In a sign of good things to come, Seagate is getting into the flash memory-based Solid state Drives (SSDs) market: Bill Watkins, Seagate’s chief executive, disclosed in an interview that the company will enter the market next year for devices that store data on flash … Read more
There is a new review of the Toshiba Portege R500, from LAPTOP Magazine. The Portege R500 is a 12″ widescreen Intel Core 2 Duo-based (Ultra Low Voltage) laptop, with an internal optical drive and am amazing weight of 2.5. It’s even more amazing if you … Read more
Akihabara News is reporting that the Toshiba Dynabook SS RX1, an ultraportable laptop destined for Japan (at least for now, althought I’m sure it will be available elsewhere through third party importers/exporters), has been delayed. They are reporting that it should have been available yesterday, … Read more
Well, Toshiba has done what they said they would do – drop the weight of the Toshiba Portege R500 down to under two pounds (they are claiming 1.72 pounds / 0.78 kg) with the addition of a Solid State Drive (SSD) to their lineup. This … Read more
A few days ago, TrustedReviews published their review of the Sony VAIO VGN-TZ12VN. Being that it’s Sony, and they have different model numbers for different parts of the world, the equivalent in North America/US is the Sony VAIO VGN-TZ191N (albeit with different options), which recently … Read more