Is 2009 the Year of the Netbook?

Netbooks have become much more popular in 2008 and with the new year here, it makes us wonder: Will 2009 be the year of the Netbook?Netbooks are low-cost, highly-portable, light-weight, energy-efficient laptops most commonly used for web browsing and general purpose applications. Since they are small, light and affordable, Netbooks dont have as much processing power and offer less features than a regular laptop. Standard netbooks have a 9" screen, weigh about 3 pounds and cost somewhere under 400 dollars. The netbooks were designed with mobile internet users in mind. Nobody wants to pay thousands of dollars to buy a laptop just to access the internet on the go. And with the increase in demand for mobile internet access, its no surprise that these netbooks are becoming extremely useful and will continue to grow in popularity in 2009.

Most expensive laptop you can buy

If you were rich and wanted to buy the most expensive laptop you could possibly find what would it be? Well I set out to answer this question and I feel that I have succeeded in making the laptop of my dreams. The laptop is of course an Alienware and its final cost is $7,127.00!Now that is a lot of money, but what can you get inside of a $7000 laptop? Well for starters you had to pick which laptop to get from Alienware’s already expensive lineup. The choice was easy the Alienware Are-51 m17x would be easily the best pick because with a base cost of $2000 it was by far the most expensive choice.Now we get into the real rich man’s playground, the upgrades! I am sure you have all went into a laptop upgrade config and selected all the most expensive upgrades and drool at the cost and the performance, well that is exactly what I did.Video Card: Dual 512MB NVIDEA GeForce 9800M GT SLICost: $850 – The 9800M GT SLI is the fastest video card out right now. These two video cards will guarantee you the highest quality in any game you play for a long time.Processor: Intel Core 2 Extreme X9000 2.8GHz (6MB Cache 800MHz FSB) *Also the worlds most powerful mobile processorCost- $90017” 1900 x 1200 LCD w/ illuminated keyboardThis is ridiculous quality for a 17 inch screen. My 22 inch monitor only has a resolution of 1650 x 1050! Also the Alienware illuminated keyboard is very sexy and if you have never seen one before you are truly missing out. Upgrade Cost - $504GB DDR2 667MHz RAM: This seems a little low to me. I would think a high end laptop like this would have at least DDR3 RAM and 6GB, but it might they might have been limited by the fact that they had to fit so much inside of it already. Still 4GB of RAM is plenty for a laptop and you will definitely see a huge performance gain.Cost- $350Hard Drive: 256GB (128GB x 2) Solid State Drives. Not sure you will see a performance gain in here when it comes to games, but you will sure see a price gain! Also worth mentioning is the fact that solid state drives are very quiet and produce very little heat.Cost- $1050Optical Drive: 2x Dual Layer Blu-ray Disc Burner. Wow could you imagine having a Blu-ray player for your 1200p laptop. This is a must and it sure would impress. Blu-ray movies look amazing especially when it is being played at the highest possible resolution.Cost- $400Software & AccessoriesAlienware Orion Back and 320GB External HHD - $195Astro A40 Audio System - $275Wireless Mouse - $803 year warranty $30036 month subscription to McAfee $80Microsoft Office 2007 Professional - $250The best part about this is you get your name engraved on the laptop, I mean how cool is that and all you had to do was spend a small fortune. I would really like to see this laptop built and would love to have it. I am very curious as to how well it would play Crisis. A couple facts worth mentioning is the fact that with all the performance upgrades makes this laptop not the most suitable for portability. It is 2.1 inches this and its just a solid black tone and comes in at a total of 11 pounds!Also I would like to end this article with a great quote I heard today from my friend.“Dear God, you made many, many poor people. I realize there's no shame in being poor...but it's no great honor either. So what would have been so terrible if I had a small fortune?”-Tevye

Way to a Modern Girls Heart

Valentines day is coming and here is a gift idea for your valentine! No, your not in the wrong blog, trust me. Give her a rose! Samsung has a rose colored, NC 10 available for around $500.00. This sleek lightweight 10” computer possesses a 1.6GHz Atom processor, 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD, and Windows XP Home addition and the best part is a 6 cell battery that can hold up for 7 hours. At 2.6 pounds It’s perfect for your Valentine on the go.

