Purchasing office notebooks is no easy task. Buying trends have shifted as more companies select notebooks for desk-bound duty, as well as travel. And theres a difference between corporate notebooks and business notebooks. Corporate notebooks come with management software that makes administration easier (discussed in Better Corporate PCs). Business notebooks, the focus of this story, […]
Taking an already-terrific mobile processor and making it better, Intel has created a real winner with the revamped Pentium M. Code-named Dothan, the new chip features clock speeds hitting 2.0 GHz, an L2 cache doubled to 2MB, and 90-nm architecture that makes it all possible in the same footprint as the previous core (which was […]
One of our biggest complaints about tablet PCs has been their use of the same LCDs that are found in notebooks. The problem is that these displays usually have one really bad viewing angle—the angle from keyboard to screen. Granted, youd never experience this angle from a typical notebook, but on a slate design, the […]
The largest virus outbreak in history hit millions of computers around the world this past August. Even before Microsoft Corp. and millions of victims could find a way to cope with the Blaster worm and a spate of imitators and mutations, Sobig began to live up to its name—with a vengeance. Headline-making malware—viruses, worms, and […]
For years, those in the know looking for a free e-mail package have opted for Eudora over the ubiquitous Outlook Express. Eudora 6 is likely to give loyal users a reason to carry on—and perhaps give at least a few others a reason to try. Eudora comes in Light, Sponsored (ad-supported), and Paid modes. We […]
Adware, key loggers, and other spyware can send personal information about you out to the wired world, as well as make your machine run sluggishly. Spyware-removal tools are as important as firewall and antivirus packages these days. We covered nine removal tools in our April 22, 2003 issue, but we never thought our last-place entry […]
If youve been shopping for a desktop replacement notebook lately, chances are that the processors in the machines youve compared were never intended for a portable PC. Even with the myriad mobile chips available from AMD and Intel, desktop CPU–equipped notebooks are common. Thats because PC makers want to take advantage of the higher GHz […]
Recognizing that manufacturers continue to cram desktop chips into laptops, Intel has been developing technology to improve the experience of people who buy desktop replacement notebooks. Today, the chip maker is bringing out the Mobile Intel Pentium 4 processor, a modified version of the standard P4. As with its desktop counterparts, the Mobile P4 runs […]
Weve all seen the utilities designed to monitor whats running on your PC—startup managers, firewalls, antivirus packages, and the like. They work to varying degrees, protecting users from malware, but are far from foolproof. You have to be able to trust the safety of what you put on your PC, though. At the Windows Hardware […]
Intels much-awaited mobile CPU is here—and we are very, very impressed. Along with the supporting chipset, the new processor delivers on Intels promise of faster performance and a battery-life boost measurable in hours. The Pentium M—the first mobile Intel CPU designed from the ground up (instead of being engineered from an existing desktop CPU)—should reap […]
