Laptops Today http://laptopstoday.co.uk Friendly Laptop Advice Blog Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:01:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 en A laptop for life http://laptopstoday.co.uk/a-laptop-for-life/ http://laptopstoday.co.uk/a-laptop-for-life/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:01:44 +0000 admin http://laptopstoday.co.uk/a-laptop-for-life/ The thought of paying just one payment and having a new laptop every three years for life, may seem to be a little out of the ordinary, yet this is exactly what Fujitsu Siemens are planning with their lifebook4life scheme.

 

 

All a customer has to do is buy one laptop and then at the end of three years this will be replaced by a brand new model completely free of charge. All that a customer has to do is register the notebook within the first twenty one days of purchase and take out a lifetime warranty, which will cost around , which just cannot be bad.

 

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]]> http://laptopstoday.co.uk/a-laptop-for-life/feed/ AMD wants to go small http://laptopstoday.co.uk/amd-wants-to-go-small/ http://laptopstoday.co.uk/amd-wants-to-go-small/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:01:43 +0000 admin http://laptopstoday.co.uk/amd-wants-to-go-small/ Advanced Micro Devices is looking to produce a range of laptop, which are powered by their mobile chips. This announcement comes ahead of the CES in Las Vegas, which clearly means that there will be some sort of announcement at the show.

 

 

This new platform is going to be known as Yukon, it will include small and affordable laptops that provide the full computer experience, and it will be like using a desktop but in a mini laptop sized device. These laptops will be light and ultraportable and have screen sizes of ten to fourteen inches.

 

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]]> http://laptopstoday.co.uk/amd-wants-to-go-small/feed/ Laptop sleeves protection when needed http://laptopstoday.co.uk/laptop-sleeves-protection-when-needed/ http://laptopstoday.co.uk/laptop-sleeves-protection-when-needed/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:01:41 +0000 admin http://laptopstoday.co.uk/laptop-sleeves-protection-when-needed/ These laptop sleeves are great alternative to carrying your laptop underneath your arm or just in a normal laptop bag, these add a bit of style and class to your laptop.

 

 

For each user these bags could even be customised in order to suit the person needs and own personal style etc.

 

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]]> http://laptopstoday.co.uk/laptop-sleeves-protection-when-needed/feed/ Protect your laptop in a cocoon http://laptopstoday.co.uk/protect-your-laptop-in-a-cocoon/ http://laptopstoday.co.uk/protect-your-laptop-in-a-cocoon/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:01:41 +0000 admin http://laptopstoday.co.uk/protect-your-laptop-in-a-cocoon/ These bags are not on the market yet, but will be in the spring and their unique styling is bound to create a big deal among those people who have to carrying their laptops to and from work every day.

 

 

There are plenty of models to choose from, in fact there could be around six or seven different styles coming out, which is enough to please just about anyone. The way that these bags have designed are to create space around the laptop, these do that and offer additional space for more equipment.

 

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]]> http://laptopstoday.co.uk/protect-your-laptop-in-a-cocoon/feed/ Acer release Ferrari 1000 http://laptopstoday.co.uk/acer-release-ferrari-1000/ http://laptopstoday.co.uk/acer-release-ferrari-1000/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:01:39 +0000 admin http://laptopstoday.co.uk/acer-release-ferrari-1000/ Born out the need to keep up with the F1 team, this means that this Acer laptop is going too fast and furious and comes with ultra mobile computing power.

 

 

Specifications:

 

AMD Turion64 X2 TL-60 2GHz

12.1 inch WXGA CrystalBrite TFT LCD

Integrated ATI Radeon Xpress 1150 up to 512MB Hypermemory

2x 1GB DDR2 Memory

160 GB HDD

Built in Acer Rotatable 1.3 MP camera

Acer Bluetooth VoIP phone

Bluetooth 2.0+EDR

Wireless Bluetooth optical mouse

5 in 1 card reader

External DVD Super Multi double layer

6 cell battery, 3 cell battery extra

Weight 1.6Kg with 3 cell battery and 1.7Kg with 6 cell battery

Genuine Windows XP Professional

 

