More and more people are turning to laptops as their computers of choice, mainly because they portable. The only drawback to using a laptop is the touchpad mouse. It isn’t always the most user friendly thing to use. Many people bypass using the touchpad mouse by buying an external mouse. If you are on the go the external mouse can be a hassle to take with you. To solve this hassle, there is the Swiftpoint mouse.

The Swiftpoint mouse is the perfect solution because it is small and better suited for portability. Unlike other external mice, this mouse won’t get in the way when it is not being used and you most likely won’t even notice it is there. The mouse is small enough that it can be used on the laptop’s palm rest or any other flat surface. The Swiftpoint mouse is wireless and has a USB dock that can be secured to the laptop. Having the mouse secured to the laptop when on the go means that you don’t have to carry it separately. The USB dock also acts as a charger for the Swiftpoint mouse. When fully charged the mouse’s battery will last up to three weeks. There is also the choice of a quick 30 second charge that will charge the mouse for about one hour.

Anyone who owns a laptop knows that when you use them for a long time they can get pretty warm, if not hot. This is a major concern because the heat can cause damage to internal components of the laptop. This is why so many people who own laptops own a cooling pad of some sort to keep air flowing and to take it off the surface, of whatever it is sitting on, to keep it cooler. The only downside to many of these cooling pads is that they can cause awkward hand positioning and difficulties seeing the screen.

Now there is a revolutionary laptop cooling pad that allows for some customizations in how it is used. This new laptop cooling pad is the Neckey Laptop Cooling Station. The great thing about this cooling pad is that because of its patented design you can play around a little bit with the angle that it is set up at. This allows you to find the perfect angle that makes it easy to view the screen. Another great feature is the attached keyboard for good hand positioning. The Neckey Laptop Cooling Station fits laptops from 10.0 to 14.1 inches and comes with two USB ports on the side of the attached keyboard.

Laptops have become a part of many people’s lives and even more present with college students. For those college students, they don’t want big, heavy laptops to lug around campus and to their classes. That is what makes the Sony VAIO P Series Lifestyle PC the perfect match for them.

At only 1.3 pounds, this laptop is easy to carry around campus and to classes. It features an 8 inch screen that is LED backlit with 1600×768 resolution. With 2GB DDR2 memory and 533MHz speed, this laptop will do what you need it to. It comes preloaded with Windows 7 Home Premium edition. A cool feature of this laptop is that it will automatically change from landscape to portrait with a rotation of 90 degrees. This feature makes reading some material easier. The Sony VAIO P Series Lifestyle PC features a touch button that launches VAIO Care software that will bring up troubleshooting and do it yourself tech support. There is also a Web button that is great for fast access to the Internet. The battery will last around three and a half hours. The Sony VAIO P Series Lifestyle PC is available in five colors; classic black, neon green, electric orange, hot pink and icy white. This laptop can be found on the Sony website and cost $899.99.

Our society is that of one that is always on the go. Many companies have realized this and have made devices and gadgets to match our on the go lifestyle by making them mobile and tough. Computers are a great example of how companies have made the laptop to be mobile and keep up with a society that is always on the go.

Panasonic isn’t usually known for their laptops but they have a great line of tough and rugged laptops for those who like to play tough. The Panasonic Toughbook 31 is one of the laptops they have in their toughbook collection. This laptop is certified for protection from six foot drops, shocks and vibration. The Toughbook 31 also has protection against rain, dust, sand and temperature fluctuation. The Panasonic Toughbook 31 offers a 13.1 inch 1024 x 728 touchscreen display. It also has LED backlight to be energy smart. Some of this laptops other features include an 11 hour battery life, 2GB DDR II RAM, WiFi with WiMAX capability. The Toughbook 31 also offers a webcam, night vision goggles, backlit keyboard, GPS receiver, fingerprint scanner and a locking system for the hard drive. If you are looking for a laptop that can handle being tossed around and dropped on occasion then the Panasonic Toughbook 31 is the laptop for you.

When you think of Samsung often the first thing that comes to mind is mobile phones. Now Samsung is trying to change the way people think about them as a company by making a laptop computer most consumers will be unable to resist. Their latest addition to their laptop market is the Samsung P580.

The Samsung P580 laptop is the perfect business laptop. This is a 15.6 inch, classy professional laptop. It features a classic black, non-gloss LED backlit HD LCD screen that is easy on the eyes to look at under any light condition. All this is done while being power suave. The Samsung P580′s 17 key keyboard features a full sized numeric keyboard to have a desktop feel. This laptop is durable and lightweight with a rubberized comfort grip surface. Inside you will find the latest Intel Core i3 and i5 Calpella CPU and GeForce GT 330M graphics processors. The P580 will allow you to multitask without any worries about freezing or lag. It comes pre-loaded with Windows 7 Professional and Nanocell sound technology allowing for a quiet working environment. The Samsung P580 will allow your employees to work on the go and with the perfect professional laptop.

