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Gateway ID59 laptop review

The Gateway ID59 has a glowing touchpad.  I thought I should mention this, because Gateway apparently thinks it’s very important.  So important that the laptop arrived with a huge sticky label hanging from the screen, informing me of this feature.  You can imagine my excitement. Still, let’s not get ahead of ourselves.  First things first, build quality and initial impressions. Honestly?  It looks good.  I’ll definitely credit Gateway with a great job on the overall design. Simple and sleek with clean lines, and an unobtrusive logo set off to one…

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Acer launches new TimelineX thin and light notebooks in Canada

It’s been a while since we’ve seen a update to Acer’s Timeline series of thin and light notebooks.  In fact, when they launched in North America, they weren’t officially known as Timeline machines at all, but the rather more pedestrian model numbers, such as the AS1410, which we took a look at last September.  At the time, the AS1410 represented a great value for someone looking for something more powerful than a netbook, without the bulk that a more traditional notebook.  Due to the ultra low voltage CPUs in the…

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