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There are already reviews available on some of the new released ThinkPads. Now we are able to offer a laptop meta analysis on the ThinkPad T420, T520, W520 and X220. What we can say in general is that the new Intel Sandy Bridge Processors brought not only more performance but as well more battery life. This is possible as the CPU’s work more efficient and this helps the battery to last longer.

• The Lenovo ThinkPad X220 offers unlimited mobility combined with great performance and build quality.
• The ThinkPad T520 and T420 are mobile workstations available with and without the dedicated graphics card NVIDIA Quadro NVS 4200M.
• The Lenovo ThinkPad W520 offers almost unlimited power options with Sandy Bridge Extreme Edition CPU’s and NVIDIA Quadro 2000M/1000M video cards.

2 Displays, side by side

Why this rocks

We don’t have to explain why having 2 displays is better than one, do we? Just thinking of all the posibilities; On one screen you surf facebook, while on the other you can have useful stuff, like reddit. No seriously, two screens come in really handy when you want to write a report while you copy all facts from Wikipedia. Or when you want to write an email & don’t stop watching youtube videos.
Almost every tech company (Google, Twitter, Facebook, Microsoft) gives their employees two monitors, because you just can get so much more work done. Now you can have two displays in one Laptop.
This is great!

Why you won’t buy one

Yeah, as it turns out, this is not so great after all.
Having two displays makes your laptop really heavy. Also the quality of the picture is not as good, because you need a powerful video card (and this takes more space & money).
Next 2 displays will suck your battery empty with twice the speed.

And for those who still want one, here are the prices

	Gscreen	3000 USD (not available)
	Lenovo ThinkPad W700	2700 USD (not available)
	ONKYO Personal Mobile	800 USD (only available in JAPAN)

Dual Screen

Why this rocks

Why do we need a Keyboard, Touchpad? Seriously why? Every one knows you can use an iPhone and iPad to write a very long and detailed email to your boss on a Saturday at 3am although you are extremely intoxicated.
Not only can you “drunk-mail”, also for all the space saved, they just can make the monitor bigger. “Amazing! Magical, Awesome!” to quote Steve Jobs. An iPad you can fold is the coolest thing since, the iPad!

Why you won’t buy one

First reason; Apple doesn’t make one.
Second reason; Not having a keyboard kind of hurts your fingers, especially when you type a lot. This is only a problem when you are not drunk enough to actually feel your fingers.
Then there is the whole battery, video power issue like with the two displays before.

But the main reason is: You can’t get one.

	Toshiba Libretto	1100 USD (out of production)
	Acer Iconia	2000 USD (not available, sold out)

Two screens in one = 3D Displays

Why this rocks

Have you ever been to a 3D movie?
Yes?
Not convinced yet?
You can have the same experience as in a 3D movie with your films, video games, even pictures on your laptop.
Also the biggest industry on the web (adult entertainment) is producing content for 3D monitors. We don’t think there is anything more to add…

Why you shouldn’t buy one (but still might)

We rightfully assume that no one cared about 3D displays up to the moment the porn industry decided to go 3D. They were the deciding factor in the VHS vs. Betamax wars (for those who don’t know what this means, read a history book, it was some when after the battle of Gettysburg )
The problem is not that you have to wear silly glasses, no, rather that 3D will harm your eyes. Also many experience headaches and even nausea from extended periods of watching 3D content.
Additionally, 3D is the same like having 2 displays in one, so it requires a very powerful (expensive) video card.
But at the end; Yes there is 3D porn, yes it is the future.

	ASUS Republic of Gamers	1900 USD
	Toshiba Satellite A665-3DV5 3D	1050 USD

When you are deciding on a new Anti-Virus software and malware protection you have plenty of choices.

The following data is calculated by using test results of AV-Comparatives.

In their tests, AV-Comparatives exposed the 20 most popular Anti-Virus programs to thousands of different types of viruses, worms, spyware and other malware.  They examined how good the programs detected known viruses, unknown (new) viruses and the speed of the programs.

Program	Virus removal	Speed	Price
Kaspersky AV			$40
Microsoft Security Essentials			FREE
AVIRA AntiVir Premium			$40
Panda Antivirus Pro			$50
G DATA AntiVirus			$25
TrustPort AV			$29
Symatec Norton Anti-Virus			$40
ESET NOD32 Antivirus			$60
F-Secure Anti-Virus			$79
BitDefender AV			$30
MicroWorld eScan Anti-Virus			$33
K7 TotalSecurity			$50
McAfee AntiVirus +			$40
avast! Free Antivirus			FREE
AVG Anti Virus			$35
Sophos Anti-Virus			$57
PC Tools SpywareDoctor + AV			$48
Norman AV+AS			$46
Trend Micro AV + AS			$40
Kingsoft AntiVirus			$30

Virus removal

describes how many known and how many unknown viruses the program identified and deleted in the AV-Comparatives test.

Known Viruses:

• The best program (G Data) identified 99.6% of the known viruses. The top 20% received 5 stars.
• The worst program (Kingsoft) only identified 81.6% of the known viruses. The bottom 20% received 1 star.

Unknown viruses:

• The best program (Panda & Trustport) found 63% of the unknown viruses. The top 20% got 5 stars.
• The worst program (Kingsoft) found only 11% of the unknown viruses. The bottom 20% got 1 star.

Speed

is calculated by comparing:

• how fast the virus scan is
• how much the Anti-Virus software slowed down the laptop (see Performance Test)
• how many times the program identified a virus wrongfully, meaning there was no virus, but the program used resources to alarm the user and delete a “clean” file.

Top 3

The top 3 Anti-Virus programs in a more detailed analysis.

Program	Virus recognition	False alarms	System resources used	Scan speed

Virus recognition:

• All 3 programs are among the best when it comes to finding viruses.

False alarms

• AVIRA and Kaspersky both are likely to recognize a virus, although the file is clean. Microsoft does an almost perfect job in this respect.

System resources used

• All 3 Anti-Virus programs are easy on the system resources and will not slow your notebook down.

Scan speed

• AVIRA offers the best and fastest scan speed, Kaspersky is average, but Microsoft is very slow when doing a full scan of your computer.

Conclusion:

Kaspersky as a great overall virus and malware protection software it is worth it’s price.

Avira AntiVir offers a free version as well. It has not been tested explicitly, but one can assume that it offers the same performance as the Premium version. For those who don’t want to wait during a full system scan, Avira is the best choice. On the down site, there may be more problems with files who are clean, but Avira may think that they contain a virus.

Microsoft Security Essentials is a great choice for all who don’t want to deal with viruses. It hardly ever gives false alarms, meaning less work for you when you installed it on a friend or relatives laptop. On the down side it does take very long when doing a full system scan, but if you are just browsing the web during the scan you will be fine.

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