Sony P-series VAIO Dont-Call-Me-A-Netbook Unveiled

This new... mini-ultraportable... notebook has received a lot of hype, and now as promised it has finally revealed itself at CES 2009. Read More

Hands On: Sony VAIO P Netbook

We finally got the opportunity to run our greasy fingers over Sony's amazing new P-series netbook (or whatever you want to call it) at CES, and we were quite impressed. Read More

Sony VAIO P Sale Price Spotted

Sony's I-swear-I'm-not-a-netbook ultraportable is expected to cost around $1000 when it releases in the US, but there are many (like us) who are fervently hoping that Sony will see fit to give it a price a little more like a netbook and a little less like an ultraportable. Unfortunately, according to prices snagged off store shelves in Hong Kong, it seems like Sony has done what nobody expected them to - keep the price high. Read More

Sony VAIO GS On The Way - A Budget Offering From Sony?

While skimming through the recent FCC patent applications on a cold winter night, we stumbled across a potential new entry from Sony. Could it be we've spotted a budget priced Sony VAIO? Read More

Touch Me Now! EEE PC T91 and T101H

Just as we expected, Asus expanded its EEE PC line with several convertible touch-screen laptops at this year's Consumer Electronics Show. Asus showed off several new interesting items at CES and, of which the new netbooks attracted most of our attention on the first day. Read More

Eee PC Touch UI Looking Good In Video

ASUS debuted several new Eee PC tablet netbooks at CES last week. And if you weren't impressed with just the idea of a sleek netbook tablet, a recently released video should do the trick. Read More

Asus Eee PC 1000HE Now Pre-Orderable

The successor to the Eee PC 1000H, the 1000HE features improvements in the categories that matter to netbook users most: keyboard and battery life. Read More

Acer Officially Announces 10 inch Aspire One

It's been talked about for a while in the form of leaks and rumors, but the 10.1" Acer Aspire One is finally here. The new netbook will be similar to the 8.9" flagship Aspire One in many ways, but there are a few new plusses, most notably the battery life. Read More

Pricing and Release Date For New 10 inch Aspire One

Pricing and availability is now known for the new 10" Acer Aspire One Netbook. In short, relatively cheap and only in Europe, respectively. Read More

Samsung To Start Mass Producing 256GB SSD

The latest and greatest entry into the 256GB SSD market, the new Samsung SSDs are faster and (hopefully) cheaper than their competitors. Read More

OpenSolaris OS Now Pre-Loaded On Toshiba Laptops

Sun's flagship operating system, OpenSolaris, will be available in the US starting in early 2009. The OS will be pre-configured and optimised for select Toshiba models. Read More

Apple Refreshes MacBook Pro 17-inch, Decides You Shouldn't Touch The Battery. Also, Apple Now To Appear At CES '10

Apple's larger 17" MacBook Pro has finally been given the aluminum unibody finish its smaller cousins received three months ago. However, it's also been given an update they never got - a new high tech battery that is not user-replaceable. Read More

Apple Updates $999 White MacBook To Near Unibody Specs

Without much fanfare, Apple has recently updated the specs on its older (should we say classic yet?) white polycarbonate design. The new specs make it very very close to the newly updated and highly touted unibody models, while keeping that $999 price tag. Read More

Apple Removes NVidia Update, Maintains Standard Of Mysteriousness

On Monday, Apple was encouraging its users to patch up their Macbooks with a software update intended to fix some graphics related issues. On Wednesday, Apple removed the update, and it can no longer be found on Apple's website or in their Software Update feature. As per the usual Apple standard, no reason whatsoever was given. Our best guess was that it just didn't work. Read More

Dell Takes SSDs To Next Level With 256GB SSD

SSDs are becoming more and more common these days. Dell has taken the next step towards making high capacity SSDs a consumer item by offering 256GB SSDs in two of their Inspiron XPS models. Read More

Dell Sweetens Deal On 3G Inspiron Mini 9

Dell has made it easier than ever to get a 3G capable Inspiron Mini 9, offering it for only $99 provided you sign a 2 year contract with AT&T. The new deal is the best we've seen yet from Dell, and almost as good as other deals we've seen from Acer. Although not quite. Read More

