Belinea 2080 S1

Advantages: Light, compact, screen display
Disadvantages: Price, no floppy drive, hard to source

...I'll firstly start of with a cutdown list of the specification (I have not listed full details as they go on for ages!). Intel® Pentium® M Processor 735 Processor, 1.70A GHz, 2 MB L2 Cache, 400 MHz FSB, Windows® XP, 13.3" Display X-black, 1200 x 800 resolution, 512Mb RAM, 60Gb hard Disk, DVD-RW, Graphic Card ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9700, 64 MB VRAM, Wireless LAN, 10/100 network, modem, 2 x USB, Memory stick slot We had been looking for a lightweight laptop for a while, and after good advice decided to go for one of the Sony Vaio S series. After much deliberation I decided on the S1XP - the top model of the series (there are three models - S1XP, S1VP (availble only from Sony) and the S1HP (base model). The main reason for the purchase was to have soemthing lightweight but functional for travel. A lot of laptops seem to come... Read review

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Advantages: Can be stored in any place, portable,above all clarity.
Disadvantages: costly for developing nations

...As our country is short of technology and infrastrucure (INDIA) but have lot of Institutions which donot provide quality education to the students by a projecter . We have some huge projecters which cannot be carried to the classes .This product can be very useful to lift the standards of education in our country largely due to its clarity,suitable to different environments and small in size.As of today classes still continue on the Black board using a chalk piece .there are many students graduating out of the colleges without quality,Epson EMP s1 might be helping if u co-operate .The clarity, settings are quite good which a common man can operate it quite easily.This product can be hub in our country if it is introduced here.All the institutions will quee up for this product.... Read review

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Advantages: Not Expensive
Disadvantages: Re-fresh rate is not very high

...I have bought several Belinea monitors and have been fairly impressed. The screen is very clear for a budget model. The monitor controls are on-screen and they are a little confusing at first, but you soon get used to them. Everything you need is only a couple of presses away. The main problem I had, and it’s inexcusable really – is that the manufacturer doesn’t supply a Windows driver disc to install the monitor. I had to download on from the Internet. I have noticed that these monitors are prone to flicker more than others that I have used. This may not be the general case though, so read other people’s views on this. Overall they are very good value and reliable. They also include a three-year on-site warranty, which shows how reliable the manufactures think the product is.... Read review

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