Category — Laptops

Having just returned from a brief vacation, the experience of going through airport security is still fresh in my mind, particularly the annoyance of being forced to remove my laptop from its case, and not being allowed to put it in one of the 3 bins I already had laid out for the rest of my junk.  Luckily there are now a few TSA-friendly laptop bags, including this FlyThru case from Belkin.
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While the idea of owning a laptop case which appears more fragile than my actual laptop seems a bit strange, I can’t help but take a certain liking to this plywood laptop case designed by Brian Kelly.

It is formed from two bent panels of plywood that slide along one another to encase the laptop, and the inside is lined with cork to provide additional heat resistance and protection.

Can’t say I would ever actually carry this around, but I think it would work nicely as a desk laptop bin of sorts depending on what type of desk you have, being as how the finish on the case might not match most wood desks.

Plywood Laptop Case via Make

The tangle of cables and wires beneath my desk looks like a cluster of poisonous snakes. Doesn’t everyone’s? I have been searching for a clean, elegant, totally neat solution for years, but none of the ones I looked at seemed good enough for me to pull out my wallet and dig out a credit card.

That was until I stumbled upon Bluelounge’s SpaceStation, an organizer that can satisfy even me. (I’m a hard sell—an early adopter with lofty expectations.)

Space Station is perfect even for perfectionists. Especially those who use laptops as desktops when they’re home.

It takes up little space. In fact, it’s downright inconspicuous—and easy to clean around. It lays nearly as flat as your desk while still leaving enough space beneath to keep everything cool—in every sense. It has a cool design. (Funny, it doesn’t look like an organizer.)

It has room for USBs (ditch that hub!), iPods, scanners, printers, laptop connectors, cameras, and even paper. For just $79.95 each, it’s just what I’ve been waiting for. I’m glad I was patient.

Dell just unleashed seven new Latitude business botebooks yesterday and definately didn’t hold back on the improvements. Although the accompanying options for each of the notebooks vary, here are some of the new features you can expect from all of them:

• Extended battery life- up to 19 hours!

• Connectivity- Wi-Fi, mobile broadband, WWAN, Ultra-wideband, Bluetooth 2.1, GPS, WiMax

• Security- Fingerprint readers, hardware-based encryption, ControlVault, Smart Card

• Control- Centralized control, via Dell’s ControlPoint software

• Design- Full-frame magnesium alloy construction, and all metal hinges.

For more info head over to Direct2Dell

Like most other music fans out there I own a ipod, but oddly enough I hardly ever use it, mostly on account that I always forget to charge it. I have never wanted to dish out the dough for a ipod dock or speaker system, and thus have always relied on charging it through my computer, which is annoying for two reasons. First, if you completely deplete the battery, the ipod can’t even begin to charge until after being connected to my laptop for quite some time, since the usb port doesn’t have enough power to get past some type of “charge threshold” (as explained by one of the fellas at apple’s genius bar). Secondly, my laptop actually has to be on in order to be able to charge the dam thing, which can be annoying when I don’t want to actually use the laptop.

Well luckily computer manufacturers are finally catching on to this obvious fix-it..well only one at this point, but I’m sure many will follow. Toshiba recently unveiled a new line of laptops with a feature called the “sleep and charge”, which does exactly what the name signals; the ability to charge your favorite usb powered gadgets without the need for the computer to be on. It’s definitely not enough to make me buy one, but I’m hopeful Apple catches on soon.

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