Tag: Notebooks
Students Get a Free Xbox 360 with $699 Notebook Purchase
Beginning May 20, students going back to school can get a steal on an Xbox 360 when they buy a qualifying Windows PC for $699 or more. I say a steal because, you’ll feel like your stealing since the 4GB Xbox 360 is free. That’s right! Get a free Xbox 360 with a band new [...]
ThinkPad X1 Carbon: 14 inch Ultrabook for Business
The new ThinkPad X1 Carbon takes the design of the ThinkPad X1, which we loved, and bumps the screen up to a mainstream 14-inch. The X1 Carbon might possibly be the best business notebook we’ve seen so far as it addresses many of the tradeoffs users must typically make when trading in a typical business [...]
Acer Aspire Timeline Ultra M3 Review – The First True Ultrabook?
Acer’s new Aspire Timeline Ultra M3 is the first ultrabook to hit the US with discrete graphics on board. Acer and NVIDIA tout it as the first “true ultrabook” thanks to the power under the hood. But with a 15.6-inch display, will most consumers really place it in that category? The screen size coupled with [...]
Acer Aspire Timeline Ultra M3 Review: First Impressions
The Acer Aspire Timeline Ultra M3 has the distinction of having the longest laptop name ever and of being the first ultrabook to come to market with discrete graphics. Okay, maybe the name isn’t the longest ever, but the discrete graphics thing is no joke. Intel’s integrated graphics are good enough for mainstream tasks and [...]
Alexandre Herchcovitch Special Edition HP dm1 Unveiled
HP announced the launch of a stylish new special edition HP dm1 notebook created in partnership with Brazilian designer Alexandre Herchcovitch. The Alexandre Herchcovitch Special Edition Notebook PC from HP joins earlier HP special notebooks from other designers like Chinese fashion designer Vivienne Tam and Dutch designer Tord Boontje. The cover of the new Alexandre Herchcovitch themed dm1 [...]
Why Consumers Should Want Ultrabooks With Discrete Graphics
Recently, NVIDIA announced their new mobile GPU for notebooks, the GeForce GT 640M with Kepler architecture. This graphics card will find its way into several laptops this year, but most notably it’s designed to go into ultrabooks. As you saw in my hands-on with the Acer Timeline Ultra M3, it is possible to include discrete [...]
Apple Updates iPhoto to Fix Multi-User Crash
Apple pushed a new update to their iPhoto app, which brings some bug fixes, a fix for crashes on systems with many users and little else. iPhoto lets users organize images, do simple edits and then share the images online or via print. The update will fix a problem with using the program on a [...]
Inside A 32 Hour Notebook Battery With HP Battery Guru Dr. John Wozniak
As you may have read, I spent last weekend with an HP EliteBook, an extended battery, and a challenge to use it for 32 hours without plugging in. That may seem like a pretty lofty goal for a laptop, but as you can see from the pictures below, the machine had some pretty serious battery [...]
HP 32 Hour Battery Challenge – How Long Can This EliteBook Last?
What’s the longest you’ve ever gone without plugging in your laptop? 6 hours? 8? 10? Long battery life is at the top of almost every mobile tech user’s wish list. The more mobile you are, the less you want to worry about A/C adapters and finding an outlet. While most people are happy with “all-day” [...]
$699 Novero Solana Hybrid Netbook/Tablet Coming To U.S. In April
If the design of the Novero Solana netbook/tablet looks familiar, it is. The last time I saw something like this was the Dell Inspiron Duo. Back then the design struck me as a good idea, but in practice the Duo didn’t live up to its promise. That doesn’t mean the same fate awaits the Solana, [...]
