Tag: Notebooks
Rumor: ASUS Zenbooks To Get Full HD Displays in May Refresh
Russian tech site ITC.ca reports that the ASUS Zenbook UX21 and UX31 ultrabooks will get a refresh as soon as this May. The information comes from an anonymous source who supposedly works for the company, so keep your skepticism at the ready. If the information is true, Zenbooks are about to get way more desirable. [...]
New ASUS Eee PC Netbooks Will Wake Instantly From Sleep
Liliputing points to a nice new feature ASUS will introduce with their new Eee PC 1025C and 1025CS netbooks, which are due out later this month. Yes, I said netbooks. They’re still relevant. Anyway, the “Instant On” feature isn’t about instant booting but promises a 3 second wake from sleep. Coupled with this speed is [...]
Samsung’s 15-inch Series 9 Available For Pre-Order (You Should Hold Off, Though)
At CES Samsung unveiled the second generation Series 9 models to much fanfare and drooling. The original ultra thin and light laptops in this line were made from a metal formerly only used in aircraft construction and very gorgeous to boot. The new Series 9 models — one 13-inch and one 15-inch — are just [...]
HP Folio 13 Review – This Ultrabook Means Business
The $899 HP Folio 13 is not the thinnest or lightest ultrabook on the market, and it stands as proof that what makes a good ultrabook isn’t razor sharp edges or the ability to float away like a feather. Instead it’s about the balance between power and portability, design and function. HP did so many [...]
Windows 8 For ARM Devices Won’t Be Sold Separately
Yesterday the Building Windows 8 blog posted a lengthy update about Windows On ARM (WOA), the version of the operating system for ARM-chip based devices. Microsoft is working with major ARM chip makers like Nvidia and Texas Instruments to design PCs for WOA, but I suspect that the majority of the devices consumers see will [...]
AMD’s Next Generation Chips Aim For Thin Laptops, Low Prices, And Good Performance
AMD’s roadmap for 2012 and 2013 reveals more details of the chip maker’s plans for competing in the ultra mobile space. The upcoming APU line — advanced processing units that combine a CPU and powerful graphics in one chip — will emphasize low-voltage and increased cores. In practical terms this means that manufacturers will be [...]
Kinect For Windows Starts Shipping Today, SDK Ready For Download
At CES Microsoft head Steve Ballmer announced that the company would release a version of the popular Kinect sensor for Windows machines. Just as promised the units . Currently it costs $249 but an educator version with a $100 discount will apparently come out later. What can you do with a Kinect for Windows? Not [...]
Acer: Netbook And Ultrabook Will Merge
Remember when I said that netbooks are still relevant? Apparently Acer thinks so, too. Sort of. After a ceremony celebrating the Lunar New Year chairman JT Wang talked strategy for the new year and said they would compete not on price, but on user experience. The notebook maker rose to the upper echelon in global [...]
Lenovo IdeaPad U400 Review
Lenovo’s U Series IdeaPads are all about the blend of style and substance. We’re fans of the ultraportables and ultrabooks in the line and were eager to see how the mainstream U400 stacked up. On first glance you might mistake this IdeaPad for a MacBook Pro thanks to the all-metal body, minimalist design, and skimpy [...]
Switchable Graphics Coming To Ultrabooks Soon?
One of the drawbacks of the ultrabook category is the lack of robust power under the hood. Since these notebooks are meant to be super slim they feature ultra low voltage processors to keep them from getting too hot. That also results in lower performance than non-ULV chips. Intel’s ULV chips have come a long [...]
