Laptops

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On the business category the best rated computer laptops are the Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds and the HP EliteBook 6930p. While the first one is who brings something unique to the business-laptop market: a 10.6-inch secondary display that pops out from behind the 17-inch main display. The Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds also earns high marks for packing desktop power and performance into a (relatively) portable package. In addition to the dual screens, business users get an optional digitizer with pen, a full-size keyboard with a number pad and a built-in color calibrator. The Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds weighs 11 pounds and is too thick for many laptop bags, so you better skip the travel parts at some time. But all of these don't come cheap. A complete laptop like this can reach prices up to 5000$, price that it worth's when you are a good business man.

The second option is o more light-weight version and is more adequate to those who travel much. The battery life is decent, lasting for almost four hours in one test, but overall the HP EliteBook 6930p gets very good reviews for build quality and office performance.



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For those who can't afford this kind of laptop, they can buy a cheaper version like Asus G51Vx-RX05.  While he is no match for  the Alienware M17x, this affordable laptop boasts a 15.6-inch HD screen, a 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and Nvidia GeForce GTX graphics. ComputerShopper.com points out that while the Asus G51Vx-RX05 can easily handle games in DirectX 9, it posts only "mediocre" scores in tests with DirectX 10. On the plus side, the Asus laptop weighs considerably less -- only 7.3 pounds -- than the Alienware M17x, but it has an equally short battery life. The Asus G51Vx-RX05 is sold exclusively at Best Buy.


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DUBAI — Educational experts in the UAE discussed ways to improve English language training (ELT) using laptops, at a forum hosted by the British University in Dubai (BUiD), in partnership with Sharjah Higher Colleges of Technology (SHC).

The ‘Laptops in ELT’ Forum explored best practices in using laptop computers in English language classrooms, while creating awareness of software and tools available to enhance language learning. “The forum provided an opportunity for those involved or interested in laptop education to get together, review existing software and discuss various perspectives. The subsequent discussion allowed participants to voice their concerns, and the debate was informative and refreshing,” said Dr Amanda Howard, lecturer and English Language Teaching Coordinator at the British University in Dubai. Universities using the technology have reported improvements in language retention and better success rates among students learning English.

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Every so often, a futuristic idea emerges in computing and either takes the world by storm or vanishes amid general derision. The latest idea is a laptop controlled by the eyes instead of a mouse.

Tobii, a Swedish company which already makes eye-controlled personal computers for paralysed people and research laboratories, unveiled a prototype at the recent CeBIT trade fair in Hanover, Germany, for a mass-market device.

Eye control could become as ubiquitous as the touch screen, or be rejected by the bulk of computer users as too geeky — as was the fate of videophones, which many people find too invasive for everyday use.

Tobii’s device, a sleek black Lenovo laptop, has a keyboard and users must also use their hands to operate it.