
* The new design lends itself to a cheaper manufacturing process. The word "brick" is being thrown around to describe this process, although others have speculated the "brick" is a product in itself and not related to a manufacturing process. Generally brick does not carry a positive connotation when used in conjunction with a notebook, so it'll be interesting to see exactly who's right here.
* Indications are that we'll see up to 20 different SKUs of products announced. Indicating that MacBook and MacBook Pro replacements will be revealed, and potentially something else.
* It is likely that Nvidia graphics cards will be on board the MacBook Pro replacement
There's no telling exactly what will be revealed at the event on Tuesday, but suffice to say if you were thinking about buying a MacBook soon you should wait until next week to see what's in store. Generally Apple starts selling products very soon after they are announced, so the lag between the announcement and being able to walk into a store to buy one of these new notebooks should not be long. Meaning we'll have a hands on before the month is out!
Friday, October 3, 2008
Most Popular Laptops for September 2008
Each month we compile data for the number of times a particular notebook is viewed on this site's product pages to get an idea for what mainstream consumers are looking at and thinking about buying. While these laptops aren't necessarily the most popular in terms of sales, they are the most popular based on the number of times our visitors clicked on them.
In that sense, think of this list as the "most clickable laptops of the month" ... the notebooks that most of the people on this site are interested in learning about. Keep in mind that clicks directly on the "Most Popular Laptops" list do not count toward the total in order to keep the list as fair as possible each month. The only clicks that count toward the monthly totals come from web searches like Google or from visitors who have clicked on a laptop after visiting our "Notebook Database" or inside our forums.
This month most of the laptops on the list are the same as last month. However, we were surprised to see three "netbooks" make strong showings on the list. This is the first time we've seen more than one netbook on our Top 10 list in a single month. The Acer Aspire One makes an impressive showing at number two on the list. The ASUS Eee PC made an impressive comeback, and the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 actually turned out to be more popular than its big brother, the Dell XPS M1330.
1. HP Pavilion dv5t (Previously #1) - The dv5t features an Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, up to 4096MB DDR2 System Memory, NVIDIA GeForce Go graphics available and 15.4" diagonal WXGA BrightView Widescreen.
View NotebookReview.com Review for Pavilion dv5t
2. Acer Aspire One (New to the Top 10) - The Aspire One is the latest "netbook" from Acer, offering a convenient, compact design at a budget price. The Aspire One features an Intel Atom Processor, 8.9" WSVGA TFT LCD, and a choice of either Genuine Windows XP Home Edition or Linpus Linux Lite version.
View NotebookReview.com Review for Aspire One
3. Dell Latitude E6400 (Previously #2) - The 14.1-inch E6400 replaces Dell's D630. These are Dell's first Montevina/Centrino 2 class machines. The E6400 has a starting weigh of 4.4lbs and is available with built-in Bluetooth 2.1, mobile broadband, Integrated GPS, extended life batteries for "all day" computing, discrete nVIDIA graphics, and plenty of security options including contact-less smart cards and encrypted hard disks.
Buy the Latitude E6400 from Dell
4. Lenovo ThinkPad T400 (Previously #4) - The ThinkPad T400 features an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 14.1" LED-backlight widescreen, up to 8GB of PC2-8500 and integrated Intel X4500 or ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470.
View NotebookReview.com Review for ThinkPad T400
5. Dell Inspiron 1525 (Previously #6) - The Inspiron 1525 is a Core 2 Duo powered 15.4" screen notebook from Dell. The Inspiron 1525 has Intel X3100 integrated graphics, an Intel Core 2 Duo processor and a thinner and lighter form factor than the previous Inspiron 1520.
View NotebookReview.com Review for Inspiron 1525
6. Toshiba Satellite A305 (Previously #9) - The Satellite A305 laptops use the TruBrite 15.4-inch high definition diagonal widescreen display to get more from movies, games, spreadsheets and multitasking. The "Fusion finish" adds an extra level of durability and sexiness to this laptop. Available dedicated graphics and dual hard drives help this notebook really perform.
View NotebookReview.com Review for Satellite A305 / A300
7. Asus Eee PC (back in the top 10) - The Asus Eee PC 701 notebook uses a Linux based OS that Asus has customized themselves. It has a 7" screen and only weighs 2 lbs. The Eee PC is now also available with Windows XP.
Buy the Eee PC direct from Asus
Dell Dell XPS M1530 (Intel Core 2 Duo T5250 1.5GHz, 120GB HDD, 2GB RAM)
8. Dell XPS M1530 (Previously #7) - The Dell XPS M1530 is the larger brother to the XPS M1330. It's a 15.4-inch screen sleek looking performance notebook that offers the powerful nVidia 8600m graphics card. The XPS M1530 is available in black, red, midnight blue and white colors.
Buy the XPS M1530 from Dell
9. Dell Inspiron Mini 9 (New to the Top 10) - The Inspiron Mini 9 has an 8.9-inch widescreen display, weighs just 2.28lbs, and can be configured with either Windows XP or Ubuntu Linux. The Mini 9 is powered by an Intel Atom processor for power saving performance. An 8GB flash drive makes it so the Mini is quiet and has very fast storage and configure up to 1GB of RAM for a performance boost too. A 4-cell battery offers up to 4 hours of battery life.
View NotebookReview.com Review for Inspiron Mini 9
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10. Dell XPS M1330 (Previously #10) - The XPS M1330 stays solid on the charts at #5 for the month. The M1330 is a 13.3" portable notebook with the Intel Santa Rosa processor, Nvidia 8400M graphics and slick looks. The M1330 is available in red, black and white color lid options.
Buy the XPS M1330 direct from Dell
And here's the rest of 'em rounding out the top 20 most viewed and popular on NotebookReview.com for the month of September:
11. Lenovo ThinkPad T61
12. Sony VAIO FW
13. Dell Studio 15
14. Apple MacBook
15. HP Pavilion dv6700t
16. Toshiba Satellite A200 / A205
17. HP Pavilion tx2500z
18. Sony VAIO Z series
19. Sony VAIO SR
20. Sony VAIO NR
Remember, to get advice on which notebook to buy don't just go with what's popular, visit our What Notebook Should I Buy forum to ask what everyone else thinks you should buy based on your needs. Check out how the current standings for this weeks most popular notebooks looks.
In that sense, think of this list as the "most clickable laptops of the month" ... the notebooks that most of the people on this site are interested in learning about. Keep in mind that clicks directly on the "Most Popular Laptops" list do not count toward the total in order to keep the list as fair as possible each month. The only clicks that count toward the monthly totals come from web searches like Google or from visitors who have clicked on a laptop after visiting our "Notebook Database" or inside our forums.
This month most of the laptops on the list are the same as last month. However, we were surprised to see three "netbooks" make strong showings on the list. This is the first time we've seen more than one netbook on our Top 10 list in a single month. The Acer Aspire One makes an impressive showing at number two on the list. The ASUS Eee PC made an impressive comeback, and the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 actually turned out to be more popular than its big brother, the Dell XPS M1330.
1. HP Pavilion dv5t (Previously #1) - The dv5t features an Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, up to 4096MB DDR2 System Memory, NVIDIA GeForce Go graphics available and 15.4" diagonal WXGA BrightView Widescreen.
View NotebookReview.com Review for Pavilion dv5t
2. Acer Aspire One (New to the Top 10) - The Aspire One is the latest "netbook" from Acer, offering a convenient, compact design at a budget price. The Aspire One features an Intel Atom Processor, 8.9" WSVGA TFT LCD, and a choice of either Genuine Windows XP Home Edition or Linpus Linux Lite version.
View NotebookReview.com Review for Aspire One
3. Dell Latitude E6400 (Previously #2) - The 14.1-inch E6400 replaces Dell's D630. These are Dell's first Montevina/Centrino 2 class machines. The E6400 has a starting weigh of 4.4lbs and is available with built-in Bluetooth 2.1, mobile broadband, Integrated GPS, extended life batteries for "all day" computing, discrete nVIDIA graphics, and plenty of security options including contact-less smart cards and encrypted hard disks.
Buy the Latitude E6400 from Dell
4. Lenovo ThinkPad T400 (Previously #4) - The ThinkPad T400 features an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 14.1" LED-backlight widescreen, up to 8GB of PC2-8500 and integrated Intel X4500 or ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470.
