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 Review is from guilar;

Finally, I now have the time to buckle down and start my user’s review for Gizmo, my first ever laptop. I must agree that a laptop is a big investment, and one has to be sure about whether they are getting their money’s worth. Needless to say I poured a lot of time doing research about the subject and scouting on what available brands/units/specs are out there in the Philippine market.

In the end, I took home a 13.3″ Core Duo notebook in shiny silver Al-Mg alloy casing, with enhanced video power from its ATI X1300 Mobility Radeon chip. It’s from BLUE, a Filipino brand from Axis Global, Inc., though further research on the notebook PC revealed it’s original manufacturer to be Arima Corp. of Taiwan (who produced laptops for one of the bigger Amaerican brands). Its model name is Radon [W310], and I have christened it MyToy Gizmo (well, if you’ve read this article, it originally was named as ‘MyToy’ - this will give you the reason why I renamed it to Gizmo).

A quick rundown of Gizmo’s specs:

* 13.3″ WXGA Display 1280 x 800
* Intel Core Duo T2400 1.83 GHz processor
* 1 GB DDR2 RAM
* ATI X1300 Video Card with HyperMemory (256 MB max.)
* 60 GB SATA Hitachi Harddisk
* Built-n Intel Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0
* SD / MC / MMC Card reader
* PCI-E Mini slot
* DVD +/- RW

It runs WindowsXP SP2, but is fully Vista-capable. I won’t be upgrading to the new Windows OS yet unitl I get confident that it will run all games I’d like to load up in it.

Oh, and I’d like to calrify that this review is from a user’s perspective. I’m a typical engineering worker in need of a mobile computing device which the office has not given out yet. So I decided to get one. I’m a newbie techie now engrossed in the world of computers since one of my passions is all about computers and graphics and performance - no, not software programming - gaming! hehehe… I’m a PC gamer since my Mom sent me an IBM PS2 when I was in highschool. I’ve had one more PC to use before I bought a desktop in 2005. It has always been my dream to have a laptop and, thank God for the graces, now that I have one, I’d like to share my experience with it to those who would want to have it for themselves as well. <As a disclaimer, I don’t work for the company who sells this PC nor do I intend to sell this kind of laptop.