'Ports and Features Port selection is very good even with no ports or slots added to the front or rear edge of the notebook.'
'Today’s mobile generation wants notebooks that are as unique and stylish as possible.'
'The keypad of this notebook is so soft and comfortable that it gives a great pleasure while type on which also delivers a soothing glowing dark white light when it is in use.'
'The keyboard is comfortable to type on and we like its glowing white backlight when in use.'
'Dell goes full-throttle with its latest XPS notebook, the M1730, which packs an Intel Core 2 Extreme X7900 processor, dual Nvidia graphics processors in an SLI configuration, and Ageia's PhysX controller, which theoretically makes games look more realistic than before.'
'new 17-inch high-performance gaming notebook'
'It's the first laptop ever to use a dedicated Ageia PhysX processing unit alongside two separate high-end graphics cards.'
'I found using Tablet PC applications and writing on the screen tough because of the size, and the feel unnatural.'
'laptops get smaller and PDA-style mobile phones get larger, a loose coalition of companies, including Microsoft and Intel, have been pushing a new category of mobile computing product, called the Ultramobile PC, or UMPC.'
'Simply using the included stand so the device stood facing me and then poking links with a stylus (the Asus R2 is a Tablet PC with touch sensitive screen) to navigate about was quite doable.'
'A gripe is the lack of DVD writer, Lenovo will send you a separate one for $459 but you'll, amazingly, have to remove the combo drive and replace it yourself.'