View NotebookReview.com Review for ThinkPad T400
5. Dell Inspiron 1525 (Previously #6) - The Inspiron 1525 is a Core 2 Duo powered 15.4" screen notebook from Dell. The Inspiron 1525 has Intel X3100 integrated graphics, an Intel Core 2 Duo processor and a thinner and lighter form factor than the previous Inspiron 1520.
View NotebookReview.com Review for Inspiron 1525
6. Toshiba Satellite A305 (Previously #9) - The Satellite A305 laptops use the TruBrite 15.4-inch high definition diagonal widescreen display to get more from movies, games, spreadsheets and multitasking. The "Fusion finish" adds an extra level of durability and sexiness to this laptop. Available dedicated graphics and dual hard drives help this notebook really perform.
View NotebookReview.com Review for Satellite A305 / A300
7. Asus Eee PC (back in the top 10) - The Asus Eee PC 701 notebook uses a Linux based OS that Asus has customized themselves. It has a 7" screen and only weighs 2 lbs. The Eee PC is now also available with Windows XP.
Buy the Eee PC direct from Asus
Dell Dell XPS M1530 (Intel Core 2 Duo T5250 1.5GHz, 120GB HDD, 2GB RAM)
8. Dell XPS M1530 (Previously #7) - The Dell XPS M1530 is the larger brother to the XPS M1330. It's a 15.4-inch screen sleek looking performance notebook that offers the powerful nVidia 8600m graphics card. The XPS M1530 is available in black, red, midnight blue and white colors.
Buy the XPS M1530 from Dell
9. Dell Inspiron Mini 9 (New to the Top 10) - The Inspiron Mini 9 has an 8.9-inch widescreen display, weighs just 2.28lbs, and can be configured with either Windows XP or Ubuntu Linux. The Mini 9 is powered by an Intel Atom processor for power saving performance. An 8GB flash drive makes it so the Mini is quiet and has very fast storage and configure up to 1GB of RAM for a performance boost too. A 4-cell battery offers up to 4 hours of battery life.
View NotebookReview.com Review for Inspiron Mini 9
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10. Dell XPS M1330 (Previously #10) - The XPS M1330 stays solid on the charts at #5 for the month. The M1330 is a 13.3" portable notebook with the Intel Santa Rosa processor, Nvidia 8400M graphics and slick looks. The M1330 is available in red, black and white color lid options.
Buy the XPS M1330 direct from Dell
And here's the rest of 'em rounding out the top 20 most viewed and popular on NotebookReview.com for the month of September:
11. Lenovo ThinkPad T61
12. Sony VAIO FW
13. Dell Studio 15
14. Apple MacBook
15. HP Pavilion dv6700t
16. Toshiba Satellite A200 / A205
17. HP Pavilion tx2500z
18. Sony VAIO Z series
19. Sony VAIO SR
20. Sony VAIO NR
Remember, to get advice on which notebook to buy don't just go with what's popular, visit our What Notebook Should I Buy forum to ask what everyone else thinks you should buy based on your needs. Check out how the current standings for this weeks most popular notebooks looks.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Most Popular Laptops for August 2008
Each month we compile data for the number of times a particular notebook is viewed on this site's product pages to get an idea for what mainstream consumers are looking at and thinking about buying. While these laptops aren't necessarily the most popular in terms of sales, they are the most popular based on the number of times our visitors clicked on them.
In that sense, think of this list as the "most clickable laptops of the month" ... the notebooks that most of the people on this site are interested in learning about. Keep in mind that clicks directly on the "Most Popular Laptops" list do not count toward the total in order to keep the list as fair as possible each month. The only clicks that count toward the monthly totals come from web searches like Google or from visitors who have clicked on a laptop after visiting our "Notebook Database" or inside our forums.
This month saw quite a few newcomers to the top 10 list. Last month the popular Dell XPS M1530 dropped from the top spot down to number six on the list, and this month the XPS M1530 is barely holding on to the top 10. The new HP Pavilion dv5t took the number one spot followed by some impressive competition from business notebooks like the new Dell Latitude E6400 and Lenovo ThinkPad T400.
1. HP Pavilion dv5t (New to the Top 10) - The dv5t features an Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, up to 4096MB DDR2 System Memory, NVIDIA GeForce Go graphics available and 15.4" diagonal WXGA BrightView Widescreen.
View NotebookReview.com Review for Pavilion dv5t
2. Dell Latitude E6400 (New to the Top 10) - The 14.1-inch E6400 replaces Dell's D630. These are Dell's first Montevina/Centrino 2 class machines. The E6400 has a starting weigh of 4.4lbs and is available with built-in Bluetooth 2.1, mobile broadband, Integrated GPS, extended life batteries for "all day" computing, discrete nVIDIA graphics, and plenty of security options including contact-less smart cards and encrypted hard disks.
Buy the Latitude E6400 from Dell
3. Dell Studio 15 (Previously #1) - The Dell Studio 15 is a 15.4" screen multimedia laptop offered in multiple colors and configurations. The Studio 15 can be equipped with an Intel Core 2 Duo and dedicated ATI graphics. It comes with a slot-loading DVD drive, backlit keyboard, sleek drop-hinge design, widescreen glossy display and touch sensitive buttons.
View NotebookReview.com Review for Studio 15
4. Lenovo ThinkPad T400 (New to the Top 10) - The ThinkPad T400 features an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 14.1" LED-backlight widescreen, up to 8GB of PC2-8500 and integrated Intel X4500 or ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470.
View NotebookReview.com Review for ThinkPad T400
Lenovo ThinkPad T60 5. Lenovo ThinkPad T61 (Previously #5) - The ThinkPad T61 was released in May of 2007 and is still holding strong on the most popular charts. The T61 sports the Intel Santa Rosa (Centrino Duo) platform and improves upon the popular T60 by offering an even sturdier build and extra port options.
Buy the ThinkPad T61 direct from Lenovo
6. Dell Inspiron 1525 (Previously #9) - The Inspiron 1525 is a Core 2 Duo powered 15.4" screen notebook from Dell. The Inspiron 1525 has Intel X3100 integrated graphics, an Intel Core 2 Duo processor and a thinner and lighter form factor than the previous Inspiron 1520.
View NotebookReview.com Review for Inspiron 1525
Dell Dell XPS M1530 (Intel Core 2 Duo T5250 1.5GHz, 120GB HDD, 2GB RAM)
7. Dell XPS M1530 (Previously #2) - The Dell XPS M1530 is the larger brother to the XPS M1330. It's a 15.4-inch screen sleek looking performance notebook that offers the powerful nVidia 8600m graphics card. The XPS M1530 is available in black, red, midnight blue and white colors.
Buy the XPS M1530 from Dell
8. Sony VAIO FW (New to the Top 10) - The VAIO FW is a 16.4" notebook featuring an Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 processor with great options including: Blu-Ray, a 1600 x 900 viewing format, a HD video card, ATI 3650 or ATI 3470, and an HDMI port to output.
View NotebookReview.com Review for VAIO FW
9. Toshiba Satellite A305 (Previously #8) - The Satellite A305 laptops use the TruBrite 15.4-inch high definition diagonal widescreen display to get more from movies, games, spreadsheets and multitasking. The "Fusion finish" adds an extra level of durability and sexiness to this laptop. Available dedicated graphics and dual hard drives help this notebook really perform.
View NotebookReview.com Review for Satellite A305 / A300
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10. Dell XPS M1330 (Previously #6) - The XPS M1330 stays solid on the charts at #5 for the month. The M1330 is a 13.3" portable notebook with the Intel Santa Rosa processor, Nvidia 8400M graphics and slick looks. The M1330 is available in red, black and white color lid options.
Buy the XPS M1330 direct from Dell
And here's the rest of 'em rounding out the top 20 most viewed and popular on NotebookReview.com for the month of August:
11. Acer Aspire One
12. HP Pavilion dv6700t
13. Asus Eee PC
14. Apple MacBook
15. Sony VAIO SZ
16. HP Pavilion tx2500z
17. Sony VAIO NR
18. Sony VAIO CR
19. Toshiba Satellite A200 / A205
20. Lenovo ThinkPad T500
Remember, to get advice on which notebook to buy don't just go with what's popular, visit our What Notebook Should I Buy forum to ask what everyone else thinks you should buy based on your needs. Check out how the current standings for this weeks most popular notebooks looks.
