Thursday, September 14, 2006

Seven Cool Desktop-Replacement Laptops

By: Sahar Tadayyon

Now days, there are many Notebooks with different categories and prices from different companies. This variety makes the consumers confused. SO, I am going to talk about some of the laptops which have come out in the market in the last few months.

HP Pavilion dv6000z series


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This Notebook with 15.4" glossy widescreen display is another one from HP' consumer-focused product. It is good for usage of home and home office because it is 1” thin and weighs 6.6 pounds so; it is not easy to carry. Although weight of this laptop is not in the range of Desktop-Replacement, it can be compared with the other laptops in this article.This laptop works with genuine Windows XP Home or genuine Windows XP professional which is already installed. Its processor is AMD Turion(TM) 64 X2 Mobile dual-core means it is capable of running several applications at the same time. According to HP website this notebook has “HP Quick Play 2.1, which lets you play movies and music without booting up, as well as access photos. An optional remote, which tucks away in the Express Card slot, lets you control Quick Play from up to 10 feet away.”

It has only one-year warranty. Its price after rebate starts from $699.99.


Lenovo 3000 N100




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Lenovo 3000 N100 is a laptop ideal for small business people. It is not very expensive and that is why it may attract many users in many countries. It comes with Intel Core Duo T2300 processor and RAM of 512 MB makes the notebook very comfortable for working. 15.4 inches screen is a good thing for people like me who do not enjoy working with laptop that much. 3.2 hour of battery life is not perhaps the best still good enough for most users and I would not complain against it. However, many users will be unhappy for the fact that it is not too rich with multimedia facilities. Especially, it should have better speakers. And finally, the thing that most users will feel uncomfortable is just one year warranty against it. You can have detailed information about this laptop by visiting the following two links:

Cnet

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Sony VAIO FE590



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Sony VAIO FE590 is a customizable Laptop that it is slightly expensive. Its screen is 15.4” wide and bright but it is the light and slim notebook. This notebook is ideal for everyone with any goal as a business man to a person just wants to play game or use normal editing. It comes with Intel Core Duo Processor T2500 (2 GHz) and 512 MB DDR-SDRAM that means you can enjoy its fast performance and it is able to do multi–tasking performances. It uses Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 with Update Rollup 2 and it is also capable Windows Vista™.

This notebook has one year warranty with some extra services .If you want to know more about this laptop you can simply go Sony website.


The Acer TravelMate 8200





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This magnificent laptop came out in 2006 and like The Acer TravelMate 3000 (which could win Red Dot award), it also could won 2006 iF award for its design and structure. It is a suitable laptop for all consumers and it has Intel Centrino Duo 2 GHz and 1 GB RAM. 15.4" wide-screen monitor of this laptop works fast. So, it responses very well to gamers. It has most fashionable components and many connectors. So, naturally this laptop is too expensive for ordinary users (its price starts from $2000 to up) who just use it for ordinary works with high speed performance. The Cnet website recommends Acer TravelMate 4650 ( which came to market last year) for the consumers who wants fast performance and lower price and use laptop for home or small business. Unfortunately, these two models lack multimedia controls. You can compare The Acer TravelMate 8200 with Lenovo ThinkPad Z60t (2GHz) Intel M 760 and Dell Inspiron E1705. This laptop weighs 6.2 pounds. So, it is comfortable to carry and it does not fall in the category of Desktop-Replacement. But it can be compared with other models I have discussed about them in this article.

The Acer TravelMate 8200 has one year warranty and it works with Windows XP. If you want to know more about this notebook you can go to Cnet review.

Dell Inspiron E1505


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Dell Inspiron E1505 is so heavy and large that it is mainly good for using only at home not when you are on the move. This laptop came out in 2006 and has got number 7.0 from Cnet editors team. It has 15.4" Shiny bright wide-screen display and comfortable keyboard and touchpad. It has seven useful multimedia buttons optional TV Tuner6 and stereo sound, for helping you to enjoy movies and music. Also, it has standard ports and connections. This notebook comes with Intel Core Duo T2500 processor and 512MB (upgrade to 2 GB) of DDR2 RAM and a big 120 GB hard drive. This laptop is mainly very good for entertainment and mainstream and productivity.

Good news about this laptop that it has three years warranty.

For knowing more go to Cnet review and Dell about this laptop.


Toshiba Satellite P105-S921



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Professional gamers can consider about this latest laptop of Toshiba which has excellent gaming performance with reasonable price and it starts from $2000. Cnet editors have given 8.2 ranks to this laptop. About price, compared to Dell XPS M1710 (which is the best laptop for game), it offers better price and it is lighter too. So, this is another good choice. Its 15.4” monitor is glossy wide-screen and has complete array of ports and connections with A/V controls. It works with Windows XP Professional. It also comes with Intel Core Duo 1.83GHz processor and 1GB of fast 666MHz memory and huge 160GB SATA hard drive.

For reading more, go to Cnet review and Toshiba’s website.


Fujitsu LifeBook N3530

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Fujitsu LifeBook N3530 Notebook comes with Intel Core Duo (1.83 GHz) latest Intel Centrino processor and 1 GB DDR II SDRAM. It is another good Desktop – Replacement notebook. Its price is about $1950 to up and has 15.4” wide-screen glossy display. This is another good notebook for professional gamers and it has got cutting-edge technology and components with plenty of ports and connections. This laptop is somewhat heavy- about 8 pounds and good for home and home office. This notebook is good for using Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 or Windows XP Home or Windows XP Professional. In the end, it has only one-year warranty. You can check Fujitsu website and Cnet review to know more details.

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