Lenovo leads in Consumer Rankings

After, Lenovo the Chinese laptop maker bought the business from IBM, what used to be IBM Thinkpads are now Lenovo Thinkpads. Lenovo laptops rank #1when it comes to laptops with least number of repairs reported by about 135,000 owners in Consumer Reports surveys. Lenovo also ranks second in tech support only next to Apple, ahead of Dell and HP.
Dell facing laptop bettery shortage
Dell Inc said the personal-computer industry was experiencing a shortage of laptop batteries caused partly by the March 3 fire at LG Chem’s Ochang plant. LG Chem is the second biggest South Korean battery maker. The fire contributed to a worldwide battery shortage. Dell is the world’s second-largest PC maker after Hewlett-Packard Co.
New MacBookPro models released
Apple Introduces New MacBook and MacBook Pro Models. The new MacBook Pro features the latest Intel Core 2 Duo technology with up to a 2.6 GHz processor with 6MB of shared L2 cache; up to 4GB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM memory and up to a 300GB hard drive, plus NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics with up to 512MB of video memory. Every MacBook and MacBook Pro includes a built-in iSight video camera which can be used for video-conferencing.
Price for new MacBookPro starts from $1 999(US)

