Awesome Laptops

A clear sign of Dell’s quasi-upscale intentions, their Studio XPS 13 and 16 laptops are now available; both are dressed with edge-to-edge screens, an obsidian black finish and leather accents.

The prodigal anti-netbook, Sony’s Vaio P gets a narrow form factor for easy pocketability; it’s equipped with an 8″ 1600×768 LED screen, built-in 3G, 802.11n and weighs 1.4 lbs.

Running on Athlon’s new 1.6GHz Neo MV-40 CPU, the HP dv2 is a 12.1″ ultraportable notebook with a 92% keyboard, optional draft-n Wi-Fi and HDMI-out; it’ll weigh about 3.8 lbs.

Apple’s 17″ MacBook Pro is finally here in unibody form; other specs: non-removable battery good for 8 hours, 9400M/9600M GT video, optional SSD and add-on antiglare screen.

An update to its entertainment-oriented Y-series, Lenovo’s Y650, Y550 and Y450 are 16″-14″ notebooks with a 16:9 glossy screen, multi-touch trackpad, and tapered design cues.

Too large to be a netbook with a 12.1″ screen yet running an Intel Atom CPU, Asus’ S121 appears to be an upsized Eee S101 with a larger keyboard and chintzy textures aplenty.

Silent Revolutions’ Hybrid Bag is the bag to rule them all with a triplet of uses: its plethora of pockets and compartments allow it to serve as a messenger, carry-on or weekender bag.

MSI’s U115 Hybrid Netbook takes a page out of Apple’s MBP playbook: it has the ability to run both SSD and HDD drives as well as selectively turn off the HDD to save power.

The NC20 is Samsung’s followup to its NC10 netbook, with a larger 12.1″ display, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 1GB RAM and 160GB HDD; instead of an Atom CPU, it uses a VIA Nano U225.

Feelin’ the need to personalize your MacBook or MBP? Iamhuman’s tasteful, upscale-styled 3M adhesive covers resemble wood and fabrics; they’ll remove with no residue.

Road warriors, max out your productivity: Lenovo’s 17″ ThinkPad W700ds is a dual screen laptop with a 10.2″ LED; this 11 lb. monster also includes a WACOM digitizer.

Dell is clearly intent on upping the style ante with these leaked pics of a leather-wrapped Studio XPS 13; we dig the generous close-up shots, which reveal a focus on fit and finish.

Loaded with more pockets than we can count, owners of Incase’s Nylon Backpack rave about how well thought out it is; it’s also generously padded at the shoulders and back.

Fujitsu’s Stylistic ST6012 is a feature-packed tablet; it includes a low-voltage Intel CPU, indoor/outdoor 12.1″ TFT screen, up to 4GB RAM, camera, draft-N wireless and 64GB SSD.

If you can stomach the two-year, $60/month AT&T DataConnect contract, Radio Shack is offering Acer’s Inspire One netbook for the rock bottom price of $99; the price is good until 12/24.

Kenneth Cole hits the three S’s (simple, sleek and sophisticated) with its Better Bag; it’s also quite functional beneath all the style, with 8 storage areas and room for a 14″-15″ laptop.