Reviews
Once again it’s time for the Top 10 Ultraportable/Small Notebooks of the month, for April 2006. This list is based on reader interest (which is in turn based on page views, links, etc.). Not the most scientific, but surprisingly it’s been fairly consistent. The only major changes occur when a new notebook is released, but unless it’s an outstanding notebook, the list goes back to what it was before.
The Gadgeteer has a review of Toshiba’s ultraportable “convertible” Portege M200 Tablet PC. As James Kendrick points out, it’s a good review as the person reviewing it has never used a Tablet PC before. Whenever I say convertible, I’m talking about a notebook that has both a physical keyboard, as well as the ability to change into a Tablet PC, complete with Microsoft’s Tablet PC version of Windows XP.
The ASUS W5F is mentioned in a chipset shootout/review on MobilityGuru, where they compare the New Inte Core Duo 945GM chipset versus the older Centrino 915GM chipset. The W5F is an ultraportable Intel Core Duo based notebook, and it was mentioned/chosen because it’s very similiar to the ASUS W5A, based on the 915GM Chipset. Very, very, close as a matter of fact.
The Tech Report is reporting that Intel’s Core Duo CPU maybe their best CPU ever. They took a Core Duo along with a new desktop/mini motherboard that supports it, and tested it against several desktop and mobile systems (including different CPU platforms from Intel, AMD, etc.).
Now that Intel’s GMA 950 integrated graphics chipset/GPU is starting to pop up in Core Duo laptops, MobilityGuru has published a review/comparison that mentions the performance of the Intel’s 945 platform in comparison to other chipsets or previous versions of the graphics processor. It’s mainly focused on the HP DV1000T (as that’s what it’s a review of), but interesting nonetheless.