Great Sound and Style at a Reasonable Price - HP Pavilion dm4 Beats Edition

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The HP Pavilion dm4 Beats Edition does a lot for a little. The moderately priced laptop boasts sturdy, striking design, powerful speakers, a generous allotment of external ports, good battery life, and an Intel Core i5 processor. It's not perfect in every way, but it's a solid laptop for the busy audiophile on a budget, with an eye for the urbane.

The Beats brand is endorsed by rapper and hip-hop producer Dr. Dre. So it should come as no surprise that style and high-quality sound components come standard.

The aesthetic appeal of the slim profile and matte-black, brushed-aluminum case of our 14-inch review model can't be denied. The dm4, which starts at $900 and peaks out at around $2000 fully loaded, looks and feels great. Typing on the backlit red-on-black keys is a breeze. An inch thick, this 4.5-pound all-purpose laptop slips neatly into any work-sized bag without weighing you down.

Despite its compact frame, the dm4 packs a punch and goes toe-to-toe with the specs of many laptops in its class. It has a generous allotment of three USB ports (one 2.0 and two 3.0), as well as two display ports (VGA and HDMI), an SD/MMC memory card input, and an ethernet port. Beneath its pretty shell, our entry-level test unit boasts 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, WLAN, Bluetooth, an Intel Core i5-2430M processor, 6GB of RAM, a 500GB hard drive, and Intel integrated graphics.

Of the most recent all-purpose laptops reviewed by PCWorld, the Pavilion dm4's battery outlasted all but one — the Asus U46SV, which held a charge for 6 hours, 41 minutes in our lab, more than an hour longer than the dm4's 5 hours, 23 minutes.

The dm4 Beats Edition bested the HP Envy 15, Lenovo IdeaPad U400, and VAIO S Series with a moderate WorldBench 6 score of 120. The Asus U46SV earned a slightly higher WorldBench 6 score of 123.

While the Beats series of headphones are often derided by audio enthusiasts as being of middling quality while posing as high-end (I'm not disputing it), one of this laptop's clearest strengths is the built-in speakers. Aided by the Beats Audio control interface — which is different from the much simpler Windows sound panel — the dm4 Beats Edition really kicks. It can get loud without sounding overdriven, and the Beats Audio control panel is a big improvement over the Windows sound controls (with a nine-band graphic equalizer and special built-in microphone filters). What would a laptop endorsed by a rap legend be without bass? The lower frequencies really hold up coming from the on-board stereo speakers with subwoofer.

It's just a shame that HP decided to position the speakers on the underside of the front of the device. That placement only serves to ensure that you will muffle your tunes when listening with the dm4 on your lap, especially in bed, and especially since the HP Cool Sense feature on our review model lets you enjoy using the laptop on your lap without cooking your thighs. I used the HP Pavilion dm4 Beats Edition to take notes at a recent presentation in a crowded theatre. I typed away with the device on my lap for nearly 40 minutes and my legs never got too hot, nor did the bottom of the computer feel all that warm to the touch when I finished.

This configuration of the dm4 Beats Edition, however, is certainly not for gaming. It shows average performance at low resolutions (48 frames per second when playing Dirt 2 and 40 on Far Cry 2 at 800 by 600 resolution), and much poorer frame rates as the resolution increases (22 fps on Dirt 2, and 15.1 fps on Far Cry 2 at 1024 by 768). Although its LED display (backlighting is optional) is HD-capable and decent for watching DVDs (no Blu-ray option is available) and for streaming videos, the colors are bit flat.

Budget-conscious gamers should look into the Asus U46SV, which scored much higher in this area, or at least spring for the $100 Radeon HD 7470 discrete graphics option. If you can spend a bit more, look into the Asus G53SX — by far the strongest performer of all our recently reviewed all-purpose laptops.

The trackpad can be a bit jumpy, and I often found myself pressing it a bit harder than I thought I should have to in order to engage the cursor, but the ability to double-tap the upper right-hand corner of the trackpad to disable it is nice, especially since the cursor sometimes jumps around due to poor palm detection. Also nice are the unit's multitouch gestures — pinch to zoom, twist to rotate, and up-down/side-to-side scrolling. The fingerprint reader is a cool feature as well, though I'm not sure if I'd ever use it.

