Buying a Notebook Computer for Less Than $700

Published on August 21, 2006 to Notebooks and Laptops

What can you expect from a notebook that sells for less than $700? What features and components should the notebook have? Where's the best place to buy one? Read more

How To: Adding Internal Wireless LAN to a Notebook

Published on January 27, 2005 to Networking

Today's notebooks all come with the ability to host an internal wireless LAN card. But cost-sensitive buyers may choose to forego that option and later regret it. But as long as you're willing to do some homework, our How To shows that it's not that hard to add a WLAN card yourself. Read more

Notebook Kick-Off with ASUS L8400B

Published on February 2, 2001 to Notebooks and Laptops

Start of the Notebook Reviews including upgrade tips and complete disassembly of the ASUS L8400B. Read more

LG Business Notebook Does Multimedia With Style

Published on January 19, 2006 to Notebooks and Laptops

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 pleasantly surprised overall. Read more

Creative Audigy 2 ZS Notebook: High-end Sound in a CardBus Slot

Published on February 22, 2005 to Notebooks and Laptops

Superior sound is something that laptop users have been screaming out for. But thus far, vendors' attempts to deliver have mostly cost a lot or left much to be desired. For $130, does Creative's Audigy 2 ZS Notebook get the job done? Read more

Reader Review: Alienware's Area-51 m5550i Notebook

Published on December 12, 2006 to Notebooks and Laptops

Reader Paul DeJarnette reviews his budget-friendly Alienware Area-51 m5550i notebook. Does he like it? Does he hate it? Read Paul's review. Read more

Notebook Cooler Pads: Do you need one?

Published on December 16, 2004 to Notebooks and Laptops

Do you own a hot notebook? Or is your boss forcing you to use that old, noisy laptop with a desktop chip in it? Perhaps you should consider a notebook cooler. We tested the Coolermaster Coolpad and two versions of the Vantec Lapcool 2 to see how they measure up. Read more

Alienware's Aurora m9700 SLI Notebook Rocks

Published on November 10, 2006 to Notebooks and Laptops

Alienware is known for cool and powerful graphics notebooks. The fast and great looking Aurora m9700 does nothing to harm the company's reputation. Read more

Alienware's m5550i Notebook Means Business

Published on April 9, 2007 to Notebooks and Laptops

Gaming isn't the only thing Alienware can do. It's also tackling business mobility and adding its distinctive signature in the process. Read more

Notebook Vendors Seek 'Whitebook' Opportunities

Published on December 2, 2003 to Notebooks and Laptops

Niche PC vendors have of late found opportunities in applying the whitebox PC model to building and selling notebooks. These growing number of 'whitebook' vendors have managed to squeeze profits out of the pricing-intensive, low-margin PC sector by offering customer flexibility in notebook features. But where does that leave performance? Can these whitebook notebook PCs maintain the quality level of brand-name suppliers? We used the MB02 Centrino notebook as our guinea pig. Read more

AMD Power in a Notebook: Mobile Athlon XP

Published on January 2, 2003 to Notebooks and Laptops

The mobile AthlonXP-1800+ and ATI's IGP320M chipset team up to form the basis for a fast notebook with lasting power - but do they really attain these goals? We test the Compaq Evo N1015v from Hewlett Packard to give you some answers. Read more

Is Dell's XPS M1710 The Fastest Graphics Notebook Ever? Part II

Published on May 2, 2006 to Notebooks and Laptops

In Part I we talked about the features, ergonomics and basic performance of Dell's XPS M1710. This time we open the case and peak at the notebook's components and cooling systems. We also look at the M1710's temperature management capabilities, its display quality, battery life and gaming performance. Read more

A New Notebook Hosts the Athlon64's Mobile Coming Out Party

Published on December 16, 2003 to Notebooks and Laptops

Now that the sound and fury over AMD's 64 bit processor debut in desktops has (slightly) died down, AMD brings the Athlon64 to notebook market. THG got to test the Mobile Athlon64 3000+ and saw how it operates in a notebook platform. We also gauged its relative performance against Intel's mobile Pentium offerings. Read more

Avoiding the Heartbreak of Notebook Hard Drive Failure

Published on November 15, 2006 to Notebooks and Laptops

Your notebook's hard disk drive will fail some time and there's nothing you can do about it. Calvin Chu tells you what you, hard disk designers and operating system architects can do to lessen the impact of drive failure. Read more

Are Gaming Notebook Vendors Afraid of MobilityGuru?

Published on April 26, 2006 to Notebooks and Laptops

Come on gaming notebook vendors, give us a peek at your products. We want to do extensive evaluations of those apparently hot computers you're hiding and visitors to our website can't wait to see the evaluations. Read more