Review: Netbooks meet luxury in ultra-light Sony Vaio X _ watch so it doesn’t blow away

more images Review: Netbooks meet luxury in ultra-light SonyReview: Netbooks meet luxury in ultra-light Sony NEW YORK — Netbooks have been a hit among laptop buyers because they’re cheap and they’re easy to carry. Now there’s the option to pay a lot more and get a lot less — a lot less weight, that is. Sony’s Vaio X is the runway model of netbooks: stylish, super-thin and without an ounce of weight to spare. It’s expensive too: the base model is $1,300 at Sonystyle.com and Sony Style stores. The price is nearly four times as much as a standard netbook. Its carbon-fiber body, just over half an inch thick, houses an 11.1-inch screen and weighs...

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Acer Aspire Revo 3610: A Haven For The Users With Space Crunch

Portable and small form factor computers have got a new lease of life after the arrival and popularity of the netbooks and net-tops. These are ideal for the users who need a second computer that can supplement their existing workstations. Acer has a range of netbooks and small for factor computers that are ideal for the users who are short on space. The Acer Aspire Revo R3610 is a compact PC that uses very little desktop place and is ideal for basic computing tasks and web browsing. However, the RevoR3610 is a little more powerful than conventional net-tops as it features a newer Atom Dual Core CPU and Nvidia Ion GPU instead of the under-powered...

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Best Laptop Under Rs 40,000 in India

Laptops have now become a must have gadget for the mobile professionals and also for the gadget freaks like us at gadgetophilia. A few years ago, purchasing a standard laptop with decent performance would mean selling an arm or a leg but today there are many decent performing laptops available under Rs 30,000 in India or even under $500 in US. Apart from the value for money laptops, there are some good laptops available under Rs. 40,000 in India. Here is a take on them. Have a look at the list.Best Home Laptop Dell Studio 15 This is undoubtedly the best laptop in the 40,000 range. It has a Core 2 Duo Processor T5850 and 3 GB Dual channel RAM....

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Study Find eBook Readers

HANOVER - All of the competitors in the current generation of electronic reading devices are equally good when it comes to presenting digitalised books. They offer long battery lives and their displays are easier on the eyes than the displays found on smartphones or laptops. That’s the conclusion reached in a recent comparison of six current models by German computer magazine c’t.The review showed that each of the tested devices has strengths and weaknesses: the Digital Reader 1000S from Irex, for example, is not a good choice for novel readers, since the model has few options for buying best-sellers. On the other hand, only one single device...

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