Recent Notebook News
Acer Ties New Laptop to Start Trek Into Darkness Release
A new Star Trek: Into Darkness trailer taunts Trek fans with well-chosen collection of action scenes and Acer partnered with the film’s producers to tease a brand new notebook hoping to tap into the excitement for the coming action film. Acer’s ad intersperses scenes from the Star Trek: Into Darkness film with video of their “unique notebook” [...]
HP Joins the Chromebook Party with HP Pavilion 14-c010us Chromebook
HP announced their new HP Pavilion 14-c010us Chromebook, joining other manufacturers with low-cost notebooks running Google’s cloud-centric operating system. They call it the first full-sized Chromebook. In case you’ve not heard, Chrome OS notebooks feel like a netbook, with meager hardware specs and minimal local storage. That is since most of the content resides on [...]
Best Accessories for Using MacBook Pro as Desktop
We can think of a lot of reasons to use a MacBook as a desktop system while at home or in the office. First, one computer makes it easier to keep our work environment consistent. Who wants to sync files and settings between two or more computers? And who wants to pay for a second Mac [...]
CES 2013 Notebook & Ultrabook Hands On Round Up
As usual Notebook manufacturers announced new computers at CES. We went hands on with a number of the more interesting Windows 8 convertible tablet/notebooks. Some of these convert from notebook to tablet while others go from tablet to notebook. A few of the machines emphasize notebook features over tablet use. Others prioritize tablet features. An [...]
Updated Dell Inspiron Laptops Announced at CES 2013
At CES 2013 Dell took the opportunity to unveil a new set of Dell Inspiron Laptops which they made available immediately in the US and Canada. Some will also ship internationally. Dell improved performance on the line and bumped up the battery life while scaling down the thickness of the machines. The new Inspiron machines run on [...]
HP TouchSmart SleekBook Takes Touch Mobile
HP announced the HP TouchSmart Sleekbook and HP Sleekbook at CES 2013, adding a touch screen to the Sleekbook for the first time, and bringing the TouchSmart brand to notebooks. The TouchSmart Sleekbook and Sleekbook notebooks are similar to Ultrabooks, but use AMD processors instead of Intel Core i processors. The notebooks are similar, though [...]
IdeaPad U & IdeaPad Z Series Updated with Touch for Windows 8
The Lenovo IdeaPad U series and IdeaPad Z series gained small updates at CES 2013 where Lenovo unveiled touch-screens models of their popular IdeaPad notebooks. These new touch screen models arrive with Windows 8, Microsoft’s latest version of Windows with a standard desktop mode and a touch-friendly modern user interface with Live Tiles. The IdeaPad [...]
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OKGEAR SATA to USB Adapter is Cheap and Simple [Review]
The OKGEAR SATA to USB adapter makes copying data off an old 2.5-inch internal notebook SATA hard drive to a new drive via USB simple and inexpensive. Who Needs the OKGEAR SATA to USB Adapter Sometimes a user needs to upgrade a notebook hard drive on their computer. Maybe it’s showing signs of dying soon [...]
Cloud Outliner Comes to Mac: Still Clean and Simple to Use
Cloud Outliner, which brings simple outlining to an iPad or iPhone, now it works on the Mac as well. The app organizes a user’s thoughts, helps with typing notes or planning projects and works as a basic To Do or shopping list app. Check out our review of the iPad and iPhone app over at [...]
Samsung Series 7 Chronos Brings Quad-Core Power at CES 2013
Samsung announced the Series 7 Chronos ahead of CES 2103, showing off the latest update to the powerful Chronos line of notebooks, which will officially take the stage at CES 2013. Like the previous Chronos notebooks, the Series 7 Chronos notebook for 2013 packs in the power. Look for a quad-core Intel Core i7 processor [...]