Top 20 Threads for August
While we're on the subject of top 20, to give an idea of what the hot topics were in the forums last month, here's a list of the most viewed forum threads posted in August:
1. The Mobile Graphics Card Info Page - Most GPU Qs answered (poster Chaz, posted 8/31/2008, 1994635 views, 2888 replies)
2. The Mobile Graphics Card Info Page - Most GPU Qs answered (poster Chaz, posted 8/26/2008, 1987450 views, 2864 replies)
3. The Mobile Graphics Card Info Page - Most GPU Qs answered (poster Chaz, posted 8/25/2008, 930440 views, 2164 replies)
4. P-7811FX and 1,920x1,200 resolution...good thing or bad? (poster focusfre4k, posted 8/30/2008, 40282 views, 880 replies)
5. P-7811FX Users - Is your DVD drive flimsy? (poster focusfre4k, posted 8/30/2008, 40278 views, 876 replies)
6. **OFFICIAL M860TU Owners Lounge** (poster steveninspokane, posted 8/14/2008, 35137 views, 743 replies)
7. Where are the reviews for the T400/T500/W500 - DEAD - DEAD (poster JTM0320, posted 8/13/2008, 34056 views, 363 replies)
8. Asus G50V 9700M GT Review, Benchmark and games (poster GenTechPC, posted 8/5/2008, 33267 views, 229 replies)
9. Dell Studio XPS 13 and 16 - Coming Soon (poster Jayson, posted 8/26/2008, 28718 views, 196 replies)
10. T400/T500 owners!! (poster chun9430, posted 8/5/2008, 26978 views, 229 replies)
11. Vicious's G50V-A1 Review (poster ViciousXUSMC, posted 8/7/2008, 23958 views, 291 replies)
12. T400 arrived (poster s2000hku, posted 8/22/2008, 22799 views, 175 replies)
13. HP Pavilion dv5t Review (poster Chaz, posted 8/13/2008, 20011 views, 177 replies)
14. Team Dell (poster scottbenntt, posted 8/10/2008, 19778 views, 656 replies)
15. Lenovo ThinkPad T400 Review (poster Kevin, posted 8/25/2008, 18949 views, 140 replies)
16. The Random Thread 08 SE (poster Metamorphical, posted 8/7/2008, 17953 views, 2718 replies)
17. New Dell Latitude E-Series Now Available (poster JerryJ, posted 8/12/2008, 17779 views, 114 replies)
18. Lenovo ThinkPad T400 First Look (poster Kevin, posted 8/18/2008, 16614 views, 89 replies)
19. How much space is too much space? (poster hankaaron57, posted 8/11/2008, 15942 views, 17 replies)
20. Dell finally speaks out on the NVIDIA FAULTY GPU bug... (poster BatBoy, posted 8/21/2008, 15143 views, 252 replies)
In that sense, think of this list as the "most clickable laptops of the month" ... the notebooks that most of the people on this site are interested in learning about. Keep in mind that clicks directly on the "Most Popular Laptops" list do not count toward the total in order to keep the list as fair as possible each month. The only clicks that count toward the monthly totals come from web searches like Google or from visitors who have clicked on a laptop after visiting our "Notebook Database" or inside our forums.
This month saw quite a few newcomers to the top 10 list. Last month the popular Dell XPS M1530 dropped from the top spot down to number six on the list, and this month the XPS M1530 is barely holding on to the top 10. The new HP Pavilion dv5t took the number one spot followed by some impressive competition from business notebooks like the new Dell Latitude E6400 and Lenovo ThinkPad T400.
1. HP Pavilion dv5t (New to the Top 10) - The dv5t features an Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, up to 4096MB DDR2 System Memory, NVIDIA GeForce Go graphics available and 15.4" diagonal WXGA BrightView Widescreen.
View NotebookReview.com Review for Pavilion dv5t
2. Dell Latitude E6400 (New to the Top 10) - The 14.1-inch E6400 replaces Dell's D630. These are Dell's first Montevina/Centrino 2 class machines. The E6400 has a starting weigh of 4.4lbs and is available with built-in Bluetooth 2.1, mobile broadband, Integrated GPS, extended life batteries for "all day" computing, discrete nVIDIA graphics, and plenty of security options including contact-less smart cards and encrypted hard disks.
Buy the Latitude E6400 from Dell
3. Dell Studio 15 (Previously #1) - The Dell Studio 15 is a 15.4" screen multimedia laptop offered in multiple colors and configurations. The Studio 15 can be equipped with an Intel Core 2 Duo and dedicated ATI graphics. It comes with a slot-loading DVD drive, backlit keyboard, sleek drop-hinge design, widescreen glossy display and touch sensitive buttons.
View NotebookReview.com Review for Studio 15
4. Lenovo ThinkPad T400 (New to the Top 10) - The ThinkPad T400 features an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 14.1" LED-backlight widescreen, up to 8GB of PC2-8500 and integrated Intel X4500 or ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470.
View NotebookReview.com Review for ThinkPad T400
Lenovo ThinkPad T60 5. Lenovo ThinkPad T61 (Previously #5) - The ThinkPad T61 was released in May of 2007 and is still holding strong on the most popular charts. The T61 sports the Intel Santa Rosa (Centrino Duo) platform and improves upon the popular T60 by offering an even sturdier build and extra port options.
Buy the ThinkPad T61 direct from Lenovo
6. Dell Inspiron 1525 (Previously #9) - The Inspiron 1525 is a Core 2 Duo powered 15.4" screen notebook from Dell. The Inspiron 1525 has Intel X3100 integrated graphics, an Intel Core 2 Duo processor and a thinner and lighter form factor than the previous Inspiron 1520.
View NotebookReview.com Review for Inspiron 1525
Dell Dell XPS M1530 (Intel Core 2 Duo T5250 1.5GHz, 120GB HDD, 2GB RAM)
7. Dell XPS M1530 (Previously #2) - The Dell XPS M1530 is the larger brother to the XPS M1330. It's a 15.4-inch screen sleek looking performance notebook that offers the powerful nVidia 8600m graphics card. The XPS M1530 is available in black, red, midnight blue and white colors.
Buy the XPS M1530 from Dell
8. Sony VAIO FW (New to the Top 10) - The VAIO FW is a 16.4" notebook featuring an Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 processor with great options including: Blu-Ray, a 1600 x 900 viewing format, a HD video card, ATI 3650 or ATI 3470, and an HDMI port to output.
View NotebookReview.com Review for VAIO FW
9. Toshiba Satellite A305 (Previously #8) - The Satellite A305 laptops use the TruBrite 15.4-inch high definition diagonal widescreen display to get more from movies, games, spreadsheets and multitasking. The "Fusion finish" adds an extra level of durability and sexiness to this laptop. Available dedicated graphics and dual hard drives help this notebook really perform.
View NotebookReview.com Review for Satellite A305 / A300
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10. Dell XPS M1330 (Previously #6) - The XPS M1330 stays solid on the charts at #5 for the month. The M1330 is a 13.3" portable notebook with the Intel Santa Rosa processor, Nvidia 8400M graphics and slick looks. The M1330 is available in red, black and white color lid options.
Buy the XPS M1330 direct from Dell
And here's the rest of 'em rounding out the top 20 most viewed and popular on NotebookReview.com for the month of August:
11. Acer Aspire One
12. HP Pavilion dv6700t
13. Asus Eee PC
14. Apple MacBook
15. Sony VAIO SZ
16. HP Pavilion tx2500z
17. Sony VAIO NR
18. Sony VAIO CR
19. Toshiba Satellite A200 / A205
20. Lenovo ThinkPad T500
Remember, to get advice on which notebook to buy don't just go with what's popular, visit our What Notebook Should I Buy forum to ask what everyone else thinks you should buy based on your needs. Check out how the current standings for this weeks most popular notebooks looks.
