Tag: Samsung Notebooks
MacBook Air Notebooks Get Faster SSDs, Luck of the Draw
It looks like Apple has quietly upgraded the SSDs used in the popular MacBook Air notebooks with new drives from Samsung that are significantly faster than the previous drives. Anandtech found that on some MacBook Air models, newer notebooks were using a new SSD instead of the Toshiba. The new solid state drives are likely from Samsung [...]
Chrome OS Notebook Invasion Planned for Summer 2011: Should You Wait?
The netbook may be taking a hit thanks to the popularity of the iPad 2, but there is set to be an invasion of 10-12″ notebooks this summer powered by the Google Chrome OS. DigiTimes is reporting that we should see Atom or Tegra powered Chrome OS notebooks from Acer, ASUS, Sony and Samsung in [...]
Weekly Wrap Up: Notebook, Tablet and Smart Phone News for March 18th
Another busy week has wrapped up and we’ve boiled down the essential news, reviews and how tos to the best of the week so that you know what’s going on in the world of notebook, netbooks, tablets and smart phones. Notebook News For the Week of March 18th: This week we saw a collection of [...]
Hard Drive Prices Over Time: Price per GB from 1981 to 2010
Hard drives keep getting bigger and prices keep falling, but when you look at the per unit prices it’s amazing how much prices have fallen since the early days of computing. David Isenberg took the data from a website that has researched and tracked down the price of a 5MB hard drive from 1956 all the way [...]
11.6″ Samsung Series 9 Notebook inbound to U.S.
The Samsung Series 9 notebook that Samsung showed off at CES 2011 was pretty incredible. The 13.3″ Series 9 notebook managed to take our award for Best Premium Thin & Light of CES 2011 thanks to a beefy processor, light weight and sexy design. As it turns out, the Series 9 is even nicer now that you can opt for a [...]
Intel Sandy Bridge Recall Info: HP, Samsung, MSI, Acer, Toshiba, ASUS, Dell & Lenovo
Intel recently announced a flaw in which affects computers equipped with the company’s new Sandy Bridge processors. This issue has delayed the rollout of several new notebooks and is the reason for a large number of recalls from manufacturers like Toshiba, HP, Samsung, MSI, Acer, Toshiba, Dell, ASUS and others. The actual problem isn’t with [...]
Samsung Sets Sights on Apple in 2011
The Samsung 9 Series ultraportable wasn’t the only shot Samsung fired in Apple’s direction this year. According to reports Samsung is planning to ship more laptops than Apple in 2011, planning on an increase of 60% to beat out the cadre of MacBooks. Electronista reports that Samsung came close in 2010 when it was within [...]
Samsung Updates NC210, NF310 and NS310 Netbooks
Samsung caught our attention at CES with notebooks and sliders, but the company also came out swinging the week after with three netbook refreshes including the Samsung NC210, NF310 and NS310 models. The Samsung NC210 was spotted by Netbook Italia with a 10.1″ display, dual core Intel Atom N550 processor, up to 3GB RAM and up to [...]
Samsung RC512 and RV511 Mainstream Laptops Announced at CES
Samsung announced two more laptops today at CES 2011 in addition to the attention grabbing 9 Series super thin laptop and the sliding Series 7 laptop. The Samsung RC512 and the Samsung RV511, both of which will be available soon at prices closer to the reach of everyday consumers. The 15″ Samsung RC512 will make use of [...]
Black Friday: Samsung Fascinate for FREE at Best Buy w/ 2-year Activation, Not Worth Waiting in Line
Best Buy will be selling the Samsung Fascinate for $0 after a $150 credit and various subsidies on Black Friday, but it’s not worth waiting in line for. The Samsung Fascinate is a smartphone that’s being promoted heavily by Verizon, Samsung and numerous retailers. It’s a good enough phone, but this deal is nothing to [...]
