All Entries Tagged With: "notebook"
HP ProBook Range Upgraded
HP company has announced updates to its ProBook B and S ranges, targeted at small businesses. The ProBook B is available with either a 14-inch or 15.6-inch display, each with either dedicated or integrated graphics. The new Probook B-series chassis will be constructed out of tungsten-coated magenesium, making it more resistant to scratches or knocks. [...]
HP EliteBook Folio – Preview
HP has entered the world of ultrabooks with its HP Folio 13.3-inch ultrabook in winter. HP has now released its first business-oriented ultrabook in the form of the EliteBook Folio. HP EliteBook Folio ultrabook offers the usual array of features found in consumer ultrabooks – SSD, ultra-slender and light chassis, i5/i7 CPU – but also [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