Top 20 Threads for August
While we're on the subject of top 20, to give an idea of what the hot topics were in the forums last month, here's a list of the most viewed forum threads posted in August:
1. The Mobile Graphics Card Info Page - Most GPU Qs answered (poster Chaz, posted 8/31/2008, 1994635 views, 2888 replies)
2. The Mobile Graphics Card Info Page - Most GPU Qs answered (poster Chaz, posted 8/26/2008, 1987450 views, 2864 replies)
3. The Mobile Graphics Card Info Page - Most GPU Qs answered (poster Chaz, posted 8/25/2008, 930440 views, 2164 replies)
4. P-7811FX and 1,920x1,200 resolution...good thing or bad? (poster focusfre4k, posted 8/30/2008, 40282 views, 880 replies)
5. P-7811FX Users - Is your DVD drive flimsy? (poster focusfre4k, posted 8/30/2008, 40278 views, 876 replies)
6. **OFFICIAL M860TU Owners Lounge** (poster steveninspokane, posted 8/14/2008, 35137 views, 743 replies)
7. Where are the reviews for the T400/T500/W500 - DEAD - DEAD (poster JTM0320, posted 8/13/2008, 34056 views, 363 replies)
8. Asus G50V 9700M GT Review, Benchmark and games (poster GenTechPC, posted 8/5/2008, 33267 views, 229 replies)
9. Dell Studio XPS 13 and 16 - Coming Soon (poster Jayson, posted 8/26/2008, 28718 views, 196 replies)
10. T400/T500 owners!! (poster chun9430, posted 8/5/2008, 26978 views, 229 replies)
11. Vicious's G50V-A1 Review (poster ViciousXUSMC, posted 8/7/2008, 23958 views, 291 replies)
12. T400 arrived (poster s2000hku, posted 8/22/2008, 22799 views, 175 replies)
13. HP Pavilion dv5t Review (poster Chaz, posted 8/13/2008, 20011 views, 177 replies)
14. Team Dell (poster scottbenntt, posted 8/10/2008, 19778 views, 656 replies)
15. Lenovo ThinkPad T400 Review (poster Kevin, posted 8/25/2008, 18949 views, 140 replies)
16. The Random Thread 08 SE (poster Metamorphical, posted 8/7/2008, 17953 views, 2718 replies)
17. New Dell Latitude E-Series Now Available (poster JerryJ, posted 8/12/2008, 17779 views, 114 replies)
18. Lenovo ThinkPad T400 First Look (poster Kevin, posted 8/18/2008, 16614 views, 89 replies)
19. How much space is too much space? (poster hankaaron57, posted 8/11/2008, 15942 views, 17 replies)
20. Dell finally speaks out on the NVIDIA FAULTY GPU bug... (poster BatBoy, posted 8/21/2008, 15143 views, 252 replies)
Friday, July 4, 2008
Most Popular Laptops for June 2008
Each month we compile data for the number of times a particular notebook is viewed on this site's product pages to get an idea for what mainstream consumers are looking at and thinking about buying. While these laptops aren't necessarily the most popular in terms of sales, they are the most popular based on the number of times our visitors clicked on them.
In that sense, think of this list as the "most clickable laptops of the month" ... the notebooks that most of the people on this site are interested in learning about. Once again, there were few big surprises for the month of June as most of the laptops in the top ten have been popular for a while. Once again, the Dell XPS M1530 remains at the top spot and most of the notebooks in the top 10 list have been here before. The Toshiba Satellite A305 rose a few spots on the list and the new HP Pavilion tx2500 tablet PC makes its first appearance on our list.
 | 1. Dell XPS M1530 (Previously #1) - The Dell XPS M1530 is the larger brother to the XPS M1330. It's a 15.4-inch screen sleek looking performance notebook that offers the powerful nVidia 8600m graphics card. The XPS M1530 is available in black, red, midnight blue and white colors. |
 | 2. Lenovo ThinkPad T61 (Previously #2) - The ThinkPad T61 was released in May of 2007 and is still holding strong on the most popular charts. The T61 sports the Intel Santa Rosa (Centrino Duo) platform and improves upon the popular T60 by offering an even sturdier build and extra port options. |
 | 3. HP Pavilion dv6700t (Previously #5) - The HP dv6700t Entertainment Notebook PC is the replacement for the popular dv6500t. This laptop delivers a 15.4" Brightview display, dazzling high-gloss design, Intel's Core Duo processors and the option to upgrade to an Nvidia GeForce 8400M GS graphics card with 256MB dedicated video memory. |
 | 4. Toshiba Satellite A200 (Previously #3) - The Satellite A200 / A205 series is a 15.4" screen mainstream offering from Toshiba. It has Core 2 Duo inside and ATI dedicated graphics is configurable with this notebook. |
 | 5. Dell XPS M1330 (Previously #4) - The XPS M1330 stays solid on the charts at #5 for the month. The M1330 is a 13.3" portable notebook with the Intel Santa Rosa processor, Nvidia 8400M graphics and slick looks. The M1330 is available in red, black and white color lid options. |
 | 6. Dell Inspiron 1525 (Previously #8) - The Inspiron 1525 is a Core 2 Duo powered 15.4" screen notebook from Dell. The Inspiron 1525 has Intel X3100 integrated graphics, an Intel Core 2 Duo processor and a thinner and lighter form factor than the previous Inspiron 1520. |
 | 7. Toshiba Satellite A305 (Previously #10) - The Satellite A305 laptops use the TruBrite 15.4-inch high definition diagonal widescreen display to get more from movies, games, spreadsheets and multitasking. The "Fusion finish" adds an extra level of durability and sexiness to this laptop. Available dedicated graphics and dual hard drives help this notebook really perform. |
 | 8. Sony VAIO SZ (Previously #6) - Performance in a small package, that sums up the Sony VAIO SZ. The bright glossy 13.3" display is powered by dedicated graphics and the Intel Santa Rosa platform for an extra performance boost. Sony recently released the VAIO SZ6 series. |
 | 9. Lenovo ThinkPad R61 (Previously #7) - The Lenovo ThinkPad R61 is a 14.1" or 15.4" screen notebook available with a Core 2 Duo (Santa Rosa) processor, optional integrated camera, roll cage in the lid and built-in media card and FireWire |
 | 10. HP Pavilion tx2500z (new to the top 10) - The tx2500z tablet features an AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology Processor, up to 4096MB DDR2 System Memory, ATI Mobile Radeon HD 3200 Graphics, and a 12.1" WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Touch-screen Display - Panel rotates 180° and folds flat. View TabletPCReview.com First Look of the HP Pavilion tx2500z |
And here's the rest of 'em rounding out the top 20 most viewed and popular on NotebookReview.com for the month of June:
11. Sony VAIO FZ
12. Apple MacBook
13. Sony VAIO NR
14. Sony VAIO CR
15. Asus Eee PC
16. Lenovo ThinkPad X61
17. Toshiba Satellite A215
18. HP Pavilion dv2700t
19. HP Pavilion dv9700t
20. Apple MacBook Pro
Remember, to get advice on which notebook to buy don't just go with what's popular, visit our What Notebook Should I Buy forum to ask what everyone else thinks you should buy based on your needs. Check out how the current standings for this weeks most popular notebooks looks.
