HP bills its Pavilion dm1z laptop as an ultraportable, but our reviewer thinks it makes a much better netbook. (Read “HP Pavilion dm1z: AMD’s Fusion Processor Offers a Lot of Bang for the Buck” for details.) HP has the AMD E-350 version of the dm1z on sale for $400, but you can enter coupon...

I lean toward the latter. And analysts I’ve talked with are mystified. But the Wall Street Journal offers up one of the best quotes yet. Courtesy of Jayson Noland of Robert W. Baird & Co. It’s “like McDonald’s getting out of the hamburger business.” Or Boeing suddenly...

The good: Improved design, Beats audio, new USB 3.0 ports, an HD Webcam, fingerprint sensor, a variety of configurations ranging from budget to high-end, and second-gen Core i-series processors are all part of the HP Pavilion dv6t’s design makeover. The bad: Underperforming AMD graphics, too many...

Best Buy and Staples are selling well-configured but inexpensive 15-inch laptops from Hewlett-Packard and Acer based on AMD dual-core processors. The specifications on the 15.6-inch HP laptop (model: 2000-219DX) are respectable for a $349 system, including Windows 7 Home Premium, 3GB of memory, a 320GB...

HP’s dv7t Quad Edition laptop runs on the new Intel second-generation Core i7 CPU and comes with goodies like a Blu-ray player, HDMI connection, and a 6GB of RAM. It’s loaded with Windows 7 Home Premium and has a 17.3-inch display. When we reviewed the first dv7t, we deemed it “high-octane...