All Entries in the "Electronics" Category
Steel Series XAI Review
Gaming Mouse 10/10 By Jon Bannister The SteelSeries XAI is a mouse for FPS gamers and anything in between. It is smooth and simple in design and performance. The backside features an LCD display that you can customize your mouse to use different profiles on the fly. Built in drivers allow you to plug the […]
Laptop Safety Tips
By Jon Bannister How to take care of your laptop Your laptop is an expensive piece of equipment, you need to take care of it. If your child owns one, show them this article so they can practice good technique in protecting expensive hardware. There is more than you think to just protecting the outer […]
Samsung Series 5 Chromebook Review
Samsung Series 5 Student Chromebook 7/10 By Jon Bannister While the the Chromebook is new and we weren’t sure whether to include it or not, it definetely does do some things well. We believe it could make a great portable candidate for a student who needs a basic machine for internet research and word processing. […]
Samsung Series 5 NP530U3B-A01US Review
Samsung Series 5 Student Laptop 7.5/10 By Jon Bannister Samsung isn’t noted for their computers but that doesn’t mean they aren’t existent. The Samsung 5 Series is a super sleek and thin looking PC laptop. It sports a Intel core i5-2467M processor, 4GB DDR3 RAM, 500GB Hard Drive, 13.3” Screen, Intel HD 3000 Graphics, Windows […]
Dell Inspiron i14RN-1227BK Review
Dell Inspiron Student Laptop 8/10 By Jon Bannister The Dell Inspiron line has been around for a while and seems to get better each year. This model is one of the top laptops on Amazon and for a reason. 14” LED Backlit display with a native 720P resolution. 2.3 GHZ core i3-2350M processor, 500GB Sata […]
Toshiba Satellite R845-S85 Review
Toshiba Satellite Student Laptop 8.5/10 By Jon Bannister For those of you who need a little more power in your laptop we have another “higher end” laptop but at an amazing price. The Toshiba Satellite models of 2012 are killer! This one features an i5-2430M Processor, 6GB of RAM (upgradable to 8), 640GB Hard Drive […]
Acer Aspire AS5755-6699 Review
Acer Aspire Student Laptop 8.5/10 By Jon Bannister Acer makes quality products and their laptops arent lacking either. The AS5755 is another kind of basic laptop that fits the mold of some of the ones listed above in this list. It has an i3 processor, 4GB DDR3 RAM, 500GB 5400RPM Hard Drive, 15”6 inch screen […]
Lenovo G570 4334DBU Review
Lenovo G570 Student Laptop 8.5/10 By Jon Bannister Another Lenovo on our list, because like we said, Lenovo makes a really quality product. This laptop is great if you want your kids to buy it as it has a low price tag (under $400) and only sacrifices a few things while still managing to be […]
Gateway ID47H06u Review
Gateway Student Laptop 9/10 By Jon Bannister Gateway has been around a while and though they aren’t known for their laptops, this laptop is a good one for a student. 2nd gen Intel i3 Processor, 4GB DDR 3 RAM, 500GB 5400RPM hard drive, 14″ screen with intel HD graphics. The main difference between this and […]
ASUS U31SD-AH31 Review
Asus Student Laptop 9.5/10 By Jon Bannister ASUS is known for quality computer parts, and they are breaking into the laptop market as well with the super portable U31SD-AH31. A 2nd gen i3-2330M processor, 4GB DIMM RAM, 500GB Hard drive, all on a 13.3″ screen sporting Windows 7 home premium 64-bit. That’s not all, this […]
HP Pavilion g6-1b70us Review
HP Pavillion Student Laptop 9.5/10 By Jon Bannister HP makes great laptops for students and offers competitive prices. The g6 has all the latest features at the best price! A core i3-370M 2nd generation processor, 4GB DDR3 RAM, 500GB Sata Hard Drive, and Intel HD graphics. The screen is a perfect 15.6″ inches, big enough […]
Lenovo G570 43347PU Review
Lenovo 15.6″ Laptop 9.5/10 By Jon Bannister Lenovo is the now defunct line of what was IBM. Back when IBM made business class computers, Lenovo bought them out. You now essentially are looking at an IBM laptop. Which you know means quality. The G570 might not look like much, but it’s more than enough. With […]
Cleaning a Touchscreen with a Microfiber Cloth
By Steve Holdgren The touchscreen on your smartphone or tablet lets you operate the gadget with ease, but it also picks up unattractive fingerprints and smudges that can be difficult to wipe off with a basic cloth. Microfiber cloths are designed to lift off these oily marks and leave the screen clear and polished. Many […]
The Benefits of a Touchscreen Stylus
By JB Burden Why do you need a stylus if your smartphone or tablet screen responds to your finger? Well, there are several benefits to using a stylus, the most notable one being that it cuts down on the fingerprint smudges. You’ll definitely appreciate making your high tech gadget look more attractive. Other advantages: A […]
Roxio Video Lab HD
Video Editing Software 7/10 By Brian Jones Roxio Video Lab HD has a great mix of available and missing features, making it a very unique product in a sea of consumer video editors. This is one of the cheapest video editing programs that supports 3D video. Which is pretty impressive. Because it is on the […]
Pinnacle Studio HD 15
Video Editing Software 8/10 By Brian Jones Pinnacle Studio HD 15 is a solid video editor with all the basics and a little more. Pinnacle is very good about working with your computer’s hardware and not bogging it down with a lot of resource hogging operations. This means it tends to crash less. Help and […]
