Photo gallery: MSI X340 Slim

 

The MSI X340 is as thin and flashy as the MacBook Air and the Dell Adamo, but costs less than half as much. See how it stacks up as a business laptop. View on site

Laptop Hunters $1000 - Lauren Gets an HP Pavilion

Her name is “Lauren” and she’s making the Apple (AAPL) guys nuts.

She’s the young, hip, Volkswagen-driving redhead who stars in the latest Microsoft’s (MSFT) TV campaign. Told that if she can find a 17-inch laptop for under $1,000 she can keep it, Lauren ends up — to the Mac aficionados’ dismay — with an HP (HPQ) running Windows Vista.

“I would have to double my budget, which isn’t feasible,” Lauren says as she drives away from an Apple Store, where 17-inch notebooks start at $2,799. Then she sighs and delivers the ad’s coup de grace: “I’m just not cool enough to be a Mac person.”

Ouch. Read More>>

Internet-in-a-box for areas without electricity

A new, solar-powered innovation from Florida-based GNUveau
Networks is bringing computers and the internet to places that have
no connectivity, no phone service and no electricity. Read More>>

First Look: 2Go Classmate PC laptop

TechRepublic has been examining ultraportable PCs throughout this year and the 2GoPC is the latest one. This Classmate PC laptopis an ultraportable with a twist -- it is designed for the children market. Read More>>>

Dell’s netbook arrives this week

Dell will announce its netbook, the Mini Inspiron 910, tomorrow, according to a story in today’s WSJ. The new netbook had been expected any day, but the details came to light after a partner, Box.net, a provider of online storage, sent an e-mail to the newspaper touting its work with Dell. Read More>>>