Acer showed off its incredibly thin take on the ultrabook at CES today, and we were there to get a first look at the new hardware. The Acer Aspire S5 is the newest model in the line, and if initial impressions are anything to go by, it’ll definitely be commanding some attention when it releases.
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Acer Aspire Timeline Ultra: DVD-toting ultrabooks with 8hr battery
Acer's Thunderbolt-toting Aspire S5 isn't the company's only ultrabook of the day; there's also the Acer Aspire Timeline Ultra, a pair of 14- and 15-inch models with 8hr battery life. Just 20mm thick, despite packing in an optical drive, the two new Timeline Ultra notebooks run Intel Core processors paired with a range of SSD and HDD options.
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Acer Aspire S5 ultrabook: 15mm thick plus Thunderbolt
Acer has revealed the Aspire S5, apparently the world’s thinnest ultrabook at just 15mm at its thickest point, and offering a high-speed 20Gbps Thunderbolt port. The 13.3-inch ultraportable resumes from standby in 1.5s, Acer reckons, and there’s Acer Always Connect to collect social network and email messages while the Aspire S5 is in standby mode; alternatively, you can remotely wake the notebook from your smartphone.
Vizio readies laptops and all-in-ones for low-price PC push
Budget TV company Vizio will extend its reach into computing, beginning with a range of new models to be showcased at CES 2012 next week. CTO Matt McRae confirmed the segue and a June launch window – along with ”a price that just doesn’t seem possible” – to Bloomberg in an interview about the company’s PC plans, following up with a gallery of eye-catching desktop and laptop renders to whet our appetite ahead of the show next week. More details after the cut.
HP Folio 13 hands on
With everybody an their brother hoping on the latest trend in ultraportable computing, HP is due for a svelte laptop of its own to give a hyperbolic adjective. Enter the new Folio series, inappropriate with the Folio 13, a rather standard laptop wrapped in a thin and gorgeous frame. HP sent us one to try out during CES next week, so expect a road-tested review afterwards. In the meantime, here are our initial impressions.
LG P535, A540 and V300 3D laptops and all-in-one PCs outed
LG doesn't just have "Super Ultrabooks" to bring along to CES; the company also has the LG P535 CINEMA 3D notebook, LG A540 with a glasses-free 3D display, and the LG V300 - LG's first all-in-one PC - for your delectation. Of the three, the LG A540 is perhaps the most interesting, a 15.6-incher with a choice of 1920 x 1080 panels: either glasses-free 3D, regular 3D or non-3D. There's Core i7 or i5 CPUs, GeForce GT 555M GPU, up to 8GB of DDR3 memory and up to 1TB of storage. The usual WiFi b/g/n and Bluetooth make an appearance, and there's a full-sized keyboard too with numeric keypad.
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LG Z330 and Z430 Super Ultrabooks revealed
Ultrabooks have hardly had a chance to get started, and already LG is looking to refine the term with its new Super Ultrabook LG Z330 and Z430 models. Two of the company's new PCs from its CES 2012 line-up, they join a 3D-centric notebook range - though lack 3D themselves - at the Las Vegas show next week. So, you might be asking, what makes an ultrabook "Super"?
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14-inch Samsung Series 5 Ultrabook pre-order slips out via online retailer
When it rains, it pours. Just a little while after taking pre-orders for its 13-inch Series 5 Ultrabook, a listing for the 14-inch version of the laptop sprang up on online retailer J&R. The page has disappeared, but you can see a cached version here, courtesy of Google. The pre-order price was $949, just a bit more than its smaller brethren, and a quick search shows empty pages at other retailers as well.
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CES 2012: basics for beginners
For those that have never heard of CES, aka the Consumer Electronics Show, think of it like this: it’s like a comic book convention where everything is brand new and instead of superheros, there are robots, gigantic computer displays, and so many USB sticks we’ll never again have to buy a new one. The following is a very basic guide on what you should expect from it as it occurs this month. CES 2012 will be taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada, and will this year start on Monday the 9th of January, 2012, and end on Friday the 13th (bum bum bummm), but there will be events before (and possibly after) this depending on where we (SlashGear, the site you’ll be watching for the world’s greatest coverage of the events), decide ultimately to go. CES 2012 will have nearly 150,000 attendees this year, this including everyone from attendees to investors to analysts to representatives from manufacturers, developer groups, mobile carriers, and much, much more.
Samsung Series 5 ultrabook hits US pre-order
Samsung's Series 5 ultrabook has gone up for preorder in the US, though the company is still yet to confirm launch plans for the ultraportable laptop outside of Korea. Announced and thrown up for sale in Korea last month, the 13.3-inch Series 5 has been listed by US retailer J&R for $899.99, which will net you a 1.6GHz Core i5-2467M processor, 4GB of RAM and a 1366 x 768 anti-reflective display, all wrapped up in a 3.24lb package.
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HP ENVY 15 Review
All the headlines these days seem to be grabbed by those svelte little Ultrabooks, but there’s still a considerable market for big-screen, high-power laptops out there. HP is more than happy to serve, and their latest offerings in the top of the line ENVY family makes a compelling showing, combining media features and a premium fit and finish at a lower price than its competitors. Unlike the only technically portable ENVY 17 3D, the 15-inch size is ideal for a desktop replacement that’s still decent on portability. How does the ENVY 15 stack up? Let’s find out.
Apple exploring fuel-cell-powered MacBooks
Two of Apple's patent applications surfaced this week at the US Patent and Trademark Office revealing that the Cupertino company is exploring ways to use fuel cell technology to power its future MacBooks and other computing devices. The use of fuel cells will allow for even smaller and lighter designs than the current battery-powered devices.
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