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2.5" Hard Drive Charts
Tom's Interactive 2.5" Hard Drive Charts compare notebook hard drives. Here you will find 2.5" UltraATA and Serial ATA hard drives manufactured by Fujitsu, Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate, Toshiba and Western Digital. The charts include all popular capacities starting at 40 GB as well as listing hard drives running at 4,200, 5,400 or 7,200 RPM. 15 benchmarks help to determine application perforrmance and low-level performance, giving you all the throughput, access time, interface and I/O performance results. The 2.5" HDD Charts also include the Cost per Gigabyte calculation and our Price/Performance Index, which helps you to find the best bang for the buck. In addition, we measured power consumption of most the notebook hard drives, so you can see which models are energy efficient and which ones aren't.
Mobile CPU Charts 2007
Tom's Interactive Mobile CPU Charts focus on popular mobile processors, which are used in laptops and notebooks because of their increased energy efficiency. We tested nine AMD and Intel processors tested across 15 different benchmarks using Windows XP. Core 2 Duo is the dominating processor in the notebook/laptop space and AMD's Turion 64 X2 has become a budget option. However, all of these dual core processors deliver sufficient performance for mainstream applications. The Price/Performance Index relates US$ costs to the overall performance.

News

$100 Notebook Is At Least Three Years Away, Says Gartner
Tuesday 29 July 2008 – 06:00
The US$100 laptop will not be a realistic target for the next three years, according to Gartner.
Notebook Platform Transition To Be Faster This Year
Friday 18 July 2008 – 10:50
Intel's delay of its Centrino 2 (Montevina) platform has given notebook vendors extra time to clear inventory, and since most vendors were cautious over supply in the second quarter, the transition to the new platform will be much faster than in previous years.
Asustek shows notebook with "second display" design
Thursday 28 September 2006 – 03:49
At the ongoing Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco, Asustek Computer is showcasing a notebook that comes with a small screen on the cover.
Notebook Shipments Outstrip Desktops
Wednesday 29 October 2008 – 10:10 in Business
IDC reported today that in the third quarter of 2008, shipments of notebook computers into the U.S. market exceeded desktop shipments for the first time ever.
First-tier Notebook Makers Expect Sequential Shipments Boost Of 15-20% In Q3
Tuesday 8 July 2008 – 04:30
First-tier notebook makers including Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics and Wistron all expect notebook shipments in the third quarter to see a sequential increase of 15-20%, according to the companies.

Articles & reviews

CES 2007: VoodooPC introduces new Envy gaming notebook*
Tuesday 9 January 2007 – 12:25
Las Vegas (NV) - VoodooPC introduced its newest product, the Voodoo Envy HW:201 notebook PC, today at CES 2007.
Half a Terabyte On Your Notebook*
Wednesday 9 July 2008 – 06:40
The capacity gap between 2.5" notebook drives and 3.5" hard disk drives is closing. We look at the latest 500GB drives from Hitachi and Samsung, which unfortunately fail to impress.
Next-Gen 7,200 RPM Notebook Hard Drives*
Thursday 28 August 2008 – 05:20
Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate and Western Digital send their latest high-performance notebook drives into battle, fighting for the ultimate balance between performance and efficiency.
How To: Adding Internal Wireless LAN to a Notebook*
Thursday 27 January 2005 – 04:37
Today's notebooks all come with the ability to host an internal wireless LAN card. But cost-sensitive buyers may choose to forego that option and later regret it. But as long as you're willing to do some homework, our How To shows that it's not that hard to add a WLAN card yourself.
CES 2007: MSI to release second notebook with crystal inlays*
Saturday 6 January 2007 – 11:03
Pre CES 2007 coverage - If you are looking for a stylish notebook that can separate you from the masses of the Dells and HP's, but aren't quite ready to shell out $350,000 for Ego's Diamond computers, then there's another option at MSI: The S300 joins the recently introduced the M677 and features a sparkling crystal ring, consisting of 120 Swarowski crystals, that is integrated into the otherwise rather plain casing.