Welcome to our Review Section. Here you will find the latest notebook reviews submitted by our members as well as the line up for each manufacturer. We also grab the best reviews and feature them. You can start a review search simply by clicking the above tabs of the manufactuer in interest or type in the model in the black box below.

Lenovo IdeaPad S10 High Capacity Battery Review

Lenovo IdeaPad S10 (High Capacity Battery) Review Lenovo recently revamped their line of IdeaPad S10 netbooks. The most significant change was the inclusion of a 6 cell battery option, which allows the computer to run for up to 5 hours away from a power cord, according to Lenovo. So does the new extended battery actually last that long? Read on to find out. 17975 While ...

Gateway MD7826u Review

Gateway MD7826u Review At a penny shy of $1000.00, the MD7826u is the most expensive of Gateway's MD series. As Gateway's website puts it, “Stylish and powerful, these beautiful MD Series laptops will get you noticed while you breeze through even the most power-hungry tasks.” In this review, we'll see if the notebook can live up to Gateway's description. 17946 The ...

Alienware m17 Review

By now, almost everyone knows Alienware’s position in the notebook market; reputable for producing edgy, high quality gaming notebooks that are industry leading for their innovation and power. Lately, the sluggish economy as had an negative effect on the notebook market. But Alienware wants to make it clear that gamers can get quality gaming performance from a budget notebook- à la the Ali ...

Gateway UC7807u Review

Intro The best words used to describe the Gateway UC7807u are “Style that Abandons Convention”. It may seem a bit cliché, but this small brushed metal design is the package consumers want. Today’s notebook customers demand more portability than ever. If consumers can already access anything on the internet via hand held devices and iPhones, notebooks today must offer better quality, ...

Lenovo Thinkpad N500 Review

Intro This is the first laptop I have ever bought/owned outright so it was a pretty big leap. I wanted something that I could use for work at home, in the office, while traveling etc It was not going to be used for gaming purposes but it should still have enough CPU/RAM behind it to make it fairly slick whatever use I put it to. I had a straight choice between the Asus X58LE and the T ...

First Impressions of Sager NP8662

Clevo M860ETU / Sager NP8662 First Impressions By Jason S. Ganz After over 2 years of daily usage with a Dell XPS m1710 laptop, taking it through task with academia, gaming, day-to-day work, etc., I had come to the conclusion that I wanted a performance rig, without the sheer size of the 17” profile. When a friend of mine referred me to Sager, I was hesitant using a small reseller / OEM to purch ...

Gateway M-153XL Arctic Bloom Review

Intro The primary attraction to this notebook was the beatiful floral design which clearly shows this is a girly notebook, but one with the hardware specs to make any geek turn their heads. The M-153XL sports an Intel Penryn Core 2 Duo (C2D) running at 2.4GHz with an 800MHz Front Side Bus. The M-153XL also sports 4GB of DDR2 running at 667Mhz. The storage comes in at 200GB of hard drive ...

Acer Ferrari 1000 Review

Acer Ferrari 1000 Introductions The Acer Ferrari 1000 is the fifth incarnation of the Acer Ferrari line. The Ferrari line was brought as a joint effort between Acer and AMD. The Ferrari part comes into play as both Acer and AMD are sponsors of the Scuderia Ferrari Formula 1 racing team. First impressions of the Acer Ferrari 1000 notebook brought about an impulsive need to purch ...

Lenovo Thinkpad T400 Review

Lenovo Thinkpad T400 Review The T400 is a business-oriented notebook that traces its lineage back to the IBM Thinkpads of the past. Lenovo claims it is “engineered to reach new heights in connectivity, productivity, power management, environmental responsibility and comfort.” With such high claims, a notebook that is simply average won’t cut it. This notebook will need to be great in or ...

Asus G50VT-X1 Budget Gaming Machine

Asus G50VT-X1 The first Asus gaming machine in the family came last Christmas at around $1.100 It is impressive and good value for price to performance ratio. Specifications: Operating Systems: Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium 64 bits Microsoft® Windows® Service Pack 2 (just updated) Architecture: . Intel® Centrino® processor technology . Mobile Intel® PM45 Ex ...

Sony VGN-CS21S/V Electric Purple

Sony CS-21S/V A stylish multimedia companion - dressed in Electric Purple. Sony has earlier offered this model, available in Liquorice Black, Cotton White, Caramel Cream, Spicy Red, Coral Pink. Note that the CS-21Z series is being offered with Blu-ray Disc™ Combo drive, with the exact same specs as the CS-21S. This model belongs to the "Lifestyle" line of Sony Notebooks, along with the P ...

Lenovo IdeaPad S10 High Capacity Battery Review

Lenovo IdeaPad S10 (High Capacity Battery) Review Lenovo recently revamped their line of IdeaPad S10 netbooks. The most significant change was the inclusion of a 6 cell battery option, which allows the computer to run for up to 5 hours away from a power cord, according to Lenovo. So does the new extended battery actually last that long? Read on to find out. 17975 While ...

Gateway MD7826u Review

Gateway MD7826u Review At a penny shy of $1000.00, the MD7826u is the most expensive of Gateway's MD series. As Gateway's website puts it, “Stylish and powerful, these beautiful MD Series laptops will get you noticed while you breeze through even the most power-hungry tasks.” In this review, we'll see if the notebook can live up to Gateway's description. 17946 The ...

My M6400 review / Upgrade project

Intro I bought this as a upgrade to my M6300, so my comparisons will be between these two laptops. Finish wise, the laptop looks great, but compared to the M6300, the case is not as rugged, and seems to scratch easier. Size wise, the M6400 was a little thinner than the M6300. The improvements over the M6300. Two hard drives and Raid Performance GPU Selection LED Display option e-S ...