Top 20 Threads for June
While we're on the subject of top 20, to give an idea of what the hot topics were in the forums last month, here's a list of the most viewed forum threads posted in June:
- The Mobile Graphics Card Info Page - Most GPU Qs answered (poster Chaz, posted 6/13/2008, 930440 views, 2164 replies)
- OFFICIAL: Inspiron 1720 Owner's Thread (poster 2000ARMY, posted 6/20/2008, 91671 views, 690 replies)
- TOTAL GUIDE: 1420 With XP!!! (poster lightflux, posted 6/20/2008, 83014 views, 195 replies)
- Vostro 1400 overclocking, its crazy. (poster Zer0N1nja, posted 6/20/2008, 59156 views, 389 replies)
- New Vaio 2008 model listing with indication prices - FW - Z - SR - BZ (poster PhilFlow, posted 6/23/2008, 36290 views, 293 replies)
- How to: Step-by-step guide for installing Windows XP on XPS M1530 (poster bmp41083, posted 6/20/2008, 35810 views, 119 replies)
- Sager has confirmed with Clevo that the M860TU will not support 44W+ processors or the 9800M GTX because of the thermal budget! (poster paladin44, posted 6/3/2008, 32410 views, 1003 replies)
- Problems with vostro 1500/1400 - Vostro owners please post your problems here (poster coolguy, posted 6/20/2008, 29428 views, 120 replies)
- M1530 PERFORMANCE TEST - 7 Games with ingame pics (poster lindstroem, posted 6/20/2008, 24072 views, 131 replies)
- Dell XPS M1330 Midnight Blue - 2008 Version (poster sinstoic, posted 6/27/2008, 20527 views, 76 replies)
- Dell Latitude E-series leaked (poster phantomAI, posted 6/19/2008, 18433 views, 55 replies)
- has ANYONE reaceived their m1530 with the WUXGA (1920x1200) screen yet? (poster gschoi87, posted 6/21/2008, 17062 views, 174 replies)
- New ThinkPad Information and Pictures! (poster czhang, posted 6/7/2008, 15919 views, 130 replies)
- Comparing: LED LCD vs CCFL LCD (Pics) (poster ApocNarok, posted 6/20/2008, 14992 views, 111 replies)
- Dell XPS 1730 with 8700M GT SLI Problem. NOT running in SLI! Low 3DMARK06 Marks! (poster tristamus, posted 6/19/2008, 14944 views, 95 replies)
- Summary of XPS M1330 Problems (poster XPSboy, posted 6/19/2008, 12834 views, 67 replies)
- Issues being faced by Dell XPS 1530 users (poster hsbrar, posted 6/29/2008, 12170 views, 91 replies)
- Inspiron 1420. Audio is choppy. Interruptions. (poster vxt, posted 6/19/2008, 10201 views, 92 replies)
- WHQL Nvidia ForceWare 175.19 - Shader Optimizations (poster The Forerunner, posted 6/23/2008, 9872 views, 290 replies)
- Dell Studio 17 Review (poster JerryJ, posted 6/26/2008, 9746 views, 92 replies)
Friday, May 30, 2008
News Bits: Atom-Based Eee PC, Firefox 3, New Fujitsu Notebooks and External GraphicBooster
Fujitsu Siemens introduces Amilo 3000 series notebooks
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Fujitsu Siemens Computers introduced their new consumer notebook line, the Amilo 3000 series. It has a uniform design and is black and white. An FSC spokesperson said "The design and other improvements in the Amilo 3000 line are not trendy gimmicks or short-term fads. Our investments are long-term and will enable us to strengthen and develop our position as the largest European provider in the consumer market."
The Amilo 3000 series will be available with 16- and 18.4-inch screens. At the moment there are a lack of hardware specifications.
The 3000 series has a special new feature - the Amilo GraphicBooster, which we reported on last week. The Amilo GraphicBooster improves 3D performance up to 470% over integrated graphics. It can support up to three external displays via HDMI and DVI connections.
The 3000 series will feature hybrid graphics, which will allow users to switch between integrated and dedicated graphics on the fly with no reboot required. ATI Hybrid CrossFireX technology allows for simultaneous use of integrated and dedicated graphics. Information on the technology is vague at the moment, but it sounds promising.
Full Story (Pocket-Lint.co.uk)
More Information on Amilo 3000 Design (Fujitsu-Siemens.com)
Special thanks to Michael for sending this in
Dell found guilty of fraud by New York
The Albany County Supreme Court on Tuesday found Dell guilty of fraud, false advertising, deceptive business practics, and abusive debt practices. The court found that:
- Dell deprived customers of technical support they were eligible for by making them wait for a long time on the phone
- Refusing to offer support after a support contract ended even though the customer contacted Dell about it before the contract was up
- "Next day" repair service customers sometimes had to wait up to a year to get support
- Dell Financial Services (DFS) denied almost everyone for special advertised no-interest financing, and charged interest rates as high as 30 percent
- Dell and DFS incorrectly billed people for cancelled orders not authorized by them, harassed people for payment, and used illegal billing and collection practices
Dell did not comment on the ruling yet, and the court has not determined how much Dell will have to pay. As of right now, Dell and DFS are forbidden from continued engagement in the fradulent activities.
Full Story (PCWorld.com)
ASUS to launch laptops with DeviceVM instant-on feature
ASUS said on Thursday that it will launch five new notebook computers with DeviceVM's Splashtop instant-on software. The five notebooks will be the M70T, M50V, M51T, F8Va, and F8Vr. ASUS recently said the Splashtop instant-on technology will be used on "millions of motherboards", namely its P5Q series.
Splashtop is an embedded OS with Firefox and Skype pre-installed. This means customers will not have to boot up Windows when they just want to surf the Internet.
Notebooks featuring the Splashtop operating are expected to be available at the end of June/early July. More notebooks featuring the Splashtop will become available in the upcoming months.
Full Story (Crave.Cnet.com)
Asus getting ready for Atom-based Eee PC 901 launch
According to a DigiTimes report, ASUS has stopped taking orders for the current Eee PC 900 in preparation for the upcoming Eee PC 901 launch. The 901 will launch on June 3 and feature the new Intel Atom processor.
Full Story (DigiTimes.com)
NotebookReview.com review for the Eee PC 900
15.6-inch panels to become mainstream
LCD panel suppliers are expected to push 15.6-inch, 16:9 aspect ratio panels as the next mainstream standard. PC makers including Dell, Acer, ASUS, Toshiba, and Lenovo have plans to introduce 15.6-inch notebooks, and will start introducing notebooks featuring the new panels by the end of Q2/early Q3. 15.6-inch panel prices are similar to 15.4-inch panel prices.
Full Story (DigiTimes.com)
Mozilla wants to break Guiness record with Firefox 3
Mozilla wants to break the Guiness record for the most software downloads in a 24-hour period with the release of Firefox 3. Download Day will begin as soon as Firefox 3 launches and last for 24 hours.
The release of Firefox 3 is expected in mid-June. Mozilla already has a site set up for the browser: http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/
Full Story (ChannelRegister.co.uk)
Apple to Offer Student Discount on Macs next week
Apple is well known for having a strong presence in the education market and of late their sales have been very strong among those of college age. To help entice student buyers to buy a Mac each year the company usually offers some type of rebate or discount, last year it involved getting a $199 rebate on the combined purchase of a Mac and iPod. Rumor has it that next week Apple will roll out its biggest student discount offer yet. So if you're a university student or faculty member and planning on buying a Mac soon, might want to wait until at least next week to see what the full details of the offer are.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
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Thursday, April 24, 2008
How to Delete Your Data According to Your Level of Paranoia
It’s finally time to get rid of your notebook, but what about all that data you have stored on your hard drive? Is it safe to just reformat and toss it? Will anyone actually take the hard drive out from the dump? It may scare you how easy it is to retrieve your personal files.
“For me, recovering data from a disposed hard drive is trivial, even if it has been destroyed. I buy them for a buck or two apiece on eBay and run forensics on them just to sharpen my craft,” said Paul Henry, vice president of technology evangelism at Secure Computing Corp. “I am amazed at the amount of personal data that is still on these hard drives.”
Henry warns that some big-box retailers have been known to sell hard drives taken from older computers for upgrades and replacements on eBay. That means your credit card data and social security numbers could fall into the hands of the wrong people. He suggests that users always ask for the hard drive back.
Sufficiently frightened yet? Fear not, because our guide will help you wipe the digital slate completely clean.
ReformatParanoia Level 1:
Wipe your Drive with Software Shred It Like a Nervous Accountant Henry says the best option for these cases is a hard-drive shredder. That’s because some forensic data miners can actually retrieve data from hard drives using “magnetic transmission” techniques that “look at magnetic fields on the drive itself, and can tell if something has been overwritten,” Paul explained. “The forensics experts can then recover the data.” A company called Semshred (www.semshred.com) will shred your hard drive for you, starting at $7 per drive for up to 25 drives, although there is a $50 minimum charge. The Sledgehammer ApproachParanoia Level 2:
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Sunday, April 20, 2008
NEC launches wannabe MacBook Air
NEC Computers is providing its answer to Apple's much-hyped MacBook Air, with the launch of its 12-inch ultra-portable notebook, the Versa S9100.
A string of vendors, including Toshiba and Lenovo, have already waded in with their own featherweight offerings. NEC's Versa S9100 only weighs 1.25Kg (with a dual layer DVD burner), and is heavier than the 1kg Toshiba Portégé R500, but lighter than the 1.35kg Macbook Air.
