Notebook
Apple Plans $799 Macbook Air
Apple is allegedly planning a $799 MacBook Air to shake up the ultrabook market. At that price, any new MacBook Air would be 200 bucks cheaper than the current Core i5 entry-level model. The rumors come from DigiTimes and claim the details were revealed by sources in Apple’s supply chain. Co-incidentally, Intel’s PC Group general [...]
Fujitsu Lifebook LH772 – Preview
Fujitsu has unveiled a new Lifebook notebook, which the Tokyo-based company is marketing as ‘symphony at your fingertips’. The Fujitsu LH772 features an unusual ’rounded profile’ based on the Zakumi philosophy, offering a levelled wristrest, spill-resistant scrabble-tile keyboard with two-toned keys, a circular scroll wheel, and an ‘intelligent ‘ touchpad, presumably which can discriminate between [...]
Dell XPS 13 Ubuntu Ultrabook
Although Dell began offering Linux Ubuntu distros on desktops and notebooks a few years back, the company removed the option from its online store in 2010. Certain Ubuntu-powered laptops are however available from Ubuntu distributors. This week at the Ubuntu Developers Summit Dell announced it will be shipping Dell Ubuntu notebooks once more, starting with [...]
Asus N56VM – Review
The arrival of Intel’s third-gen Ivy Bridge CPUs means massive discounts are starting to appear on machines featuring the old Sandy Bridge generation of processors. But some people won’t be swayed from buying an Ivy Bridger anyhow. Such as the Asus N56VM , priced at $1200, a 15.6-inch desktop replacement. That means powerful. The Asus [...]
Maingear Pulse 11 – Preview
Now the Alienware M11x is being quietly shunted off to the graveyard of defunct product lines, Maingear is attempting to fill the void with an 11-inch gaming notebook packing a new Ivy Bridge CPU. The Maingear Pulse 11 supports a no-nonsense 16GB of dual channel RAM and USB-3 for syncing up a gaming mouse or [...]
Acer Travelmate 6595 – Review
At first glance the Acer TravelMate 6595 is identifiable as a corporate machine; fingerprint reader, 34mm ExpressCard reader, SmartCard slot. Then there’s a ’3G’ sticker advertising the 6595′s internal 3G/UMTS module, which is tucked away in the battery compartment. The appearance of the TravelMate 6595 is sombre black and gray, and the brushed aluminum of [...]
HP dm4 beats Audio – Review
HP is ever keen to talk up its Dr. Dre Beats Audio sound systems, so it comes as no surprise that the company has now named a notebook after its Beats Audio credentials. The HP Pavilion dm4 is a multimedia laptop with especial emphasis on audio oomph. The DM4 notebook is configurable up to a [...]
Samsung Series 7 Gamer
Samsung has announced the Series 7 Gamer, offering a 17.3-inch full HD screen and Ivy Bridge CPUs, together with dedicated NVidia GeForce GPUs and Dolby Home Theater surround sound. As befits a gaming notebook, the main gaming keys will be highlighted in red and jazzy lighting effects will pulsate in sync with game sounds. The [...]
Sony Vaio T11 and T13 ultrabooks
Sony has unveiled its first ultrabooks, the Sony Vaio T11 and Vaio T13 , vested in chic aluminum chasses and 11.6-inch and 13-inch displays. SSD storage is optional, and those premium SSD ultras come with a promise of 9 hours of battery juice. As well as full-sized VGA and HDMI sockets, the Sony T11 and [...]
Dell Inspiron 15R – upgrade
A new special edition Dell Inspiron 15R has popped up on Dell’s Singaporean website, the new Inspiron 15R, kitted out with Intel’s new 22nm Ivy Bridge CPU. The 15.6-inch next-gen Inspiron 15R is packing a Core i7-3612QM chip with 8GB RAM and a high-end Radeon HD 7730M discrete grahics card. There’s also, wait for it, [...]
