Laptops Arena

The Dell Inspiron e1505 is a 15.4" widescreen notebook now available with the impressive Intel Core 2 Duo processor.The Inspiron 6400 is available through the Dell Business site and is the same as the e1505.

The e1505 is a well rounded mainstream notebook, highly customizable and available at a competitive price.Now that it comes with the Core 2 Duo at similar prices to the original Core Duo you'll be getting even more value for your dollar.

The Dell Inspiron e1505 with Core 2 Duo and X1400 graphics card is a great performer for the price. If you can utilize this notebooks dual core capabilities for applications such as Photoshop and other rendering software, or if you do lots of multitaskng and gaming, then the Core 2 Duo offers a big advantage over the 2-generation old Pentium M.

If your only concern is how fast Internet Explorer opens when clicked, then you'll notice little if any performance advantage because the Pentium M could already do that just fine. At the end of the day, the greatest thing is that Dell is offering the faster Core 2 Duo e1505 but charging about the same price we saw on yesterday's notebook configurations -- and who can argue with paying the same but getting more?

View full review here.(Via techeblog.)

The Sony VAIO VGN-SZ72B/B is Sony’s latest addition to its sleek VAIO notebook line, featuring an Intel Core 2 Duo T5600 (1.83-GHz) CPU, 1GB of DDR2-533 memory, 100GB HDD, and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 graphics.

The vibrant 13.3-inch WXGA display is perfect for watching all your favorite movies through its integrated DVD Super-Multi drive. External interfaces include two USB 2.0 ports, a FireWire port, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, a biometric fingerprint sensor, 802.11 a/b/g Wi-Fi, 3.1-megapixel webcam, a TPM security chip, and a Memory Stick reader.

This 4.2-pound notebook goes on sale September 9th, priced at $2047.

Via techeblog.

HP announced today its HP Pavilion dv9000 entertainment series notebook. This large scale laptop isn’t aimed at the business traveler, but at the person who loves his movies and music.

Fun features include a bright high definition 17-inch widescreen display, HP’s proprietary QuickPlay 2.0 application, which lets you watch your movies, listen to music, view your photos and videos, without booting the system.

Custom tailored to fit your needs, the HP Pavilion dv9000 can be configured for almost anyone, on any budget, and with any computing requirements. You can configure a dv9000 with a new Core 2 Duo processors as well as the AMD Turion 64 X2 dual core processors if you do a lot of heavy processing jobs, like multitasking video recording and sorting through large data sheets.

For simpler tasks, you can outfit your system with the Intel Core Solo processor or AMD’s Mobile Sempron chip.

Videophiles will like the option of having up to 240GB of storage available from two 120GB hard drives. And gamers will appreciate Nvidia’s GeForce Go 7600 graphics with up to 512MB of graphics memory.

In addition, there’s a 5-1 card reader, touch-sensitive buttons for volume, dual stereo headphone jacks, an optional webcam feature and optional remote.

Stay tuned to see a review of this laptop, in the following weeks.

Via laptopmag.

Back in May I reviewed the Dell Latitude D620 and was very impressed. With the D620 Dell had produced a well built and feature rich business notebook with an attractive design and good ergonomics. I was therefore keen to take a look at the Latitude D420, which represents Dell's latest ultra-portable business offering.

As one might expect, the Latitude D420 looks like a small D620 - it looks like Dell is keen to keep the same styling across various models, much like the IBM ThinkPads. There's definitely nothing wrong with the Latitude styling - the matt sliver and black finish has a minimalist look to it that should please the corporate masses.

Not only is the D420 well built, stylish, small and light, but it’s also feature rich. The inclusion of the integrated HSDPA module is just icing on the cake and makes this the ideal notebook for the road warrior who needs to always be connected.

View full review here.(Via techeblog.)

The lure of a big screen notebook like the Averatec AV7160-EC1 is hard to resist as you navigate the laptop aisle. While the machine boasts the promising combination of a huge 17-inch widescreen and an attractive price ($1,199), a little shopping around will net you better performance and even more multimedia features for about the same cost.

The sharp-looking Averatec AV7160-EC1 is clad in a glossy black shell with silver accents. Averatec should be commended for shaving the unit's weight to a slight 7.2 pounds; many 17-inch notebooks we've seen weigh more than eight pounds. Still, this is no featherweight, and the big screen makes this system too bulky to tote often.

View full review here.