The S9100 is equipped with the Intel Core 2 Duo U7600 processor. It also comes with 2GB of RAM and has a 160GB 5,400 rpm shock-resistant hard disk. It features a Li-Ion 6 cell battery that NEC claims will give six hours of battery life.
The S9100 is following a number of other machines to feature a 802.11n wireless network card "for maximum connectivity," as well as Bluetooth 2.0. It integrates Intel 1GB Turbo Memory which NEC says "provides a quicker start-up for Vista applications and also increases autonomy by limiting the use of the hard disk."
The chassis is a magnesium alloy frame, and the 12" SuperShine screen comes with LED backlighting to offer "excellent visibility" and 1280 x 800 resolution from the Intel 3100 graphics card. The Toshiba Portégé R500 also has a 12" screen, whereas the Macbook Air has a 13.3-inch TFT.
"The ultra-portable VERSA S9100 will appeal to sales people and management looking for a highly mobile machine that combines a modern design, durability, with performance and good autonomy," said David Newbould, UK product marketing manager in a statement.
The S9100 comes with 2 USB ports and 1 SD card reader. The Toshiba Portégé R500 meanwhile has three USB ports to Macbook Air's one.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
How to Speed Up Windows Vista
SP1 may not give your system much more oomph, but there are other ways to speed Vista up. Spending a few minutes (or a few dollars) optimizing your Vista PC can help it get its groove on.
Get flashy: If you have an extra USB flash drive that you don't use for much else, Vista can cache disk reads on it, thereby boosting performance beyond what you'd get from your hard disk alone. Simply insert your flash drive into a USB 2.0 slot. If the drive is fast enough, a prompt will appear, asking whether you want to open the folder for the drive or use it to 'Speed up my system using Windows ReadyBoost' (see the screen shot at left). Choose the latter option, and follow the remaining prompts. When you're calculating how much space to set aside for ReadyBoost to use, Microsoft recommends that you let ReadyBoost use one to three times the amount of RAM on your system.
Play your cards right: USB thumb drives aren't the only way to boost system performance--fortunately, since USB memory sticks protruding from a computer (particularly a laptop) are easy to dislodge, and they can be a pain to remove and stow for traveling. If your PC has a reader for SD (Secure Digital) or CompactFlash cards, you can use those media in place of a USB stick to handle your ReadyBoost needs.
Seize control: Speeding up Vista isn't enough; you need to prevent the OS from slowing you down. The annoying Vista pop-ups that ask you to 'Allow' or 'Deny' many actions are examples of Vista's User Account Control at work. The process makes you safer, but your productivity may suffer if you must constantly respond to UAC's demands. For ways to reduce the intrusiveness of this feature, see "Annoyance Buster: Make Vista's User Account Control Work for You."
See if your hardware is slowing you down: In Explorer, right-click Computer and choose Properties. Next to 'Rating', click Windows Experience Index. The item with the lowest score is the biggest drain on your getting a better Vista experience. For example, if the lowest score is attributed to Graphics, it may be time to invest in a new graphics card.
Sideline sidebar: If you don't need the little "gadget" doo-dads in the Vista sidebar, get rid of them. Right-click the Windows Sidebar icon in the taskbar tray and choose Exit. Open the Control Panel and launch Windows Sidebar Properties in the 'Appearance and Personalization' category. Uncheck Start sidebar when Windows starts and click OK (see the screen shot at left).
What would Windows do? If you have an older or less capable video card, click Start, type systempropertiesperformance, and press Enter. Click Continue if prompted by User Account Control. Select Adjust for best performance. Or cherry-pick the options you can't live without. (Fewer checkmarks mean better performance.) Click OK.
More Ways to Accelerate Vista
Dis-Service yourself: Don't let unneeded software components waste memory or put a ball-and-chain on your Windows startup. Click Start, type msconfig, and press Enter. Confirm if prompted by User Account Control. But be careful! Click the Services tab, and uncheck only the services you're certain you don't need. To be safe, uncheck one, reboot, and see if everything still works fine before moving on to another. Do your homework via Online help or a Web search before experimenting!
Here are some services that you might be able to do without: If you don't work interactively with a remote computer, don't run programs from a server, and don't need Remote Desktop, uncheck Terminal Services. If you can live without Windows diagnostic and troubleshooting services, uncheck Diagnostic Policy Service, Diagnostic Service Host, and Diagnostic System Host. If you don't want Windows to index your files for searching, uncheck Windows Search. Other Services options to consider disabling include 'Fax', 'Offline Files', 'Smart Card', 'Smart Card Removal Policy', 'Themes', and 'Windows Error Reporting Service'.
Keep your disk in shape: The same advice you've heard for years is true for Vista, too: Delete the useless clutter on your hard disk and defragment it. To do the former, click Start, type Cleanup, and press Enter. Specify the drive and files to clean and click OK. You may need to repeat the steps for multiple drives. To defrag your drives, click Start, type Defragmenter, and press Enter. Use this dialog box to set up a time to defrag your disk regularly at a time when you are away from your system. Vista has an automatic defragmenting feature that may kick in at inopportune times; scheduling your defrags will help ensure that these operations don't occur while you're working.
Be a power pig: If you don't mind spending more, you can boost your system's performance by adjusting its power options. In the Control Panel, launch Power Options in the 'System and Maintenance' category. Select High Performance, close the dialog box (see the screen shot at left), and prepare yourself for a higher electric bill.
Keep on tweaking: For still more performance tweaks, check out my article, "Shift Any Version of Windows Into High Gear."
Want to squeeze even more out of Vista? We can help you out with 20 great downloads that make Vista work better, tips on how to stream video and music from your Vista PC to your HDTV and solutions to Vista's defrag mysteries. Meanwhile, Contributing Editor Steve Bass has assembled a treasure trove of Windows tips of his own. And in case reading isn't your thing, we have videos, too: Learn how to speed up Vista's boot-up time, improve Vista's performance, or install Vista from scratch. Or just watch a bunch of PC World editors complain about Vista.
Gartner Explains Why Windows Is Broken
In a session at the Gartner Emerging Trends conference this week, analysts Neil MacDonald and Michael Silver identified many reasons that Windows (and thus Microsoft) are in trouble.
Microsoft's operating system (OS) development times are too long and they deliver limited innovation; their OSs provide an inconsistent experience between platforms, with significant compatibility issues; and other vendors are out-innovating Microsoft. That gives enterprises unpredictable releases with limited value, management costs that are too high, and new releases that break too many apps and take too long to test and adopt. With end users bringing their own software solutions into the office... well, it's just a heck of a sad story for Microsoft.
Those arguments probably don't surprise you. (See Should Microsoft Throw Away Vista? and Vista Never Had Its Moment in 2007.) But the Gartner analysts offered several more points to show how Windows is in a whole new world of hurt. High on the list is Windows' complexity, its lack of modularity, its hardware footprint (particularly on low-end PCs), and the increasing movement to Web-based and other OS-agnostic applications.
A few of their arguments:
Mature markets have limited growth in terms of PC hardware. The computer hardware business is expected to grow only 2 percent to 8 percent between 2005 and 2011. The opportunities for PCs are higher in emerging markets, where the growth rate is 16-24 percent for PC hardware-but they're more price-sensitive so vendors and enterprises have to keep the price down. That means less memory and storage, for example-and Vista is not appropriate for that sort of memory model. Linux is the preferred OS on low end PCs including "one laptop per child" and certainly Microsoft doesn't want to see that happen. "All these things are in opposition to what we've seen with people expanding PC use year after year," MacDonald said.
Version compatibility is relevant in more than software development terms. For example, they said, iPhone's version of OS X is closer to the desktop version of the Mac OS than Windows Mobile is to Vista.
Servers are evolving in multiple and sometimes conflicting directions. Some industry trends imply that we need to scale up computing, such as single instance data stores and partitioning. Others are driving it down, such as grid and cloud computing, server farms and cluster computing. The result, they believe, is that enterprises will want we want to customize the OS based on the need.
Microsoft has taken some first steps in this regard, they pointed out; for example, Windows Server 2008 can be preconfigured based on roles. "That's a step in the right direction, but it's still fairly superficial," said Silver. What's needed is a radical change in architecture that goes beyond packaging DLLs, he added.
