Laptops Arena

The Lenovo ThinkPad W700 mobile computer workstation gets a big upgrade and a new model name – Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds. With are the new additions? – A cool secondary display that slides out whenever the graphic professional needs to answer emails, start an instant messaging applications or just read the latest news updates while working on the computer using the main 17-inch display.

This secondary screen measures 10.2 inches in diagonal and features LED backlight, while its designers thought in building a system that allows the user pull it our from a side and tilt it forward or backward for reaching the best viewing position.

Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds supports complex CAD design, digital content creation, and latest video gaming, enabled by the optional Intel Core 2 Quad processor, 8GB of system memory, 960GB storage capacity, the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M graphics unit and a minimum battery life of 2 hours.

You’ll see this powerful machine next month in stores at a price of around $3,600, before being showcased at the Customer Electronics Show 2009 in January.
You may read more about the quad computer workstation in our previous article.

(Source: Coolest Gadgets)

I know that those of you using laptop computers with graphics powered by the latest Nvidia cards supporting CUDA and PhysX technologies have been waiting for some time for the release of the special drivers meant to enable application compatibility as well as performance enhancements.



Nvidia finally released notebook graphics drivers on its official website, to unlock the power of the two high-end functions.
Among the new supported features of the new Nvidia video drivers applications that transfer the workload from the processor to the graphic processing unit, like Badaboom from Elemental Technologies, Power Director 7 from Cyberlink, TMPGEnc from Pegasys Software, and TotalMedia Theater from Arcsoft.

Another complex application that takes advantage of the CUDA technology from Nvidia is Adobe Creative Suite 4.
For bringing games closer to reality, NVIDIA PhysX enables explosions full of dust and debris, natural character movement, and other amazing effects, revealing 10-20 times more visual complexity, as Nvidia describes.

“NVIDIA is committed to giving the rapidly growing number of customers using notebook GPUs the same performance optimizations and innovative graphics features that desktop customers have grown accustomed to,” said Dwight Diercks, vice president of software engineering at NVIDIA. “To accomplish this, we have worked diligently over the past year to modularize our driver architecture and develop a unified driver install package that will not only work with notebooks from all manufacturers but also maintain all of their specific model customizations such as hotkeys and suspend and resume functionality.”

M98xNU is a new laptop computer with leaked pictures and no information on the company’s official website. All are assuming it will be unveiled in January during the Customer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and we are curious to find out more about the upcoming gadgets.



Clevo, the one who designed this nice laptop is a top company in Taiwan, specialized in this field, and is recognized for its high-end computing solutions, including the M98xNU.
According to different sources, the laptop model sports a large 18.4-inch display with full High Definition and a high resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, while being powered by the Intel Quad-Core processing technology.

Inside it hides an Nvidia MCP79 graphics chipset, DDR3-1333 RAM support, integrated Nvidia graphics card and separate dual Nvidia 9800M-GTX video cards, in addition to the three modes: Nvidia Hybrid Power, Hybrid SLI, and Hybrid Performance.
We’ll find out more about the quad core laptop next year.

(Source: NotebookReview)

LaCie is an electronic components manufacturer that always takes into account the design and all of its gadgets feature unique looks and style, that’s why its products are some of my favorites.



I a sure you agree with me when I say that wireless connectivity is the best solution when you need to interconnect various systems for creating an efficient network, but from what I experienced, wireless gadgets available today are not very reliable yet, as the technology is not advanced enough, or, let’s say that you could find what you need but at high costs. Well, if we have to stick on wires, then let me suggest you LaCie’s offer – colored and flat cables. These not only provide high-quality connectivity, but also look good inside your home or office. Coming in blue, yellow and orange, you have three color options to choose from and match your network.

LaCie Flat Cables are for different types of connectivities such as USB A to B, USB A to Mini B, USB A male to A female, FireWire 400 to FireWire 400, FireWire 400 to FireWire 800, FireWire 800 to FireWire 800, and eSATA to eSATA. This means you can use them for connecting your desktop or laptop computer to external storage devices, CD/DVD burners, printers, digital cameras, and even cell phones and media players.



This flat shape allows you to roll them for easy carrying inside your bag, and apply one of the 24 included adhesive labels so you’ll always distinguish between connectivity types.
For a package containing seven different cables each measuring 1.2m in length, with 24 adhesive labels, you’d have to spend only $9.99.

During the Customer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next year, you’ll have the chance to see lots of innovation in different industries, and we start covering this event with Chumby.

Chumby is a cute small laptop computer that gives you access to the Internet and content you need to access every day, such as music, videos, sports scores, weather forecasts, gaming and messaging applications.
The small laptop computer allows access to all these via the Wi-Fi connectivity and 1,000 cool widgets it displays on the small screen. You can even listen to the radio with Pandora.

You may get it at just $200 and set the 1,000 interest areas, while Chumby will update each of them in real-time.
If you like we could call it a electronic digital picture frame or a mini purse computer that comes with picture sharing, social networking access, customizable alarm clock, and six nice colors for the chassis to choose from.



Chumby is developed by the US-based company called Chumby Industries and we’ll find out more about it during CES 2009. Stay tuned!