It’s easy to find a notebook that’s good at vgp-bps8. But what if you want to edit photos and video? Or multitask without your laptop wheezing? Enter the vgp-bps8a, an excellent multimedia machine under $900 for people who want to do more. We love its comfortable keyboard, high-resolution webcam, strong performance, rich sound, and long battery life. Gamers might want to look elsewhere, but everyone else should be well satisfied.
Design
While the Studio 15 eschews many current design trends—matte or metallic surfaces, island keyboards—it’s nonetheless attractive and comfortable. Both vgp-bpl8 and keyboard deck have a glossy surface, but neither picks up fingerprints. That’s partly because although they’re glossy, they still have a flatter finish than other reflective lids. Also, a subtle circular pattern, echoed on both the lid and palm rest, helps mask smudges. vgp-bps9,vgp-bps9/s,vgp-bps9/b,vgp-bps9a/b
While the palm rest is gray and the keyboard, black, the lid comes in a variety of colors, including pink, green, purple, red, and blue (as is wont, you’ll pay $40 extra for colors other than black; when you purchase it in pink, Dell battery donates $5 to the breast cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure).
One of the other things that makes the Studio 15 a pleasure to use is that rather than cluttering up the chassis with touch-sensitive controls, it built the multimedia controls into the row of function keys, just as Apple does with its Macs. Our only gripe: the hinge, vgp-bps13, vgp-bps13a/b contains the speakers, is wide, and pushes the display farther back than we’d like.
The 9-cell battery on our configuration creates a bulge on the bottom of the laptop, making the notebook (a reasonable six pounds) slightly awkward to carry and a relatively heavy 6 pounds. Those who care more about looks and portability than endurance should stick with the 6-cell battery.
Keyboard and Touchpad
The Studio 15’s keyboard is one of our favorite things about the Toshiba Notebook Battery. Sure, its closely spaced, terraced keys aren’t as stylish as a chiclet keyboard, but with a soft finish they’re very comfortable to type on. In fact, we smashed our long-time record of 88 words per minute on the Ten Thumbs Typing test, pounding out 94 words per minute with a one percent error rate. And while we usually have to pause to find the Shift key or the question mark, touch typing felt seamless with Sony battery.
The touchpad, whose surface has very little friction, PA3399U-1BAS Battery also doesn’t draw much attention to itself (that’s a good thing). PA3399U-2BAS Battery touchpad is a little small for pinching and zooming, one of the enabled gestures, but scrolling along either the right or bottom edge of the trackpad felt pretty natural. We like that if you go to Control Panel > Mouse > Dell Touchpad, you can use Dell’s own intuitive interface to enable or disable gestures, and customize how responsive the trackpad is.PA3534U-1BRS Battery PA3435U-1BRS Battery .
Ambient Heat
Even after extended use, the Studio 15 ran at pretty normal temperatures. PA3451U-1BRS Battery For instance, PA3450U-1BRS Battery after playing a Hulu video at full screen for 15 minutes, we observed temperatures of 91 PA3479U-1BRS Battery PA3478U-1BRS Batterydegrees on the touchpad, 90 degrees at the center of the keyboard, and 97 degrees on the underside (that temperature rose to 102 degrees when we moved to the front center of the bottom surface). When you think that the average laptop in this weight class measures 90, 93, and 98 degrees in the same spots, you realize the Studio 15’s temperatures are reasonable, if not slightly cooler than other notebooks.
2010年6月1日星期二
Dell Studio 15 (1558)
2010年4月21日星期三
Report Toshiba Satellite L505-ES5018
Consumers on a budget have to be careful where they spend their cash when buying a new notebook. The fujitsu fpcbp148 isn’t going to dazzle you by any means, but for those whose needs are basic, this $587 mainstream system ($529 through Best Buy) gets the job done with a modicum of style. However, a last-generation processor and poor battery life means that your money can be better spent elsewhere, even if you want to stick with Toshiba.
Editors’ Note:Portions of this review were taken from our earlier review of the pa3399u-1brs battery.
Design
For a sub-$600 system, the PA3534U-1BRS Battery is attractive but not exactly striking. Its lid and keyboard deck sport Toshiba’s Fusion Finish with a grey Breeze pattern—essentially, lines running diagonally across the system. Both the lid and deck are glossy, but the neutral color hides fingerprints. The design is carried across the touchpad, making it all but invisible when viewed from certain angles. While this is a clever touch, the fact that it is also flush with the deck had us looking for it a little harder than we should have. The keyboard and bezel are a matte black that contrasts nicely with the rest of the chassis.pa3399u-2bas battery
At 15.1 x 10.2 x 1.6 inches and an even 6 pounds, the SatellitePA3451U-1BRS battery isn’t exactly travel-friendly, but it’s a reasonable size and weight for a 15.6-inch system. Still, the HP G62t is a svelter 5.4 pounds.
