This ultraportable is pricey and conservatively styled, but it delivers the performance, features, warranty, life span, and support that business users need.

The first mass market consumer laptop was released by Toshiba in 1985. The Toshiba T1100 model, however, was not the first ever laptop. That, according to industry sources, was the 22.2kg Xerox NoteTaker which was developed in 1976.

Although intended to enable people to work on the go, many were bulky, heavy in weight and costly. -NST

Oh My Tech: Laptop shopping for the holidays By Vince Horiuchi The Salt Lake Tribune Published Dec 16, 2011 12:33PM MDT We are replacing a desktop computer and want to buy a laptop. It will primarily be used by our son for email, Internet, music and watching DVDs. In one year he will take it to college, so I want it to be not too big and heavy. I have read many reviews about i3, i5 and i7 …

Maybe not quite the Trojan War but this consumer’s battle with Dell seemed to have lasted as long

A story about the theft of a laptop was the most popular on the OPB news website last week.

Mayor Paul Soglin held a press conference Friday to announce that the developer’s failure to provide “two critical items” needed to close a financing deal with the city means that the $98 million Edgewater hotel redevelopment project is dead.

MANILA, Philippines — If you ask me what laptop I will take with me in the event World War Three breaks out, no doubt I will lug with me a Sony Vaio E VPCEK25EG/B. With the Christmas clock ticking, the question pops to mind: “What should I buy for myself or a loved one?” Having the number of tech stuff scattered around, the TechLab is more than willing to shorten the list by suggesting aSony …

Two years later, one long-time Dell customer still can’t seem to get a working laptop

The quality of materials used in new laptops becomes worse. The last two or three years manufacturers are trying to save. This does not mean that the new laptop will break faster. One or two years before the first laptop repair need the the service. But later, the life cycle is still shorter than it was in previous laptop generations. Rapid wear itself, the body, laptop hinges and lcd screen mount. For budget users, it will certainly be an unpleasant surprise. But those who change phones and laptops each year, is hardly something to be noticed.

A very common complaint customers – the noise and the overheating of the laptop, and it turns off. In the summer of complaints on this seems to be continuous. People are unaware that to be in good operation mode laptop must be cleaned once or twice a year. Sometimes, opening the “patient” and immediately know where and with whom the client lives – cats, dogs, cockroaches, or even some animals. But where the laptop is used, too clear. The worst thing is – is a computer, constantly living in the kitchen. Inside, in such instances may be fouling meatier than the pan