2010 is round the corner and laptop computers that will be the major players for the New Year and beyond are already emerging. They are laptops with touch screen capabilities. Touch screens are not new, they have been around for a while now but mainly in commercial computers like computers in fast food restaurants, Kinko's and other such places. However, today you can tap your laptop screen; zoom on it or whatever you want to do with your finger and the computer will respond. This new concept touch screen capability is all thanks to Window's 7, the latest operating system from Microsoft to hit the market.
Even though you will still need your mouse, windows 7 is setting the stage for the mouse to go the way of dinosaurs, that is extinct, no more around. We have put together information on some new laptops which are among the best for 2010 and a guide for you, to decide on which laptop would replace your 5 year old computer held together with glue and post it notes.
Laptop With Tablet Screen
The Lenovo ThinkPad T400s
The ThinkPad T 4oo series is designed with the user in mind, to enhance productivity and basically change the way we work. It has a simple tap application that lets you double tap anywhere on the notebooks screen to bring up the control panel. You can then control the computer form the screen.
The screen is 14.1" and it is probably the best feature. It has an ant fingerprint coating to protect the screen and also helps to lower power consumption, and offers very bright colors too. This notebook will set you back 00 plus and it comes equipped with a wider Touchpad, DDR3 memory modules.
Archos 9 PC Tablet
The Archos 9 is the jewel product of the Archos Tablet line bringing you a new way to enjoy Internet, your media, and TV, all in a handheld device. It clearly redefines the high-end portable device with its ultra-thin design 9-inch touch screen and still weighs less than 2 pounds, that is less than a medium cup of coffee. It comes with a 1.3 megapixel webcam for your video conferences, 1GB of RAM and 60GB of hard drive. This must have device will set you back a few hundred dollars.
Asus T91MT
This is the newest member and follow-up to the Asus Esss Pc T91 family. It is loaded with windows 7 and has a multi touch screen and the new Asus Touch screen software. It has one of those screens you can turn in any direction you want, excellent for presentations and is probably one of the world's smallest and slimmest touch pc.
It is also very light in weight, 2.1 pounds and also comes with a 3 D interface and touch friendly browser that will let you flick through floating panels on the screen. The touch screen is very easy to use and you can navigate the web effortlessly at the press of a finger. Best of all this excellent PC will only set you back 0.
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