Notebook Computers

An old buddy of mine has been thinking about picking up a Mac for some time now, but he didn’t know where to start. After I penned a note outlining the most affordable choices, it dawned on me that I should share the info with my gnomie buddies … so, how about them cheap apples?
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I’m kicking myself. The hard drive in my MacBook went south this week. I didn’t lose a huge amount of data due to the crashed notebook drive … just one thing … a portion of my old email. Nearly everything else was backed up in one place or another. Losing six months of email to [...]

I don’t have a problem with cheap laptops. But I do have a problem with mangled marketing messages. An email from from Tiger Direct just landed in my inbox with the title, “Hurry… $399 Laptop w/ Vista…They Won’t Last”… uhhh, okay… is that a promise or a threat? Now I don’t want to imply that [...]

Still looking for that super cheap laptop? A computer liquidation sale might just fulfill that dream on a budget. Computer liquidation companies typically pick up laptops as they come off lease or are cast off by corporations or schools during systematic upgrades. The leasing companies use the computer liquidators to make the most of their [...]

The brand-spanking new OQO 02 Windows-based handheld computer is shipping (so say the good folks at news.com) and I’m dying to get my hands on one of the nifty little beasts. Just take a look at the tiny model 02 and tell me you wouldn’t want to take it for a spin around the block [...]

By virtue of its portability, the notebook is the most personal of personal computers. When your laptop travels with you, it says something about your personal style, as much as a car or an article of clothing. The perils of choosing a cheap notebook that is inadequately engineered and poorly manufactured are many. Bang for [...]

I never thought I’d see the day my wife would be combing the circulars for a cheap notebook computer. I was always the resident geek, the one who would get the evil eye for spending too much time on the PC. Then one day I woke up, the fourth wheel in a three computer household. [...]

We’re getting to the time of the year when the pounds start adding themselves at a frightening pace. I’m convinced that this onslaught of weight gain is initiated by a massive intake in sugar, in the form of all of that leftover Halloween candy. This triggers the body into its annual, “hey, it’s almost time [...]

Where do you look when you look for cheap laptops? (Hint, it isn’t Wal-Mart … for me, at least.) Apple finally launched their Intel-based consumer level (call them anything but cheap) laptops earlier this week, and the net was abuzz. Get ready to consider an Apple as your next PC …

I got a call from the local Apple Store today. The technicians brought my tired old iBook back to life, and in just 24 hours, to boot (literally, even). Yeesh, that was fast! I’ve only received one suggestion for an after market laptop battery source, so far. I haven’t had a chance to follow up, [...]

I’m in the midst of resurrecting a moribund laptop. While it’s “not quite dead yet,” in the Monty Python sense, this horse has been ridden hard and put up wet too many times. Well, okay … it hasn’t really been put up wet, but it has lived a tough life. Lots of things need [...]

What do you do when you have champagne laptop taste, but a beer laptop budget? Sure, those Panasonic Toughbooks look really sweet, but all you can afford is a stripped-down entry-level notebook. Do you roll the dice with a brand new yet unfamiliar brand? Comb eBay for an off-lease rugged laptop, perhaps? Cruise the [...]

Panasonic’s gone mainstream with the marketing of their line of gorgeous Toughbook ultralight rugged laptops. I first noticed the television commercials on CNN and NBC this week. And I couldn’t miss the flashy Toughbook banner advertisement on cnn.com this morning. “Super model meets muscle head,” the ad proclaimed. “Thin, gorgeous, and tough as nails.” Oooh yeah. [...]

Remember those rumors about cheap Wal-Mart laptops and desktop PCs? The bargain basement notebook computers went on sale on Black Friday, inspiring bad craziness, coast-to-coast. How crazy? Well, this you just have to see to believe …

If Wal-Mart sold a laptop or desktop computer for a measly four hundred bucks, would you buy it? I’d reckon that there are lots of people that would, but I’m not one of them, for oh so many reasons. Reason numero uno? I’ve never been inside a Wal-Mart store in my life. Not once. Not [...]

It’s handsomely rugged. It’s award-winning gorgeous. It’s stunningly svelte at a shade over two pounds. Oh, and the battery is good for nine hours. Is this the laptop of your dreams? Sorry, you can’t buy one …

My hometown’s school board took their budget to the voters yesterday and it went down in a big way. The proposed $53.7 million dollar school budget lost by a 2-1 margin. A second initiative, to supply individual laptop computers to each and every high school student at a cost of $391,705 per year for the [...]

I had come to the conclusion that the local CompUSA store was the last place I’d go for customer service. I can’t count the number of times I’ve left the store with computer questions unanswered. But today, while on a mission to research notebook computers, I discovered the secret. It’s all in the timing [...]

You’ve been asked to take your show out on the road. But you don’t have the computers you need to get the job done. And there’s no time to push through a purchase order to buy new computers and schedule the shipping. That’s where computer rental services come to the rescue. Computer rental companies supply [...]