Samsung NP-X360

Laptops manufacturers, it seems, are finally trying to provide what people really want instead of just going ahead and building powerful laptops. All this while we have seen laptops that were able to deliver either good performance, but at the cost of continuous power supply, like the Dell Monster 'XPS M1730' or like the usual laptops, sacrifice performance for lower power consumption.   Today we have a laptop - Samsung NP-X360 - that bridges this gap and promises to do much more by providing a good performance and battery life.     The Samsung NP-X360 is part of the newer generation of laptops like the Sony Vaio...

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Sony Vaio W (VPCW115XG/P)

At last Sony has succumbed to the temptation and launched its first version of the Vaio W Netbook. The Vaio P was a great toy to flaunt but didn't offer any practical value as it lacked performance. The Vaio W on the other hand offers style as well as substance and is a lot more practical as it's a proper Netbook. Specifications shouldn't be of any surprise but what is different is the build quality, which is definitely a notch above the rest. Even though it's not as slim as the Asus Seashell Netbook, it's incredibly lightweight, thanks to the materials used to build the body. Another striking feature of this Netbook is that, for the...

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Sony VAIO CW

If you remember, Sony announced a couple new notebooks with quite aggressive price tags just a few of weeks back. Along with the super sexy 'X' series, we also have the mainstream CW series which is what we've got for review today. Until now, if you wanted a solid performing multimedia notebook that was reasonably priced, we had just two major options, either a Dell or an HP. Now, Sony is all set to enter this space and compete with the bigwigs in this category.  The VPCCW16FG/P that we got for review comes packed with plenty of brute force. For starters, we have an Intel Core2Duo P8700 running at 2.5GHz in the heart of the...

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eMachines EM250 Netbook

We're finally beginning to see netbooks fall under the Rs. 20,000 barrier where they really belong. This kind of pricing also helps manufacturers distinguish these devices from regular laptops in the sub-30k range.  The eMachines EM250 netbook that we are reviewing today is a typical run-of-the-mill model with an attractive price tag. Let's quickly run through what it's got and see whether it can stand tall with new generation models?  Design and Build   The eMachines EM250 looks quite similar to the Acer Aspire One D150 model we reviewed a while back. While the design is almost exactly the same, this netbook...

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Dell Vostro V13

What happens when you take an (unnecessarily) expensive laptop, strip it of some of its premium components (like an SSD) and bring the price down to less than half of the original? Case in point, the Dell Adamo. When it was released almost a year ago, Dell proudly claimed it to be the world's 'thinnest laptop' -- a domain initially (and maybe still) reigned by the Macbook Air. Other than a well-sized 128GB SSD, the Adamo's internals didn't really pull off any marvelous feat that any Rs. 50k laptop couldn't. But its asking price of over a lakh rupees did not justify on many counts. Even the newly-launched Adamo XPS, although being an...

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Asus Eee PC 1008P

The Eee PC 1008P is the latest generation "premium" netbook from Asus. The company took help from famous designer Karim Rashid to add some of sort of uniqueness to its design. Along with the updated laundry list of internal components, the Eee PC 1008P is "Year 2010-ready". It's got almost everything right for a netbook; it's thin, lightweight, has a comfortable keyboard/touch-pad and decent battery life - thanks to the extra battery pack. The main gripe we had with the 1008P is the low screen brightness. Also, just two USB ports could be too less for some people.  Priced at Rs. 27,000, it's slightly expensive but this was expected...

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Lenovo Ideapad S10-3t Tablet Netbook

We're living in an age where touchscreen devices are gaining more and more mass appeal, especially in portable computers. Now that the iPad is out, people have embraced this gadget as a revolutionary change in the world of computing. Some are even seen typing long documents on its virtual keyboard. But what about people who not only want the frills of a touchscreen but also need a PC to perform simple tasks like copy-pasting a file to a flash drive? The concept of a touchscreen netbook was introduced by Asus some time back, though without as much success as its other Eee PCs. Today we see Lenovo try their hand at the same concept, with...

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