Back in February, the Samsung LD220 and LD190 laptop monitors tipped up for launch in Korea. We wondered at the time if they would ever come to the US. Today Samsung has announced that the LD220G and LD190N laptop companion LCDs are being released in the US. The devices are now available at all leading Samsung retailers.
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We're sure that Toshiba could announce some more things, but this is getting ridiculous. This time around, we've got a laptop, and one that's sure to attract some onlookers, if for anything else because it's Ducati-branded. Getting a name-brand, on top of the manufacturer's name brand, isn't a new practice, especially for company's hoping they can get an extra buck or two from it. Although, it is nice to see an actual Ducati right next to the laptop. It definitely gives the little piece of tech a more attractive appeal.
Just about everyone who has traveled with a laptop for business or pleasure has wished for more run time from their battery at some point. Some computer have removable batteries that can be swapped when one goes dead, but many notebooks lack a replaceable battery, like the MacBook line.
The problem that many of us have when we are working outside the office or traveling is that our laptops just don’t have the stamina to keep us working all day. With some laptops, you can just take along extra batteries and swap them out, but there are some machines out there that don’t have removable batteries.
UK retailer Dixons is preparing its own MacBook Air rival for the holiday shopping season, in the shape of the Advent Altro. The 13.3-inch CULV ultraportable measures 21mm thick and weighs 1.6kg, and packs 3GB of RAM and an Intel Celeron processor. Unlike the Air, however, the Altro will start at just £600 ($987; the Air retails from £1,149 in the UK).
It doesn’t exactly hold up to their last laptop deal – which saw a Compaq discounted to $298 – but if you fancy a 17-inch display and another big-brand name then Walmart’s latest notebook promotion may tick your boxes. Up for $348 is the Toshiba Satellite L355-S7915, a 2.2GHz Celeron 900 machine with 1,440 x 900 display, 3GB of RAM and a 250GB 5,400rpm hard-drive.
Acer’s Timeline range of notebooks spans the gamut from 13.3-inch ULV ultraportable to 15.6-inch mainstream laptop, promising prolonged battery life with an affordable price tag. The company sent over their Aspire Timeline 3810T, a 13.3-inch 1.4GHz ULV machine with heady runtime estimates and an $899 sticker, for SlashGear to try out; check out the full review after the cut.
After MSI’s X-Slim X340 was spotted doing its envelope shimmy we demanded a full review of the low-priced Air rival. That’s still not been forthcoming, but we do have a new hands-on video to tide us over.
MSI have announced a new AMD-based notebook, the 17-inch MSI GX733. Based on AMD’s Turion X2 dual-core CPU, the GX733 has 2GB of RAM (4GB max), up to 500GB hard-drive and ATI Mobility Radeon HD4670 (512MB DDR3) graphics.
After the flurry of netbooks earlier this week, Samsung have now announced two new Centrino 2 notebooks. The Samsung Q320, shown here, and Samsung R522, shown after the cut, are aimed at “mobile enthusiasts” and “families” respectively, with the Q320 having a 13.4-inch zero-bezel display and the R522 a more traditional 15.6-inch panel.
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