Unlike the PA3450U-1BRS battery there are no media playback buttons above the keyboard; a power button is all you get. Toshiba continues to use an old-school volume wheel, which in this case is on the front edge of the chassis.
Keyboard and Touchpad
The gritty matte silver keyboard PA3465U-1BRS battery on the L505 matches the deck, and provided very good feedback, although we did notice it had a bit of flex. Thanks to the wide 15.6-inch screen, Toshiba was also able to cram a full number pad to the right without sacrificing the size of the keyboard.
The touchpad is generously sized, and its slightly rough surface resulted in almost no friction when moving our finger across it. As lifebook t4010 battery mentioned previously, however, its nearly seamless blending with the surrounding deck sometimes made it difficult to locate. The silver mouse buttons below were huge and crisp.
Display and Audio
The 15.6-inch screen on fpcbp89 was suitably bright, and its resolution of 1366 x 768 is more than adequate for its size. However, the viewing angles could have been better; we had to tilt the display back further than we normally do in order for it not to appear washed out. When set at the ideal angle, though, watching movies on the 16:9 aspect ratio display was enjoyable. When watching clips from Saturday Night Live, colors were bright and crisp, and blacks were deep.
The stereo speakers on the top of the deck were moderately loud and had decent separation while watching movies. As we expected in this price range, bass was virtually nonexistent on Notorious B.I.G’s “Big Poppa.” fpcbp136
Ports and Webcam
Arrayed along the right side of the lifebook s6510 battery are two USB ports, modem, and a Kensington lock slot; on the left is VGA out, Ethernet, headphone and mic, and an eSATA port that doubles as USB; unfortunately, this port doesn’t include Toshiba’s Sleep-and-Charge technology. Also lacking is an HDMI port, which is far from a deal-breaker, but can be found on such competitors as the HP G62t.
A 1.3-megapixel webcam and microphone above the display provided passable images fujitsu fpcbp148 in a video chat over Skype; while a little drab, a caller could make out the color of our eyes. However, there was a bit of motion blur when we waved our hand about two feet away from the webcam.
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2010年4月20日星期二
Review Viliv S10 Blade
After seeing demos of the Viliv S10 Blade, both at the inspiron 1525 battery Developer’s Forum and at 2010 International CES, we were impressed with the notebook’s slim form factor, bright high-res screen, and promise of long battery life. The system had so much potential, in fact, that we honored it with a XPS M1730 Battery. Unfortunately, the combination of a slow 1.6-GHz Atom Z530 CPU, a glacial PATA SSD, and inadequate cooling on our review unit make it difficult to recommend.
Design
Though we’re not fans of the S10’s glossy fingerprint-prone lid, we do appreciate the gray matte deck, keyboard, and bezel surrounding the 10.1 inch display. Rounded corners and tapered edges also contribute to the Blade’s slim look. A Latitude D830 Battery is discreetly stowed in the chassis on the left near the front of the unit, and an antenna for better 3G reception extends out of the lower right corner of the display.
The screen’s swivel hinge feels sturdy enough to withstand repeated flipping between tablet and netbook modes of pa3399u-2brs . When the lid is closed—either with the screen face up or down—we noticed that the display noticeably wiggled back and forth, making us less confident about the design’s longevity.
The 10.2 x 7.3 x 1-inch S10 Blade lives up to Viliv’s promise of a slim, sleek netbook. The system felt good in our hands, and while at 2.8 pounds it weighs as much as most other netbooks, our arms didn’t tire too quickly while holding pa3534u-1brs.
Heat
While using the S10 in tablet mode, we noticed that the bottom of the device became extremely hot. After playing a Hulu video of pa3435u-1brs at full screen for 15 minutes, we measured temperatures at the center of the underside at 106 degrees Fahrenheit, and a dangerous 138 degrees on the left side near the back. The touchpad only reached 87 degrees, and the space between the G and H keys measured an acceptable 95 degrees. However, for a device that’s meant to be held, the heat emanating from the bottom is problematic. Viliv intends to mitigate this problem in the final production run, but without a fan we suspect users will still find the heat uncomfortable.
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