the CPUs in an MSI Megabook M635 to see how they would fare against Gigabyte's W511A notebook based on Intel's Centrino Mobile Technology.. Users who might be interested in upgrading their notebooks can learn the following from our experiences: Those who...

PCMark05. is lg lw60 express a multimedia notebook for business users. It is likely that only insiders know that the Korean electronics giant LG has been building notebooks for the last decade. We put the LG LW60 Express under the microscope, and found ourselves...

external memory and no expensive cooling for the graphic chip. This time I want to build a desktop replacement system. The large flat panel screen found in this kind of notebook has the benefit of providing a large notebook base with plenty of space. It will...

and is reminded of why he gave up on DIY projects.. A better way to build a PVR? It sounded like a good idea. It really did. My editor suggested that I write a piece about building a media center system based on a notebook, instead of one of those media...

is a dark, mysterious, and fragile place for most of us. So, why would anybody want to build a notebook? First off, it’s cool and satisfying, like building your own car. We assembled our first notebook five years ago, back when Centrino was a new word....

every skilled person, a notebook is not so easy to assemble. Every part inside of the notebook is tailored directly to that notebook model. That is the reason why only very few companies in the world design and build notebooks. Most notebooks are sold with...

Quickset: Power Management By Dell. does everything have to be a centrino. Intel's Celeron M discreetly arrived in the notebook world in January. Based on the Pentium M notebook processor, the Celeron M's introduction went virtually unnoticed by the public....

a 32 bit notebook with a high powered CPU, more memory and a fast disk drive. If you want to build your own 32 bit notebook using a barebones system, take a look at MSI's very nice MS-1016, MS-1022, MS-1035 and MS-1047 notebooks. Some models come with serious...

and costs too much money (even though building PCs can be an expensive habit as well). This guy wasn't happy with the pricing, but was still kind enough to offer a tip to would-be notebook DIYers: ZackthepersonI considered building a notebook, but after...