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Boutique system builder AVADirect is now offering a 30-day dead pixel warranty option for all Clevo Quickship notebooks. For those who purchase the warranty add-on, AVADirect will guarantee the notebook screen won't suffer from any dead pixels for up to a month from the date of receipt. That's groovy if even just a...
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Dell today dropped us a line to let us know about its next generation Precision mobile workstations built for engineering and design professionals. The OEM rolled out two new models, including the Precision M4700 and M6700, which Dell claims are the world's most powerful 15-inch and 17-inch mobile workstations...
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The thing about gaming laptops is that the majority of them sport limited upgrade opportunities. Outside of whitebox units, you're not likely to be able to yank out the discrete GPU and slap a new one in there, and if you're a gamer, it's imperative you choose the best graphics subsystem you can afford. Right now one...
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MSI announced its new CX61 and CR61 multimedia laptops. These laptops feature Intel's new generation Core i processor, SRS PC Sound, USB3.0, HDMI 1.4, and Bluetooth 4.0. Recognizing that graphics are a key component to multimedia laptops, the CX61 offers the Nvidia GeForce GT640M or GT630M discrete graphics cards. The CR61 utilizes Intel HD...
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Toshiba announced two new Tecra laptops that are designed for small and medium business users. The new Tecra R940 and Tecra R950 laptops are available exclusively through Toshiba Direct. Leasing options and volume discounts are available. The new Tecra R940 and Tecra R950 laptops feature a fiberglass reinforced casing...
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Fujitsu seems to be fully embracing dual-use scenarios these days, and rather than promote tablets over notebooks or vice versa, the company just unveiled a couple of products that pull double-duty as either one. These include the Stylistic Q702 business hybrid tablet and the Lifebook T902 convertible laptop. The Q702...
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Give credit to Intel for recognizing that the notebook market needed a swift kick in the pants, and for putting a noose around the necks of netbooks, which have all but been eliminated from the market place. Sure, a few straggling netbooks remain, but by and large, Intel is now heavily invested (both literally and figuratively) in the Ultrabook...
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Give credit to Intel for recognizing the notebook market needed a swift kick in the pants, and for putting a noose around the necks of netbooks, which have all but been eliminated from the market place. Sure, a few straggling netbooks remain, but by and large, Intel is now heavily invested (both literally and figuratively) in the Ultrabook...
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Eurocom is now offering the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M GPU in its line of performance notebooks. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M GPU features 1344 CUDA cores and 4GB GDDR5 graphics memory. This GPU also supports Optimus, PhysX, CUDA, DirectX 11, and OpenCL technologies. The 680M is available in the Neptune 2.0 and Racer 2.0 notebooks. Eurocom has...
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In the beginning, some questioned whether or not Intel's Ultrabook initiative would catch on. And now? There's little doubt that Ultrabooks are the wave of the future. Market research firm NPD Group says "Ultrabook sales are off to a fast start" so far in 2012, snagging 11 percent of all $700+ Windows-based notebook sales in the U.S. "Ultrabooks...
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One of the products MSI was busy showing off at Computex earlier this month was the company's upcoming Slider S20, which is an 11.6-inch Ultrabook with a slide-out physical keyboard that doubles as a stand. MSI disclosed only a handful of details, saying it would pack an new generation Intel Chief River CULV platform...
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Killer gaming notebooks, sort of like over-the-top gaming PCs, make no apologies for being almost completely impractical but full of awesome. Sure, you wouldn't expect to drag this boat anchor around airports at almost 12 lbs., unless you were looking for some moderate cardio work to compensate for those long...
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Eurocom is now shipping its Monster notebook which features Intel Sandy Bridge (32nm) and Ivy Bridge (22nm) mobile processors, NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M graphics, up to 16GB memory, and up to 1 TB of storage. Users can select a glossy or matte 11.6-inch, 1366-by-768 pixel display. This small form factor ultraportable notebook can run up to eight...
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Apple recently upgraded its MacBook Pro line with new models that boast a Retina Display, and while that's neat and all, woe is the user who's in need of an out-of-warranty repair. For one, as we recently reported, a teardown analysis by iFixIt revealed that the mid-2012 MacBook Pro models are a bear to service, but if that weren't enough,...
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Good news for the AMD faithful who are attracted to Samsung's Series 5 thin and light notebooks. It appears Samsung has decided to play both sides of the processor ball field, including not only Intel Ivy Bridge configurations, but also a couple of models that boast AMD's Trinity-based accelerated processing units (APUs) inside. The Samsung...
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From the very moment Ultrabooks emerged, Intel always envisioned these lightweight, high-performance PCs striking a balance between cutting edge hardware, portability, and price. For the most part, Ultrabook makers have been able to juggle all three, but as far as Intel is concerned, these thin and light machines still need to come down in...
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Good luck if you ever need to service a new MacBook Pro model that isn't under warranty. The fine people over at iFixIt did what they do best with one of Apple's newly refreshed laptops, promptly gutting the device with a detailed walkthrough. What did they discover along the way? That's it's not so easy to repair. In fact, iFixIt gave the...
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As many suspected, Apple today unveiled refreshed MacBook Air models built around Intel's 3rd Generation Core i5 and i7 dual-core processor options (Ivy Bridge), giving the thin and light platform a serious shot in the arm. Available in 11-inch and 13-inch designs, Apple also updated the flash storage, which the...
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Congratulations to anyone who owns a 17-inch MacBook Pro, it may just be a collector's item in a few months. Apple apparently feels as though the era of 17-inch laptops has run its course, and in a research note shared with AppleInsider, KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says Apple is still planning to discontinue the 17-inch...
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Remember Hewlett-Packard's Envy Spectre XT, that sexy slab of Ultrabook that you could look at online but couldn't order? Now you can as HP starts taking orders on what looks to be a 13-inch beauty, provided you can cough up the requisite $1,000 asking price for a baseline configuration. Standard options include a...
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People have long accused competitive notebook manufacturers for copying Apple's MacBook Air design in some way or another, oftentimes shamelessly so. HP's Envy line looks entirely too much like a MacBook Pro, for example. And with the swarm of Ultrabooks taking over, well, let's just say there's some design influence going on there, arguably....
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Acer announced the Aspire V5 series, a new range of thin and light notebooks. According to Acer, these notebooks are 30 percent slimmer than previous value-based notebooks. The Aspire V5 series comes in two display sizes. The 14-inch Aspire V5 measures 0.79 inches thick and weighs 4.6 pounds while the 15.6-inch version is 0.83 inches thick...
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