The HP dm4 Beats Edition didn't score the highest ratings in our lab tests, and it in some ways it certainly leaves you wanting. But for under $1000 this laptop will do most anything you need it to do (gaming aside) with respectable efficiency — all while keeping your beats bumping.

2012 Laptop – Lenovo ThinkPad T420 Laptop Review

As you may already know from my ultrabook editorial, I’m not entirely sold on them. There are disadvantages to being thin.

And as if to remind me of it, a Lenovo ThinkPad T420 suddenly appeared at my doorstep. Okay, that’s exaggerating a bit – I did know it was coming – but the timing of receiving an old-school laptop couldn’t have been better.

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Why Is My Laptop So Hot and How to Keep the Laptop Cool ?

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Ask: My laptop is hotter than the surface of the sun. No, seriously. It’s a tad old, but I’m not ready to get rid of it yet. Unfortunately I can’t use it without feeling like it’s going solar on me. Is this something I should be worried about, and how can I fix it?

Answer: Ah, the classic, too-hot-for-your-lap laptop. It’s something almost every laptop owner has experienced at one time or another. When you cram that many computer parts into such a small space, without a lot of room for airflow, things are going to get hot. Couple that with a heat-conducting case—like the aluminum one on modern MacBooks—and you’ve got a computer you could probably cook an egg on. (Well, maybe not.) It doesn’t necessarily mean your computer is having problems, but either way, there are a few things you can do about it.

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Android’s Ice Cream Sandwich update for Smartphone

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A new version of Google’s Android software has been released, but when will your Android phone get it, and why does it take so long? We explain the process.

In October last year, Google unveiled its latest Android software, dubbed 4.0 and better known by it’s codename “Ice Cream Sandwich”. In case you didn’t know, Google likes to call each major revision of Android after a delicious desert. Previous versions have been called Honeycomb, Gingerbread, Froyo (short for Frozen Yogurt), Eclair, Cupcake and Donut.

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Popular Valetine’s day gifts: Laptop Battery Buying Guide

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Valentine’s Day is right around the corner. What are you going to get for that special man or woman in your life? Sure, you can opt for standard Valentine’s Day fare like flowers and chocolates, or you can really wow your lover with a gift that they can cherish for the rest of his or her life. the most popular gift is buying a electronics gadgets, just like buy a high quality laptop battery. At bestlaptopbattery.co.uk , you have a lot of choose , here is the Laptop Battery Buying Guide.

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Great laptops : HP Pavilion DM4-2101 review

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It's natural to want to categorise things, and laptops are no different. The category de jour is the slim and stylish Ultrabook, but there are plenty of others. Budget laptops, gaming laptops, ultraportables - but if you want something that sits in-between, the HP Pavilion DM4-2101 is a good bet. It's not crazy-powerful but it looks great, has excellent battery life and offers enough grunt to perform all your everyday tasks. Apart from the washing.

This isn't the first time we've seen this DM4 chassis. Back in 2010, we reviewed the DM4-1050ea, and it quickly become one of our favourites of the year. If anything, the design has improved. The "funky" lines across the chassis have been ditched, leaving the DM4-2101 with a commendably tasteful dark brown brushed metal finish. The only flashy element is the light-up HP logo in the top right of the laptop's lid, and this remains a classy touch.

Key Features

• Intel Core i3-2330M CPU
• 4GB DDR3 RAM
• 500GB 5,4000rpm HDD
• Integrated Intel HD 3000 graphics
• Brushed aluminium finish

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The Best Benefit From a Laptop to help all Levels of Students

Desktop computers are great, and they can be very beneficial for students. However, they aren’t quite as useful as a laptop computer. These portable computers are lightweight and compact, making them easy to carry around for students of all ages. In many cases, laptops are nearly as powerful as desktops, so the student should not be missing much computing power when bringing it to class. Not only that, but when it comes to price, laptops and desktops are nearly identical; sometimes laptops are even cheaper. All of these benefits and more make laptops uniquely suited for students. Laptops have the power to help students achieve more while in class.




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