The move to server-agnostic applications is still in its infancy but will soon have a major effect on enterprise computing. The legacy applications won't go away, even if the exciting stuff is being done on Internet-based apps, they said. But it won't stay that way. Today, 70 to 80 percent of corporate applications require Windows to run, but the Gartner analysts expect a tipping point in 2011, when the majority of these applications will be OS-agnostic, such as Web applications. "Sometime in the middle of the next decade, Windows will be playing a much less important role on the desktop," MacDonald said.
Virtualization changes our view of what operating systems are. Virtualization starts offering levels of abstraction between the OS and the hardware, pointed out the analysts. The hypervisor is taking on some of the role of what the OS did. "Is this the time to redraw some of these lines?" asked Silver. "For us in IT, the interjection of these new layers helps introduce fluidity, and lets us better manage IT."
Friday, April 4, 2008
Symantec confirms ActiveX bugs in its own consumer software
April 4, 2008 (Computerworld) Symantec Corp. has confirmed flaws in its most popular consumer security software that could give attackers the means to hijack the Windows PCs that the programs are supposed to protect.
The vulnerabilities are in an ActiveX control that ships with several products, including Norton AntiVirus, Norton Internet Security, Norton SystemWorks and Norton 360.
Ironically, Symantec analysts have both cited the popularity of ActiveX bugs and urged caution when using the controls in comments about other companies' product flaws.
According to alerts released Wednesday by VeriSign Inc.'s iDefense, the ActiveX control SymAData.dll sports two vulnerabilities that could be used "to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the currently logged in user" by attackers able to entice victims to malicious Web sites.
Symantec confirmed the vulnerabilities Wednesday in its own advisory, and said the buggy control has shipped with Windows versions of Norton AntiVirus 2006-2008, Norton Internet Security 2006-2008, Norton SystemWorks 2006-2008 and Norton 360 Version 1.0.
While it acknowledged the bugs, Symantec also downplayed the threat, saying that attacks would succeed only from specially crafted sites. "To successfully exploit either vulnerability, an attacker would need to be able to masquerade as the trusted Symantec Web site, such as through a cross-site scripting attack or DNS poisoning," read the company's advisory.
However, cross-site scripting attacks have become common, and although DNS "poisoning" — fooling a DNS server into thinking the bogus routing directions it's received are authentic — is less common, it's not unheard of.
Symantec said it is unaware of any attempts to exploit the vulnerabilities.
The flawed ActiveX control is used by Symantec's AutoFix tool, which is included with some of the company's software and may also be downloaded to a PC during a live chat with a Symantec technical support representative. AutoFix diagnoses PC problems and offers solutions.
Previously, Symantec researchers have called on the company's statistics to point out widespread problems with ActiveX. In February, for example, Oliver Friedrichs, director of the company's security response team, reported ActiveX composed 89% of all the browser plug-in vulnerabilities his team had counted in the first half of 2007.
That same month, Symantec joined with the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) and other security vendors to urge caution when using ActiveX controls after a wave of bugs were revealed in several other software makers' products, including those from Yahoo Inc., Facebook and MySpace.
Symantec has updated the affected consumer security software with new detection definitions designed to block any exploit of the ActiveX flaws, but will not automatically patch everyone's copy of the flawed control.
"An updated (non-vulnerable) version of the AutoFix tool will be automatically installed if customers participate in an online Chat session with Symantec Technical Support," Symantec said. Alternately, users can manually download and install a patched AutoFix from its Web site.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
5 reasons to ditch the Mac and return to PCs
Timothy Keanini, chief technology officer at nCircle, loves Macs, just not in his company, a maker of network security and compliance management tools.
Keanini has been both a Mac user and a Mac developer during the past five years. Starting in 2001, he brought Macs into his 100-person company (starting with an Apple G4 notebook for himself) because he believed the user-friendly interface and ability to work in a Unix-like environment would help productivity among the engineering team.
So Keanini, who handled IT decisions until the company grew large enough to bring in a director of IT in 2005, encouraged and officially supported nCircle's approximately 40 engineers using MacBooks.
"The rest of our company was Windows, but engineering was mainly Macs because of me," he said.
But ultimately, instead of productivity gains, dealing with compatibility issues between the Macs used by the engineers and the PCs running Windows used by the line-of-business people in the office slowed down work and resulted in communications issues, he said.
So while Apple's sales continue to grow, Keanini decided to buck the trend, and gave up on his most recent Apple machine, an Intel dual-core based MacBook Pro.
"Between four and six months ago, I switched back to Windows," he said. While Apple's installed base is growing, he left the camp he had once espoused to others. He also now advocates that his company's engineers get Windows machines. Even at his home, Apple's role has changed.
"I am all PC at home and at work now, because frankly, if I'm not working, I'm gaming. And the Mac doesn't have games," Keanini said, though his household still has three Apple machines in use by other family members.
What makes an Apple loyalist change camps? Here's a look at five reasons why one tech chief did just that.
1. Productivity trumps religion
It's easy to fall in love with the aluminum cases used in Mac hardware and the slick interface design of the Mac OS X, Keanini said. Those are two reasons why more people are moving to Apple products: Apple announced that shipments of its personal computers grew by 44% in the first quarter of 2008, beating the 15% growth in PC shipments worldwide, according to market researcher IDC.
Yet, depending on how a company uses Macs, trying to integrate the computers into a company's workflow can kill productivity, Keanini said. The applications never quite match up, data has to be massaged to be useful, and the company has to design work-arounds for each issue, he said.
"My rule is to find the technology that makes your company most productive and be honest with yourself about it," he said. "Don't bring religion into it."
2. Work-arounds waste time
As soon as a company allows a different operating system onto workers' desks, employees have to start dealing with all the little problems that crop up. Calendar programs no longer sync with the rest of the company, and documents created in one office software suite have to be converted to another, usually Microsoft Office. If your company uses Microsoft Exchange, as Keanini's does, this adds another layer of problems.
"Everything is going to be a little bit different, and that little difference in everything eventually adds up," Keanini said.
One company engineer woke up Keanini the night before presentation slides were due for a conference, his voice cracking with stress, because his slides -- exported from Apple's Keynote presentation application to Microsoft PowerPoint -- looked nothing like they had on the Mac.
While such mistakes can be avoided, the effort required to keep the company's data working on two platforms eventually saps productivity gains, he said.
3. It's hard to abandon favorite tools
You may become quite attached to a Windows application or two and decide that Apple doesn't have a comparable equivalent. Apple is well known for creating user-friendly applications, but for Keanini, Microsoft has a lead with at least one program: OneNote,, which he uses for personal information management.
The application, originally created for Microsoft's tablet PC platform, allows the user to bring all sorts of data into a single notebook format. Also, OneNote does not have a Save dialog box, Keanini said. Microsoft recognizes that if a user enters data into his computer, he is going to want to save it.
Keanini finds himself using OneNote as an organizational hub for his day.
"It integrates so well from Office," Keanini said. "I can send mail from it, I can do To-Dos from it. Bottom line, does it make me more productive? Yes."
4. The Hotel California factor
"The designers of Mac -- again, this is their priesthood -- are not thinking about letting their users go," Keanini said. "It's like Hotel California: They are not expecting you to leave."
Companies that move over to the Mac OS X should expect to spend a lot of time converting data if they decide to move back to Windows, Keanini said.
The CTO said that moving all his data back to the Windows platform took more than week. Among the problems: Contacts and appointments exported from the Mac's applications had to be cleaned up, he said. Also, there's no simple way to get e-mail out of the Apple Mail application, he said.
"Today, companies need to be thinking about interoperability," he said. "It's the users' data, not the vendor's data."
5. You may feel the heat, literally
Aluminum cases make MacBook Pro laptops, like the one Keanini chose, very sleek. But, Keanini said, the focus on design overlooked the fact that the computers throw off a lot of heat; so much so that he found he could not use the computer on his lap.
"The religion made me blind," he said. "I was bringing [the MacBook] on business but leaving it in the hotel room."
Moreover, the heat causes another problem, he said: The computers' lithium-ion batteries tend to have a shorter life span when they run hot. Having to replace the batteries on the laptops more often hit the IT budget bottom line, he said.
Now, the executive runs a Lenovo ThinkPad. "It's a monster, but it runs cool and it's very fast," Keanini said.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Intel vs. AMD chip war back on!