Smartphones are where mobile phones are heading in the future. They can do just about everything you might need to and talk to people. Well what if your laptop performed just like your smartphone did? Would you be more likely to buy it if you where already happy with the technology? That is the question that Compaq set off to answer when they unveiled the Compaq Airlife 100.

This laptop was designed by Compaq to have all of the latest laptop technologies along with the incorporation of smartphone capabilities, these new types of computers are known as smartbooks. There are many things that make this smartbook different from other computers or smartphones available on the market. Some of the features of this smartbook are a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 512 MB RAM, 512 MB Flash memory, 16 GB Flash storage, 3G internet antenna with 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi, and an Android Operating System. The Compaq Airlife 100 also has smartphone features like Bluetooth, calendar, weather app and contacts. The smartbook has a 10.1 inch backlit TFT touch screen. It also offers a microUSB port and SD slot that will support up to 32 GB. All of these features are powered by a rechargeable Li-Polymer battery.

Laptops are becoming more and more powerful and specialized with each new one that is put onto the market. Many people are buying laptops that are good for one thing such as watching movies or creating movies, doing school work and gaming. Gaming laptops are becoming more popular with all the new and exciting computer games that are being designed. Just about every computer maker has a computer that has made its name by being an excellent gaming computer. Dell has its Alienware line and now Maingear has the EX-L 15.

Maingear EX-L has been based on the new 2010 Intel Core i5 or i7 processors and has been coupled with DirectX11 horsepower. This means that the EX-L has super fast processors, great DDR3 memory, super fast speed GPU and some of the best mobile hard drives available. The Maingear EX-L 15 is available with full HD 1080p and a standard 1600×900 resolution display. This display is backlit with LED to make it more energy efficient while keeping the gaming quality. Maingear has made this laptop with a solid state drive to lessen noise, heat and any other moving parts. The Maingear EX-L 15 can be found here and will set you back around $1600.

This notebook features a sleek black design with a splash of red and the power of this machine is one reason it’s not the smallest of notebooks. It weighs around 4.8 pounds and the dimensions are 1.5×12.7×9.5 inches so it is still very portable. It packs a 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 processor, 3GB of RAM, a 320 GB hard drive, a DVD re-writer and an integrated Intel GMX4500 graphics card.

The screen is 13.3 inches and offers a clear picture and sharp contrast although it doesn’t have a particularly wide viewing angle. There is also a built in 1.3 Megapixel webcam and plenty of connectivity options with support for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and ports for HDMI, VGA, Ethernet, Microphone, Headphones a 7-in-1 media card reader and of course 3 USBs. This is a fairly powerful notebook with a decent battery life and a slick visual design. It costs around $1,299.

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Good news for you travelers! Hewlett-Packard has presented the first laptop computer which has passed the 24-hour battery life barrier. The model tested by HP operated continuously for 24 hours on a single battery charge.

The HP EliteBook 6930p has achieved an impressive performance by incorporating high-end technology. The test laptop uses SSD (solid state drive) memory, a mercury-free LED display and an ultra-capacity battery. The components mentioned here can increase it overall battery life up to several hours. The LED display alone gives up to for hours of juice, while the SDD boost the battery life with a 7 percent rate.

To create this high-tech notebook, HP uses the new Intel X25-M and X18-M Mainstream SATA SSDs. The solid state drives offer faster system responsiveness, as well as a low energy consumption while operating.

There is a laptop version that has a starting price of $1,199.00, but it doesn’t include the high-performance features listed above.

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Like always, Sony managed to come up with another great piece of VAIO. This time it’s the 16.4-inch VAIO FW that really got our attention both with the design and the big/wide display. But wait, there are things that should be said about it, like the fact that it has a built-in Blu-ray drive, the design or maybe the brand new Centrino 2 platform?

The base product will start at $999 and includes a 2.26GHz Intel Core2 Duo P8400 mobile processor, 3GB PC2-6400 DDR2 SDRAM, Multiformat DVD±RW/CD-RW, 16.4″ WXGA LCD widescreen display with XBRITE-ECO technology and 1600 x 900 resolution, 250GB Serial ATA hard drive (5400 rpm), ATI Mobility RADEON HD 3470 graphics card with 256MB (up to 1530MB total available video memory), built in Bluetooth, i.LINK (IEEE 1394) port and 3 USB 2.0 ports and Memory Stick PRO slot.

The laptop weighs 6.4 lbs, is just 1.5-inch thin for portable power, has a lithium-ion battery and runs on Windows Vista Home Premium Edition SP1.

To be honest I’d definitely buy one if it wasn’t that heavy. If you want to make up your mind the guys at NotebookReview got their hands on one for a test drive.