Laptop Reviews
17 June 2009
The Toshiba Portege A600 122 notebook offers a 12.1-inch screen and is aimed at people looking for a convenient mobile device. The screen itself doesn't produce the best colours, but the thin-film transistor material tackles glare from windows and bright sunlight, which could be a benefit for commuters. In addition, LED backlighting means the machine is more efficient and gives greater operational running times between charges. Designed mainly for office use, users get an integrated Intel chip and with as much as eight hours available before it needs a mains supply, this could find a fan base. Available for around £1,044.
Next up is the Samsung R720 notebook that aims to appeal as a multimedia machine by combining high-definition graphics and 3D SRS sound. Users get a 17.3-inch LCD screen, an Intel Centrino 2 processor and an ATI Mobility Radeon HD4650 graphics card, while four-Watt stereo speakers and a subwoofer are also part of the deal. Gamers could be kept happy by the full-sized keyboard and for general use there are four USB 2.0 ports, one of which can be used for charging other electrical items. The machine comes with Windows Vista Home Premium and is out in July.
Making an impression in terms of style is the HP Pavilion dv6 Artist Edition, which offers a 15.6-inch, HD 16:9 display, along with ATI video graphics and an AMD Turion dual-core processor. In addition, there's as much as 500GB HDD and up to 6GB RAM. Perhaps the most striking feature, however, is the cover design from rising Japanese star Hisako Sakihama, who won the HP and MTV Engine Room Notebook Design Contest. His "sea and sky" is also used for a special sleeve, as well as for the desktop design on the Microsoft Vista operating system. It'll be available in the UK for around £700 in August.
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