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Wow. The 13" ultraportable market just might be the new battleground for price. For months on end, the real price war was ongoing in the netbook sector. Companies kept pushing the barrier lower, with a few machines selling for under $200 at times. But now, the 13" market is heating up. Apple's...
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Is it too late to consider a new notebook for Christmas? Not if you're asking Digital Storm's opinion! The custom PC maker has just revealed their newest machine, the XM15 laptop. It's a new "hybrid" breed of gaming machine, which also sips power when you aren't taxing the GPU. NVIDIA's...
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It took Google right around a full year, but this week, a dream was realized. Google made some pretty big promises last year when talking about a new operating system: Chrome OS. It takes a lot of nerve to willingly tackle both Apple and Microsoft in the OS realm, but Google is definitely big...
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It's the holiday season, and it's the season for giving. And if you're Lenovo, the best way to do that is to give us new hardware to mull over! The company is today introducing two new notebooks and one new desktop, the IdeaPad Y460p, IdeaPad Y560p and IdeaCentre K330. The IdeaPad Y460p and...
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MSI is attempting to combine power with environmentally friendly features in its F Series line of notebooks. You'll find various models within this family. The 14-inch MSI FX400 offers an Intel Core i5 processor, the NVIDIA GeForce GT 325M discrete graphics card, and MSI’s Turbo Drive...
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Don't go taking that Red Ryder BB Gun off of your Christmas wish list and replacing it with a Google Chrome notebook, the latter won't be out in time for the holidays. But don't go pouting, either -- according to reports, notebooks infused with Google's Chrome operating system will start trickling out next year. "For us, it is a long journey...
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Out with the old and in with the old, but with new clockspeeds and a new name. That pretty sums up Nvidia's newly unveiled GeForce GT 540M notebook GPU, which kicks off Nvidia's GeForce 500M family of mobile graphics. The new part comes built on a 40nm manufacturing process and boasts 96 CUDA...
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PeeWee PC is a name linked closely to lower-priced, child-friendly laptops. Not long ago, the company introduced their Pivot laptop, and now they're announcing the compact PeeWee Power 2.0. This is basically a Classmate PC with a new label, and it's being marketed as an entry-level laptop for...
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Apple decided to refresh their MacBook Air lineup this year, but rather than simply upgrading the existing machine with a new CPU, GPU or Blu-ray drive, Apple introduced some entirely new pieces of hardware with the new 11" and 13" MacBook Airs. While the 11" machine is certainly intriguing, and a compelling addition to the overall lineup,...
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Apple decided to refresh their MacBook Air lineup this year, but rather than simply upgrading the existing machine with a new CPU, GPU or Blu-ray drive, Apple introduced some entirely new pieces of hardware with the new 11" and 13" MacBook Airs. While the 11" machine is certainly intriguing, and a compelling addition to the...
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It lives, it lives! The Vostro line lives! We're only kidding, but it has been some time since Dell took the time to radically update the lower-end, low-key Vostro lineup. That changes today with the new Vostro V130, a gorgeous new mobile PC that any road warrior should take into...
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The ultraportable market gets more interesting by the day. For years, 11.6" machines were very, very expensive, mostly because it was costly to squeeze components into a shell so small. But then netbooks were introduced. Recently, some 11.6" netbooks have creeped up into a higher range...
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Is it the holy grail of notebooks? It might be. Companies have contemplated dual-screen laptops for years now, and Toshiba even went so far as to produce a limited edition one earlier in the year. The Libretto W105 was definitely a unique product, and it looks like Acer has drawn inspiration...
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MSI's family of notebooks just continues to get bigger and bigger. The company has one of the largest and most diverse groups of laptops to date, and it seems like a new member is born every week or so. This week is no different, as the FX610MX has made its debut in the company's F Series...
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Maingear's usually first out of the blocks with new gaming desktops once new technology is revealed, but this week they're introducing two new ones on the mobile side. The company has announced the Alt-15 and Alt-17 gaming notebooks, which resemble each other in always every way aside from the...
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As we have pointed out before, netbooks aren't what they used to be. These days, you're more likely to see a new netbook emerging with a near-$500 retail price than one with a near-$200 price point. We're partially blaming tablets. There are a number of sub-$300 tablets on the market and on the horizon (the $188 CherryPad comes to mind!),...
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Acer is a somewhat understated name in the notebook business, but even though they may not receive the sheer press that Apple, Alienware, Dell and HP do, they're still one of the world's prominent PC makers. Hanging amongst the top five in total PC output is no easy task, and the company's Aspire line has been quietly climbing the charts in...
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3M’s Optical Systems Division is working with Acer to deliver a new line of energy-efficient notebooks. By utilizing 3M’s multi-layer optical films in its Aspire TimelineX series, Acer is able to offer a battery life of eight...
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As far as we knew, Jolicloud was a software company. And they still are. But now, they're a hardware company too. Or at least they are partnering with a computer maker in order to make themselves seem like one! Either way, Jolicloud is doing the unthinkable soon: they'll be introducing a...
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Well, the ultraportable market just got a lot more exciting. And a lot more varied. The IdeaPad U260 was just introduced by Lenovo, and it's said to be the world's first 12.5" ultraportable notebook. Basically, this provides a 16:9 widescreen aspect ration on a 12" (or so) display, making it...
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Acer plans to use Splashtop's InstantView technology in its new ultraportable business class notebooks. InstantView is based on the Splashtop OS instant-on platform. Designed and customized by Acer, InstantView will provide business users with instant access to their laptops within seconds of...
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As ambitious as the One Laptop Per Child initiative is, at the rate MSI churns out new notebook models, the company will have a unique offering for every man, woman, and minotaur on the planet. Fresh off the assembly line this time around is MSI's new FX603, a 15.6-inch notebook sheathed in the company's own anti-scratch, anti-smudged raised...
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