Dell Adamo Stalled Until Mid-2009

Dell's highly acclaimed and highly mysterious Adamo might not be entering mass production until the second half of 2009. This isn't the first Adamo delay we've seen, and our fingers are crossed that it will be the last. Read More

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Display More Accurate Than Macbook Pro

Well, this came as a surprise. Whether you liked Macs or you didn't, for a long time it has been hard not to concede that Macbook displays have been superior to standard notebook displays, much to the joy of photographers and designers everywhere. So what's all this about a Dell Inspiron Mini 9 topping the new MBP 15" in color accuracy? Read More

Lenovo IdeaPad U110

The Lenovo IdeaPad U110 is well rounded ultraportable laptop that not only looks good but packs enough power to handle every business related project. However, you may have to forgive some of the ruggedness found in the ThinkPad line for looks. Read More

IBM ThinkPad R61-14W

When I think of stylish notebooks Apple's Macbook Pro, Fujitsu's Lifebook Q2010 and Sony's range of Vaios all spring to mind. However there's always space on the laptop catwalk for something as classy as Lenovo's Thinkpad Reserve Edition. Read More

Laptopical.com Deals: Lenovo ThinkPad X300 for $1322

Laptopical.com has spotted another great deal for you. Formerly just under $3000 in price, this elite business notebook can now be yours for a very reasonable price. Read More

W700 Gains Dual LCD Screen, Becomes Even Clunkier

We all know about desktop replacements, the style of laptops designed to be big and powerful enough to replace a desktop. But a laptop designed to replace a desktop rig running dual monitors? This we had to see to believe. Read More

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Display More Accurate Than Macbook Pro

Well, this came as a surprise. Whether you liked Macs or you didn't, for a long time it has been hard not to concede that Macbook displays have been superior to standard notebook displays, much to the joy of photographers and designers everywhere. So what's all this about a Dell Inspiron Mini 9 topping the new MBP 15" in color accuracy? Read More

Laptopical.com Deals: HP HDX16t + Goodies For $969

Laptopical.com has spotted a great deal on this HD quality notebook. Extra RAM, extra hardware, and a whole bunch of extra money in your pocket... what else could we ask for? Read More

HP Unveils New DV2 12-inch Laptop

Hewlett Packard just unveiled a new slim-and-light laptop at CES. It's a little 12 inch wonder that measures 0.93 inches is sure to appeal to a broader crowd than that of similar sized notebooks like the MacBook Air and other ultra-expensive alternatives, thanks to a much lower entry price point. Read More

More HP Mini-Notes On The Way

Rumors are circulating that HP is planning on releasing three new Mini-Notes, including new 11.6 and 13.3 inch models. Read More

HP Mini 1100 Series Nothing New

Recently, laptopmag found a few new models of HP's Mini series had appeared on the company website. Could this be the first confirmation of the earlier reports that HP would be releasing new HP Minis? According to HP, no, of course not. Read More

HP Pavilion tx2000 Tablet

The tx2000 is a follow-up of the - surprise - tx1000 that came out last year. This one has been upgraded with some new technology, including an active digitizer from Wacom instead of the resistive digitizer used in the previous model. Read More

Acer Aspire One

Of all the netbooks released in the last few months, the Acer Aspire One is probably the most popular. It's fitted with more or less the same components as nearly all other netbooks, but comes with a somewhat lower price tag. Read more

Lenovo IdeaPad S10

Choosing a netbook that suits you often comes down to aesthetics, and by that measure the Lenovo S10 has a lot of things going for it. It's possibly one of the best-looking netbooks around. It has a 10.2-inch LED backlit screen and comes in five different colors - red, blue, pink, black and white like our review model. Read more

Fujitsu Lifebook 8410

Fujitsu's Lifebook is a highly diverse series of business-oriented laptops ranging from tiny 8.9" ultraportables up to more traditional models like the one we're looking at today. The Fujitsu Lifebook 8410 is quite large and heavy for a business laptop with its 15.4-inch frame and 6 pounds (2.7 kg), so those who travel a lot might want to opt for one of the smaller models in the Lifebook lineup. That being said, the 8410 is quite pleasing to the eye with a nice-looking aluminum LCD cover and an overall build that looks solid. Read more

Sony VAIO G1

Available in a choice of white, brown, or silver, Sony's Vaio NR has some stylish design touches but offers an entry level price and specs. Read more