With Advanced Micro Devices Inc. pushing out a slew of new products this month, its long-chilled chip war with Intel Corp. may just be heating up again, analysts say.
After struggling with delayed products and bad market and mind-share woes through 2007, a lot of industry pundits started writing off AMD. And while AMD struggled, Intel held strong over the past year and a half, coming out with quad-core chips and a 45-nanometer processor family and staying well ahead of AMD's road map.
Recently, though, AMD has begun showing some signs of life, pushing out a graphics chip set early this month and a slew of new desktop processors this week. With the first AMD Barcelona-based systems expected to hit in April, and a 65-watt quad-core desktop chip and a triple-core desktop chip now in the mix, AMD may be starting to kick back into gear.
And that kind of renewed competition between the two processor giants can only be good for the industry, said Jim McGregor, an analyst at In-Stat in Scottsdale, Ariz.
"It's good to see AMD back in the game," he said. "They've still got a lot of issues to handle, especially financially. I don't know if I'd say they're in fighting shape. Once you dig a hole, it's hard to dig out of it. But they're definitely back in the game."
But as AMD picks up the pace, Intel isn't giving it a steady target.
Intel execs announced less than two weeks ago that the company plans to start shipping a six-core processor to resellers in the second half of this year. With 1.9 billion transistors and 16MB of Level 3 cache, the six-core chip, code-named Dunnington, will be built with Intel's new 45nm technology. At the same time, Intel announced that it will start production of its upcoming 45nm, four-core Nehalem chips in the fourth quarter of this year. And Intel's quad-core, 65nm Tukwila chip, an upgrade from the Itanium family, is due out by the end of the year.
Intel is expected to flesh out more of its chip road map next week at its Intel Developer Forum in Shanghai.
The competition and innovation would be even greater if both companies were in a position to light a fire under the other, said Nathan Brookwood, an analyst at research firm Insight 64 in Saratoga, Calif.
"I used to think that when both these companies were firing on all cylinders, it was like watching a tennis match between two world-class players," he said. "When you have those kind of matches, then the volleys go back and forth and back and forth until somebody gets a lucky break or makes a stupid mistake. I'm hoping there's enough karma in the universe for these companies to do really well in product design and hitting releases. Lately, it's seemed that there was only enough karma for one of them. But I'm not so sure that karma is a fixed quantity. It might be possible to create karma."
Dan Olds, an analyst at Gabriel Consulting Group Inc. in Beaverton, Ore., said for AMD to truly be firing on all cylinders again, it needs to do more than get some new processors out the door. To get over its financial woes and regain its footing in the market, the company can't just play catch-up with its main rival. AMD needs to start excelling past Intel, coming out with better, faster products.
"They need better price and performance at both the high and low end of the market to regain their mojo," added Olds. "The problem is that AMD's ATI purchase added a lot of debt and overhead to the company. They aren't as lean and mean as they were before. That means they need higher volume and profits just to stay even. In order to get those profits, they need to have products that are superior to Intel. Not the same as Intel's, but better. It could happen. They surprised everyone, including Intel, with Opteron."
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Most Popular Laptops
Below is a list of the most viewed Laptops based on NotebookReview.com product views data.
Key: % share of 103,274 total clicks / click count (based on past 5-days of collected data)
Key: % share of 103,274 total clicks / click count (based on past 5-days of collected data)
- Dell XPS M1530 (Core 2 Duo processor, 15.4" screen, released 2007)
4.4% / 5908
- Lenovo ThinkPad T61 (Core 2 Duo processor, 14.1 or 15" screen, released 2007)
- Toshiba Satellite A200 / A205 (Core 2 Duo processor, 15.4" screen, released 2007)
- Dell XPS M1330 (Core 2 Duo processor, 13.3" screen, released 2007)
- Sony VAIO SZ (Core Duo or Core 2 Duo processor, 13.3" screen, released 2006)
- HP Pavilion dv6700t (Core Duo or Core 2 Duo processor, 15.4" screen, released 2007)
- Lenovo ThinkPad R61 (Core 2 Duo processor, 14.1 or 15.4" screen, released 2007)
- Dell Inspiron 1525 (Core 2 Duo processor, 15.4" screen, released 2007)
- Apple MacBook (Core Duo or Core 2 Duo processor, 13.3" screen, released 2006)
- Dell Vostro 1500 (Core 2 Duo processor, 15.4" screen, released 2007)
- Sony VAIO FZ (Core 2 Duo processor, 15.4" screen, released 2007)
- Lenovo ThinkPad X61 (Core 2 Duo processor, 12.1" screen, released 2007)
- Sony VAIO NR (Core 2 Duo processor, 15.4" screen, released 2007)
- Asus Eee PC (Intel Celeron M processor, 7" screen, released 2007)
- Apple MacBook Pro (Core Duo or Core 2 Duo processor, 15.4 or 17" screen, released 2006)
- Sony VAIO CR (Core 2 Duo processor, 14.1" screen, released 2007)
- Dell Inspiron 1520 (Core 2 Duo processor, 15.4" screen, released 2007)
- HP Pavilion dv9700t (Core 2 Duo processor, 17" screen, released 2007)
- Lenovo ThinkPad T60 (Core Duo processor, 14.1 or 15.4" screen, released 2006)
- Dell Vostro 1400 (Core 2 Duo processor, 14.1" screen, released 2007)
- Dell Latitude D630 (Core 2 Duo processor, 14.1" screen, released 2007)
- Toshiba Satellite A215 (AMD Turion X2 processor, 15.4" screen, released 2007)
- Dell Inspiron 1720 (Core 2 Duo processor, 17" screen, released 2007)
- HP Pavilion dv2700t (Core 2 Duo processor, 14.1" screen, released 2007)
- Dell Latitude XT (Core 2 Duo processor, 12.1" screen, released 2007)
- Alienware Area-51 m15x (Core 2 Duo processor, 15.4" screen, released 2007)
- Dell Vostro 1000 (AMD Athlon 64 or AMD Turion X2 processor, 15.4" screen, released 2007)
- Toshiba Satellite U300 / U305 (Core 2 Duo processor, 13.3" screen, released 2007)
- Dell Inspiron 1420 (Core 2 Duo processor, 14.1" screen, released 2007)
- Toshiba Satellite A130 / A135 (Core Duo or Core 2 Duo processor, 15.4" screen, released 2007)
- HP Pavilion dv6500t (Core 2 Duo processor, 15.4" screen, released 2007)
- Sony VAIO TZ (Core 2 Duo processor, 11.1" screen, released 2007)
- Acer Aspire 5315 (Intel Celeron processor, 15.4" screen, released 2008)
- HP Compaq Presario F700 (AMD Athlon 64 processor, 15.4" screen, released 2007)
- Lenovo ThinkPad X300 (Core 2 Duo processor, 13.3" screen, released 2008)
- HP Pavilion dv6700z (AMD Turion X2 processor, 15.4" screen, released 2007)
- Dell XPS M1730 (Core 2 Duo processor, 17" screen, released 2007)
- Toshiba Satellite P200/P205 (Core 2 Duo processor, 17" screen, released 2007)
- Toshiba Satellite A105 (Core Duo or Intel Pentium M processor, 15.4" screen, released 2006)
- Sony VAIO AR (Core Duo processor, 17" screen, released 2006)
- Acer Aspire 5520 (AMD Turion X2 processor, 15.4" screen, released 2007)
- Panasonic Toughbook W7 (Core 2 Duo processor, 12.1" screen, released 2008)
- Toshiba Satellite X205 (Core 2 Duo processor, 17" screen, released 2007)
- Acer Extensa (Core 2 Duo or Intel Pentium Dual Core processor, 14.1 or 15" screen, released 2007)
- Sony VAIO N (Core Duo or Core Solo processor, 15.4" screen, released 2006)
- HP Pavilion dv6000z (AMD Turion X2 processor, 15.4" screen, released 2006)
- HP Pavilion dv9000t (Core Duo or Core 2 Duo processor, 17" screen, released 2006)
- Dell Latitude D430 (Core 2 Duo processor, 12.1" screen, released 2007)
- Dell Inspiron 6400 (Core Duo or Core 2 Duo processor, 15.4" screen, released 2006)
- Asus F3 (Core 2 Duo processor, 15.4" screen, released 2006)
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