The exterior shell of this Fujitsu laptop is really made out of wood. The cedar wood design notebook is part of Japan Design Innovation 2008 exhibiting at the Salone Internazionale Del Mobile in Milan, Italy.

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I said before that the Macbook Air is a piece of plastic that is functionally dysfunctional here and here. Well, it’s true. Now that Lenovo has come out with an equally competitively thin notebook called the X300, MacBook Air can join the dumpsville where all gadgets live when they get replaced by man’s better inventions. The X300 weights lighter than a MacBook Air, for god’s sakes, and with better functionality too. The only reason anyone would wanna get a MacBook Air now is a lame ass mac-hippy.

The X300 has an Intel Core 2 Duo 1.2 GHz processor, 1 GB of RAM, 64 GB solid state drive, and comes with Windows XP Professional. I like Vista but as all window’s OS comes, it will take time before they fix all the bugs and once that’s fix it’s usually sweet.

Check out the Lenovo X300 at the Lenovo Shop.

Starting price for the X300? An affordable USD2500 and up.

The Sony Vaio is pretty noteworthy. It is better than the MacBook Air in many, many ways not just because it’s a PC but because it actually contains functionality that makes sense. But that aside, this new Sony Vaio allows you to customize a design that suits your trend and express your lifestyle using the Graphic Splash Expression Collection . I’m always a go for stuff that expresses one’s individuality - i’d like to have a florally print on my laptop simply because i am a girl, please.

Check the link out up there, it is pretty cool. Prices for these new Sony Lappies are $1279 and up.

Remember that project about providing cheap computers so that every child in the world can afford one? Well, the OLPC program has not been successful so far with it’s cost rising up to $200 dollars per PC now. It’s quite disappointing since this is a program that is suppose to aid kids to be more technologically savvy and prepared for the world and definitely an embarrassment as well.

Frankly, I think what they need is someone to help them keep costs down. Right now, we can safely, unfortunately, predict that prices for these cheap computers can only go up. :/

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The Toshiba Qosmio G45 is the FIRST laptop with a HDTV DVD burner in the world. After it’s early pre-order promotion in July 07 in Amazon, many have raved about it - of course, it’s always a novelty to own something that is first in the world. Besides being able to burn HDTV DVDs, the laptop has a 17″ screen, 2Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 CPU, two 160GB HDD, Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n), Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, Gigabit Ethernet, Nvidia GeForce 8600M video card with 512MB and 2GB RAM (4 GB max), 1GB Intel Turbo Memory.

Cost?
A Whooping $3199.99, but they can tell you that it’s ALL worth it, of course. :)

*go to Amazon and order yours today?

The LifeBook T2010 is one of the lightest wide screen laptop weighing just 3.52 pounds. The screen swivels too :) Overall, I thought the notebook doesn’t exactly have the wow-factor. The swiveling screen and light weight weight aside, it’s nothing new.

It has 9 hours of battery life, a spill resistant keyboard and slots for practically anything you need - flash cards, USBs, PC card etc.

The price for the LifeBook t2010 is $1599 and you can get yourself one today.

Read the press release here…

This laptop has been rumoured to be in the makes a while back - it got everyone talking and excited because of the blu-ray DVD player and other specs, which are not too bad at all. Of course, it is the blu-ray player that is the hype of it all but nonetheless, Fujitsu Lifebook N6460 is a pretty good deal.

It’s got a 17″ screen, 2GHz Core 2 Duo T7300 processor, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 graphics chipset, and a hard drive space to 500GB to go with the Blu-Ray insides. Whoopie. My lappie is a 17″ screen as well and it’s been serving me really well - widescreen wise. I think if you’re looking to buy widescreen never buy screensize lower than 15″. It’s really not comfortable when it’s too small.

Anyway, the Fujitsu Lifebook N6460 is now shipping to all points in US and the world, hopefully, in the next few months. :)

The noteLife Book is priced at $1800 for the basic model (aka without 500Gg space) and $.

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You know how it feels rather hot when you put your laptop on your lap. It could be that your battery has ran amok or you’ve laid your laptop on your lap for too long. It probably hurts too after a while. Sooooo, Futura Laptop stand from LapWorks is the answer for you. I haven’t seen much of these stands sold in the market but this stand seems to be pretty sturdy. I don’t know about comfort though because the laptop stand does not exactly conform to your lap so, while it may help take the weight of your laptop off your lap, it is also adding weight to your lap when you hook your laptop on it.

Anyway, it’s the heat that concerns us, no?

Price is very reasonable for the Futura Lap Protector at only $30.

Check it out at Gizmag.

I should write this in Fashion.3Yen because it is part of accessories but, it’s not just accessories. This PC security ring is more than meets the eye. It won’t transform into an autobots though but the wearer of the ring will be notified if there is a breach on their PC. This security ring consists of a base station that is tied to your PC, so as soon as you wonder off a certain proximity, your PC’s base station will be notified and all your files and programs will be securely locked, until you get back. So if there is anyone snooping around your work station, they can’t really do much.

Office espionage much anyone?

This is a pretty cool tool to have around. You don’t have to wear it, I know it’s bulky, just put it in your trouser pockets or your handbag geez :P

The ring is not out yet, what you see in the picture is just a prototype.

You can read more about it at SlashGear.

This multipurpose watch by Thanko is set to make even the most gadget-y geeks hop in glee. You can play MP3 (and WMA) files, record sounds, and transmit FM radio waves. Technically, you can play songs and voice records in your car radio via the FM transmitter.

Thanko’s FMP3 Watch comes in 3 capacity - 512MB, 1Gg and 2Gg. All transfers are done through the USB channel.

Oh, before i forget…this FMP3 watch is ALSO water resistant. International Espionage much, anyone? :)

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