Following the unveiling of their first ever showroom in Asia at Singapore’s Suntec City mall, Packard Bell launches the EasyNote MX36 series of notebooks that come equipped with Skype capability right out of the box. The specifications of this notebook can be customized to suit your computing preferences and the one we had is the Packard Bell EasyNote MX36-026. More about the exact specifications of this particular model will be revealed along the course of the review.

It functioned pretty well as a DVD player in our DVD playback test too. The 15.4-inch glossy screen was decidedly sharp and viewing angle was wide enough to entertain two people seated side by side.

The onboard speakers were a little disappointing though, lacking definition to project voice across – common for notebook speakers actually. It writes to DVDs as well, giving you options to back up gigabytes of data and also to make movies of your own.

Making life easier seems to be what the EasyNote MX36-026 symbolizes, what with its numeric keypad and provisions for VoIP applications. Further to that are quick access buttons to toggle Wi-Fi connectivity and power state of the notebook. The former is pretty standard fare but the latter, labeled as ‘ECO’, lets you put the EasyNote MX36-026 into power conservation mode instantly to get the most battery time possible when you’re on the go.

• Processor                      Core 2 Duo
• Processor speed           1.73GHz
• Amt of RAM                  1024 MB
• Hard drive                    120 GB
• Optical drive                 DVD writer
• Graphics hardware        ATI Radeon Xpress 1100
• Diagonal screen size    15.4 inch
• Operating system         Win Vista Home Premium
• Weight w/battery          2.4 kg
• Wireless LAN                802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n
• Webcam                       Yes

the Packard Bell EasyNote MX36-026 has all the necessary qualities to capture your attention. Not only is it packed with features, it also has processing power and entertainment qualities to boot as well. Most importantly however, it’s very affordable, costing just Php 39,995. So why don’t we try to buy this unit.

This is Packard Bell’s EASYNOTE BU45-P-063, small with good features,  very easy to carry and has nice screen display, BUT will it meet our standards in performance? we will know when we try. Here are the specs of this Laptop;

• Processor    Intel® Coreâ„¢2 Duo T5300 @ 1.73Ghz, Cache 2MB,Bus Speed 533 Mhz
• Motherboard    Mobile G945 Express chipset,Bus Speed 667 MHz
• Memory        2*512 MB RAM
• Hard Disk Drive    120 GB
• Card reader    4 in 1 (SD/MMC/MS/MSpro)
• CD-RW / DVD-RW    DVD-RW Dual Layer
• Graphics    Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 integrated graphic
• Screen        12.1-inch
• Battery        3 Cells Li-Ion
• Communication    Integrated 10/100 LAN Ethernet, WIFI 802.11 a/b/g
• Price        Php 37,995

Hope this laptop brings new heights to our laptop crazed community ^_^