My Samsung Chromebook arrived recently and I have been enjoying putting it through its paces. Thoughts so far… Cons: Bottom of the laptop gets pretty hot Keyboard is not backlit Pros: Performance, suprisingly good Simplicity, everything is very easy to find/use Weight, nice and light… comfortable on lap Wifi range is good and it supports [...]
The ASUS S200E and Q200E are lovely laptops, but unfortunately they lack Bluetooth and they do not support Intel’s WiDi Fortunately, all is not lost! With a bit of perseverance and a few dollars (approx $40USD) you can get better WiFi performance, good bluetooth support, and even WiDi on your S200E or Q200E. Here is how: #1 You will [...]
Dell’s E6430 supports triple monitors! This came as quite a shock to me when I was setting up my new laptop. My current setup is as follows. The laptop is docked and uses: One displaylink to dual-link DVI adapter (driving a 30″ display at 2560×1600) One DVI cable (driving a 20″ Dell display at 1600×1200) [...]
Q. Hi, for work we just bought a nice new Dell M4700 and M6700 and I am in charge of installing a clean edition of Windows 7 Pro 64-bit. Everything went great except now I have one ACPI/SMO8810 unknown device in device manager! I do not know what it is or how to find the correct [...]
I am a big fan of Intel’s little NUCs. They are very easy to work on and their performance is entirely satisfactory for many purposes: I built one for my dad to use as an always on storage/downloading computer, and I built another as a green mini-web-server for a client. Along those lines, here is a rather [...]
I recently purchased an Asus VivoBook S200E from Staples. The actual purchase was a bit spur of the moment as it occured during a business trip to SC. However, I had been eyeing that particular laptop since Christmas so when I happened to find a coupon to get the laptop for $399, the low price [...]
For those of us that appreciate quiet, and the removal of one more point of failure, fanless computers are a wonderful thing. While building a fanless desktop computer is quite easy, finding a fanless laptop is quite hard! To make things a bit easier for others interested in fanless laptops, I am compiling a list [...]
Here is a gallery of quick Yoga 13 unboxing photos: (TIP: click a photo and then select ‘full size’ on the resulting page to view super-large photos..)
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