After comparing prices at the Apple and Dell online stores on 4/24/06 a 17″ MBP can be purchased for $400 less than and similarly configured Dell XPS M1710 even with the inclusion of XP professional for the MacBook Pro.
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Video of MITs US$100 Laptop
Engadget has a link to a video of MIT’s US100 laptop in action: We can’t say this is the pinnacle hands-on review of the One Laptop Per Child prototype, but it does offer a nice view of the ambitious $100 lappy, and the interview with Dr. Mary Lou Jepson, who is the CTO of the […]
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Wal Mart and the $400 Laptop
Looks like Wal Mart’s one-upping itself from it’s sub-$600 laptops last year; looks like in 2005 you’re going to be able to get a $400 laptop from the ‘Mart, and a not too terrible one, at that (AMD 2800+ Sempron, 256MB RAM, 40GB drive, 15-inch screen, CD-RW/DVD). We’re sure they’re making like $3 on this […]
Dell has a new mobile workstation that not only features a port replicator, but also lets you use a new stand, raising the laptop display to an ideal height for desktop use.
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Toshiba Announces 17-Inch Laptop
Hot on the heels of the Apple PowerBook 17-inch is the new Toshiba Satellite P25, the first Windows-based notebook computer to offer a 17-inch wide screen display – making them the second computer manufacturer to achieve this feat.