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Netbooks Going Extinct? Atom Sales Drop
With a whole slew of tablets, ultrabooks and cheap mainstream laptops on the market right now, it’s not surprising that few are inclined to purchase a netbook. It becomes explicitly clear inIntel’s latest quarterly report. Small and cheap, but that’s about it. The netbook’s best days are definitely behind it, when the market is flooded [...]
Intel’s Cedar Trail Is Out
Looking back at the year 2011, we didn’t see much activity in the netbook market except for the release of the “Brazos” platform from AMD. Those “Brazos” processors, specially the AMD E-350, really shook the netbook market because of their powerful (for a netbook) graphics capabilities. Playing 1080p HD movies seamlessly on a netbook was [...]
WiFi Fix for Samsung Series 9
Many have experienced poor performance and limited range in the wireless networking component in Samsung’s sleek and compact Series 9. Now the antenna design has been changed for future models.
HP to Sell or Spin-off PC Division
Hewlett – Packard again is to make a major move to catch up with the technological (and financial) world’s constant and brutal demands. It can be recalled that in 1999 a firm called Agilent Technologies came from a spin off of HP’s measurement operations (which by the way spearheaded the birth of the now tycoon [...]
New MacBook Air Delivers as Expected
The new models of Apple’s MacBook Air has just started appearing at Apple Stores and affiliate. It lives up to both expectations of faster 2nd-generation (low voltage) Core i5 or Core i7 (optional upgrade) processors from Intel, a Thunderbolt port and Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. In addition, fans of the ultra-thin Apple laptop will [...]
Newest MacBook Air In Town
Apple has just officially released a more powerful version of the sexy, very light and portable MacBook Air. Aside from the very elegant backlit keyboard, the external design of this new device does not really differ from the old version but performancewise somehow Steve Job’s magic men were able to cram Intel’s Sandy Bridge processors [...]
Gateway Squeezes 14-inch Screen into 13-inch Laptop
The U.S. computer manufacturer Gateway (well, actually it’s owned by Acer now, but it still has a U.S. presence) is releasing a new laptop with an exceptionally thin display bezel, not unlike some edge-lit LCD television. By doing so, they have managed to fit a 14″ screen into what would otherwise be an ultraportable form [...]
Intel Launches New Low-Voltage CPUs
Intel has added four new processor designed for small laptops in its price lists, and all are ULV (Ultra-Low Voltage) variants. The processors range from Celeron to Core i7, and key features are a TDP of 17 watts and the latest Sandy Bridge architecture, which should bring a healthy boost to all manner of thin-and-light [...]
Lenovo’s Answer: ThinkPad X1 up for grabs!
Your boss might have said at some point that you can’t mix business and pleasure. Well, Lenovo thinks otherwise when the computer giant released the Lenovo ThinkPad X1. This is their response to professionals who were looking for a notebook which is not only business grade but also a good multimedia platform in a [...]
MSI X370 Slim Finally Out!
MSI X370 is finally out in the market. This new product from MSI is powered by the new AMD E-350 (1.6 Ghz) Dual-Core processor paired with the AMD Radeon™ 6310 graphics (Brazos Platform) using the AMD Fusion™ technology. You might ask what is cool with this product anyway when there is not much difference [...]
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Eee PC 1001PX: $179.99 with...
The Eee PC 1001PX is your average netbook, with a 10-inch LED backlit display, a 1.66GHz Intel Atom processor, 1GB of RAM and a 160GB hard drive. What makes it stand out for the time being is the price tag–for a limited time you can get a refurbished 1001PX with a 90-day warranty for just [...]