Dell Vostro 1000

A couple of years ago a middle weight business laptop would have cost you over a grand. Today less than 500 dollars will snag you an Athlon dual core powered Vostro 1000, sporting a 15.4 inch wide-screen display and some quality touches like a mylar sealed keyboard and magnesium alloy chassis. Laptopical's Todd Gold offers his opinion on this discount offering from Dell. Read more

Asus Eee PC 701

Todd Gold catches up with an internet entrepreneur who makes a 6 figure income from the comfort of a white sandy beach in Belize. His tools? A hammock and an Asus Eee laptop. Read more

Dell inspiron 1525

Value and performance are two factors that appeal to almost every buyer looking for a new notebook, and that's what the 1525 Inspiron offers in abundance. Read more

World's Cheapest Laptop may just be the world's cheapest laptop

We've gotta admire the functional naming here. "World's Cheapest Laptop." Hard to get that one confused with the world's almost-cheapest laptop, or similar pretenders. From what we can glean from this laptop's Alibaba page, it's built by Impulse, sports an NPX-9000 model number, and gives new meaning to the term craptop when it comes to specs. The 7-inch screen is accompanied by a 400MHz, MIPS processor, 128MB of RAM, 1GB of flash storage, and a few USB ports and an SD card slot. You'll be filling up one of those ports with a WiFi dongle, and we're guessing that SD card slot will be your lifeline for storing just about everything that isn't the Linux operating system. The wholesale price is $130 US, with a 50 unit minimum purchase. $6,500 for a laptop for you and 49 of your closest frenemies? We're sold.

Alienware - New M-17 Notebook

The leading maker of gaming computers has always been Alienware, and their new M-17 notebook stands above the rest। It has the first ever mobile quad-core cpu, giving the M-17 extreme power and speed. The M-17 is also equipped with ATI CrossfireXdual graphics, which is a first for Alienware. TheClearview 17-inch, high-def 1200p LCD ranks the M-17 in the top for highest quality, and with its 1TB of memory this baby can hold a ridiculous amount of games, full-length movies and songs.If you've ever wanted to see technology straight out of the movies then the M-17 delivers: with a finger print scanner and facial recognition software, there will be no remembering passwords with this laptop. The price may seem steep, but it would be money well spent with all the crazy new features the new M-17 has to offer.

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Dell Studio XPS 16 is a videophile's dream machine

The new XPS 16 multimedia laptop from Dell features a glossy black case with anodized aluminum and leather accents, a backlit keyboard, and a 1920x1080 LED backlit LCD with wide viewing angles for an awesome viewing experience with the built in slot-loading Blu-Ray player. 2 stereo speakers and an internal subwoofer drive the sound, which provides excellent bass for a laptop. It comes standard with a Core 2 duo P8600 2.4gHZ processor, which provides very good video encoding results, and is upgradable to the 2.8gHZ T9600 Core 2 Duo for even better number crunching power. The XPS 16 comes with a plethora of ports, Firewire, 3 USB ports, 8 in 1 card reader, double headphone jacks, and even an eSATA port. The XPS 16 comes with the ATI Mobility RADEON® M86XT video card with 512MB memory. This card is also known as the ATI Mobility RADEON HD 3670, which is getting around 4500 3d marks at 1280x768 resolution.

Dell Now Offers 100+ Skins On Studio Laptops

For the last couple of months now Dell has been offering customizable skins that you can put on your laptop to give it a unique feel that matches your personality. If you still are not sure what it is here is what Dell has to say about their laptop skins.“Oil. Watercolor. Photography. You name it – you know fine art and quality technique when you see it. Think about it like a tattoo for your computer – it’s an impression in people’s minds! The vivid colors and photo-realism make the art come alive. Each image is permanently infused into the laptop display’s back, making it extremely durable. The look and feel engages – it becomes part of you…Now that’s self-expression with a technology twist.”I personally have yet to see one of these laptop skins. I would like to see how much they really jump out and also to see if it looks awkward to see a giant mural on the back of your laptop.Also they are not too cheap. If you want one done by an artist it will cost you $75 and if you want just a different color that will cost you $30. The only one that is free right now is the default jet black model.To see all of the Studio Line designs click here.