Tag: Windows 8
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 [...]
Toshiba Satellite P845t Review: A Touchscreen is Essential for Windows 8
The Toshiba Satellite P845t-S4310 is a Windows 8 notebook that includes a 14-inch touchscreen to deliver a better experience. The Satellite P845t isn’t an Ultrabook Convertible like many of the touchscreen Windows 8 notebooks we’ve reviewed, that transform from a notebook to a tablet. Rather it is a traditional notebook with a large touchscreen. Pros Touch [...]
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch Arrives with Windows 8
The ThinkPad X1 Carbon is even more attractive now that Lenovo put the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch up for sale with Windows 8. This new version of the ThinkPad X1 Carbon that we loved includes a 14.1-inch touch screen and a 3G radio for on the go productivity anywhere there is a cell signal. The [...]
Samsung Series 5 ULTRA PC Marries Touchscreen and Windows 8
At IFA in Berlin August 29, Samsung introduced the new Samsung Series 5 ULTRA PC with a 13.3-inch touchscreen display and running Windows 8 in an ultrabook design. It only seems natural to now add touchscreen displays to notebooks with the huge popularity of tablets and touchscreen desktop all-in-one systems. The Samsung Series 5 ULTRA PC comes [...]
Samsung Announces Series 7 and Series 5 Slate PCs
Samsung introduced many new products at their media event as part of the IFA trade show in Berlin on August 29, showing off new Samsung Slate PCs including the Samsung Series 5 and Samsung Series 7 slate PCs running Windows 8 and coming with a keyboard dock and stylus for handwriting and inking. As Samsung says, [...]
8 Things I Like About Windows 8
I’ll admit I’m not a fan of Windows 8 on the computer, but it looks like a nice operating system for tablets. However, Windows 8 isn’t all bad. Despite sharing the 8 things I hate about Windows 8, I do like some things about the latest Windows operating system. Here are 8 things I like [...]
8 Things I Hate About Windows 8
I installed Windows 8 Consumer Preview today and tested it out on my MacBook Pro via Parallels. If you own Parallels you can easily do the same by creating a new machine in the Parallels wizard. It includes the Windows 8 Consumer Preview as one of the optional operating systems. After using the consumer preview [...]
$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, [...]
Windows XP Will Reach Its End Of Life In April of 2014, Vista In 2017
Not everyone gets to know the exact date they’re going to die and most people don’t want to know. But millions of computers worldwide are staring a kind of death right in the face. In just over two years Microsoft will stop supporting Windows XP. On April 8, 2014, to be exact. That doesn’t mean [...]
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 [...]
