So an optical drive in a netbook, what is all that about? It sounds like something Asus would have a few years ago and yet here we are looking at this cool looking ten inch netbook from the Chinese Imore whose Webbook 10 comes with an optical drive. There are plenty of reasons for this and cost seems to be right up there at the top along with the fact that there is little room for moving parts in the cases of netbooks, but is this really what computer users of today want? Features: 1.
Toshiba has announced its latest gaming laptop with the the Qosmio X500 bringing a Core i7 processor, up to 8GB of RAM and, probably, a very empty wallet. The Toshiba Qosmio X500 is a high-end gaming laptop, and the upper specs on the machine certainly make for enticing reading. On top of the Core i7 720-QM processor, the graphics are supplied by a 1GB Nvidia GeForce GTS 250MN, you can have up to a terabyte of storage and Blu-ray re-writer optical drive. 18.4 inches As you may expe
Do you want to save cash in your next laptop purchase? If so, then you might want to assume about leaving out components you don’t need. Not just does this save you cash and weight, it also means your laptop is more lean, mean and productive. Read on and discover more about what items you don’t need in your laptop. 1. Optical Drive The first item I’d always tell my friends to omit in their laptops is the optical CD or DVD drive. I don’t have a drive in my current Lenovo X61 ThinkPad. The key r
Do you want to save money in your next laptop purchase? If so, then you might want to consider leaving out components you don’t need. Not only does this save you money and weight, it also means your laptop is more lean, mean and productive. Read on and find out more about what items you don’t need in your laptop. 1. Optical Drive The first item I’d every time say my friends to pass over in their laptops is the optical CD or DVD drive. I don’t have a drive in my current Lenovo X61 ThinkPad. The
Hey Lenovo , that’s a pretty sweet landing page you’ve got there for this newfangled IdeaPad U450p. In fact, we’re crushing pretty hard on that glossy 14-inch display, ultrathin frame and patterned lid. If you’re really looking for candor, we’d even go so far as to say that the “energy-efficient ULV processor” and “integrated optical drive” has us all sorts of hot and bothered, but the inability to actually see a full build sheet or order a unit for ourselves is simply disheartening. Care to fi
Sure, the whole world and Steve Ballmer might be buzzing about Chrome OS , but a dedicated duo of hackers has been hard at work porting Google’s other operating system to x86, and they’ve just released an .02 version of their Android LiveCD build. That means you’re now free to boot and run the ‘droid from your optical drive, install it in a virtual machine, install it for real on your old laptop, whatever — just don’t get upset if it bugs out on you. Anyone gonna do some ’sploring? [Via Download
MacBook Pro 15 Enclosure ……..Precision aluminum unibody processor speeed……..2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo L2 Cache …..6MB shared Memory …….4GB (two 2GB SO-DIMMs) of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM; supports up to 4GB Hard Drive….320GB Serial ATA; 5400 rpm Slot-loading optical drive….. 8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) Graphics……NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT graphics processor; and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory3 Graphic Memory….512MB GDDR3 Video Bu
MacBook and PowerMac G4 users who don’t need an internal optical drive can now replace it for a custom fit hard drive case, providing a secondary drive for as much as 1 TB of total disk storage and the option of striping performance or data redundancy using RAID.
Jabra and MSI kick off this week's round of gadget shipments. Jabra's dual-mic Halo Bluetooth headset can connect to two devices at once, and MSI's new ultrathin laptop comes with an external optical drive in the box.