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]]> http://laptopstoday.co.uk/acer-release-ferrari-1000/feed/ Soon Android will be powering laptops http://laptopstoday.co.uk/soon-android-will-be-powering-laptops/ http://laptopstoday.co.uk/soon-android-will-be-powering-laptops/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:01:37 +0000 admin http://laptopstoday.co.uk/soon-android-will-be-powering-laptops/ When you think about operating systems, it is normally Linux and Microsoft that dominate the marketplace, but there could be another kid on the block soon as it seems that the mobile operating system from Google, Android can work on computers too.

 

 

It is known as a mobile operating system, but the Android OS can easily be transferred to a computer too, some researchers have has it running on a couple of Asus Eee computers for some time, this is mainly because of the open source drivers which is making easier to convert. Could this be the beginning of a technology led advance into the computing world Google.

 

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]]> http://laptopstoday.co.uk/soon-android-will-be-powering-laptops/feed/ Acer to launch ten inch mini laptop http://laptopstoday.co.uk/acer-to-launch-ten-inch-mini-laptop/ http://laptopstoday.co.uk/acer-to-launch-ten-inch-mini-laptop/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:01:36 +0000 admin http://laptopstoday.co.uk/acer-to-launch-ten-inch-mini-laptop/ One of the things about the Acer range of computers is that fact that there is a need for a new ten inch mini laptop and this is about to addressed when the come introduce their new range early this year.

 

 

The newest addition to the Acer Aspire One, these will be available in red, black or white. These machines will have a neat 10.1 inch display, Bluetooth and 3 G, these are reported to be coming to the market during the later part of February, but how much these are going to cost is not yet known.

 

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]]> http://laptopstoday.co.uk/acer-to-launch-ten-inch-mini-laptop/feed/ O2 to supply free laptops in 2009 http://laptopstoday.co.uk/o2-to-supply-free-laptops-in-2009/ http://laptopstoday.co.uk/o2-to-supply-free-laptops-in-2009/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:01:33 +0000 admin http://laptopstoday.co.uk/o2-to-supply-free-laptops-in-2009/ It looks as if the mobile provider O2 is looking to provide their new customers with a new a laptop or notebook depending on what sort of deal the mobile broadband provider manages to strike with the suppliers.

 

 

So far within the next couple a huge advertising campaign for this new service that will see some of their new customers walking out of the store with a brand new laptop or net book which  has been provided totally free of charge by O2.

 

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]]> http://laptopstoday.co.uk/o2-to-supply-free-laptops-in-2009/feed/ Apple to expand their line up http://laptopstoday.co.uk/apple-to-expand-their-line-up/ http://laptopstoday.co.uk/apple-to-expand-their-line-up/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:01:31 +0000 admin http://laptopstoday.co.uk/apple-to-expand-their-line-up/ The Apple Mac Book Pro, is a nice and neat range of laptops which are about to get even larger with the introduction of a seventeen inch display version, this could be announced as early as next week at the MacWorld Expo in San Francisco.

 

 

Similar to the thirteen and fifteen inch display model, the new seventeen versions is likely to have the same unibody construction and will sport a nice and neat internal battery set up. The new addition could mean that the smaller thirteen inch version may be phased out.

 

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]]> http://laptopstoday.co.uk/apple-to-expand-their-line-up/feed/ Lenovo to show Y650 at CES http://laptopstoday.co.uk/lenovo-to-show-y650-at-ces/ http://laptopstoday.co.uk/lenovo-to-show-y650-at-ces/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:01:26 +0000 admin http://laptopstoday.co.uk/lenovo-to-show-y650-at-ces/ It may be the largest technology show on earth, but for Lenovo they are using the show to introduce their new range of slim lime note books of which there will be a fourteen Y450, fifteen Y550 and sixteen Y650 inch screen size laptops.

 

 

There is little information coming out about the actual details of the machines, but there is some details on prices etc, the starting price will be around 9, while the sixteen inch display model will start at around ,199.

 

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