by Nigel Fernandes | Jul 24, 2014 | Premium Press Releases
24 July, 2014: Unlike some other Windows 8 laptops, which were designed (or redesigned) from the ground up, this Series 5 looks and feels a lot like the pre-Windows 8 Series 5 laptops we've looked at previously. The matte brushed-aluminum finish does a great job of...
by Nigel Fernandes | Jul 24, 2014 | Premium Press Releases
24 July, 2014: While Acer is presenting this as new, it reminds me very much of the 20-inch HP HDX laptop , a short-lived system with a floating hinge from 2007. Unlike the HDX, the screen on the R7 is a touch screen, and more importantly, it flips around to become a...
by Nigel Fernandes | Jul 24, 2014 | Premium Press Releases
24 July, 2014: The My Book 3.0 is a no-frills storage device. It has a straightforward design with one tiny white light on its front that serves both as the power and activities indicator and on its back it only has a Mini-USB 3.0 port. The drive is bundled with a...
by Nigel Fernandes | Jul 24, 2014 | Premium Press Releases
24 July, 2014: The VivoBook S500CA offers a big-screened touch-screen Windows 8 laptop for a bargain price -- and without many extras. 1.7GHz Intel Core i5-3317U CPU, 6GB of RAM, and a 500GB hybrid hard drive with a 24GB SSD cache. Performance, as youd expect, matches...
by Nigel Fernandes | Jul 24, 2014 | Premium Press Releases
24 July, 2014: The Acer Aspire E1-572-6870 is an inexpensive fourth-generation Core i5 laptop with a nice keyboard, decent weight for its size, and just enough performance to power you through average daily tasks. It has a removable battery, and the hard drive and RAM...
