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The Acer Aspire AS1410-8414 11.6-Inch Sapphire Blue Laptop (6 hour gattery life) has been reduced from $449.99 to $399.99 over at Amazon Marketplace. 'Weighing just over 3 pounds and measures 1.2 inches slim, the Acer Aspire AS1410-8414 makes it easy to roam the globe with a powerful PC. It includes a 6-cell battery that provides up to 6 hours of continuous use and a vividly colorful 11.6-inch LCD screen as well as an HDMI port for connecting it to an external monitor or HDTV for viewing presentations and movies. Presented in a stylish sapphire blue case, the thin and light Aspire 1410 also features a full-size keyboard and Acer's Comfy Touch technology, which uses an innovative Laminar Wall Jet Engine design to air-cool the processor and notebook case.'

PC Magazine have published a review of the Acer Aspire AS5534-1146 laptop. 'Draped in a swank, gun-metal gray chassis, the Acer AS5534 looks very similar to the Acer Aspire Timeline AS3810T. The difference, though, is that the AS5534 uses plastics instead of aluminum metals to pull off this look. Skimping on materials is an understandable practice, especially at this price point. What impresses me most about the AS5534's design is that its dimensions (14.9-by-10-by-1 inches, HWD) are as thin that of as the Timeline series, which, as a group, is no more than an inch thick. In comparison, the Dell Studio 1555 (USE006CS), Gateway NV5807u, and Toshiba Satellite L505D-S6947 are almost a half-an-inch thicker because they incorporate too much into their plastics (i.e. embedded patterns and colors). The AS5534 is the lightest among its 15.6-inch peers, too, weighing in at 5.2 pounds.'

Trusted Reviews have published a review of the Acer Aspire 3935-744G25Mn - 13.3in laptop. 'Laptops Direct offers it for just a smidgen under £600, which still nets you a Centrino 2 spec Intel Core 2 Duo P7450 that runs at 2.13GHz on a speedy 1,066MHz front-side bus, along with 3MB L2 Cache. This is backed up by 4GB of DDR3 RAM, though disappointingly there's no 64-bit OS to make the most of the memory. You also get a 250GB hard disk providing ample storage space. In comparison, the Samsung Q320 we reviewed has just 3GB of DDR2 RAM and a slower 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 that has just 2MB L2 Cache and narrower 800MHz front-side bus. It costs more, too, at around £650 or more depending on where you look.'

A review of the ASUS UL30A lightweight laptop has been posted over at PCWorld.com. 'The UL30A has a reasonably crisp 13.3-inch backlit LED screen. That makes it a little easier on the eyes when trying to use the machine outdoors. You'll still deal with a bit of a glare coming off the glossy 1366-by-768-pixel screen, but it won't completely blind you. Nevertheless, when I dropped the brightness settings down on the display, rich colors seemed a little too washed out. Video fared a bit better, as black shadows were visible against a dark, if slightly ashy, background.'

A review of the Alienware M17x gaming laptop has been posted over at DigitalTrends.com. 'Our evaluation unit was equipped with some of the most powerful mobile components currently available, like Intel's top-of-the-line Core2 Extreme Quad QX9300 processor, which is composed of a quartet of cores running at 2.53GHz with a 12MB cache and 1066MHz front-side bus. It also had a couple of SLI-enabled NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M cards each with 1GB of dedicated video memory, as well as 8GB of all-purpose DDR3 RAM running at 1333MHz. We were surprised that the notebook didn't belch smoke from its vents.'

Trusted Reviews have published a review of the Acer Aspire 7735Z-424G32Mn - 17.3in laptop. 'Opening the laptop up reveals a more traditional and somewhat less attractive combination of black and gunmetal grey. Thankfully all the important bits like the touchpad, palm-rests and keyboard have been kept matte, with the only glossy parts being the two strips either side of the keyboard and the screen's bezel. Another noticeable point is that this Acer has no touch-sensitive controls. Playback keys rely solely on secondary functions along the top of the number pad, with volume assigned to the up/down cursor keys.'

PC Magazine have published a review of the ASUS B80A-B1 laptop. 'The B80A-B1 may not be much to look at, but you don't buy a corporate system like this for its appearance. The laptop has an unremarkable slate-gray case and full-size keyboard. Its keys offers a pleasant typing experience with soft tactile feedback. The B80A-B1 is also "spill proof," which we interpret as spill resistant, meaning it could take a cup of coffee, but I wouldn't take it sailing. The keys are illuminated from below by LED lights for late-night work.'