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Samsung Series 7 Gaming Laptop packs 3D in eye-watering case

Chris Davies, Jan 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

All eyes were on Samsung's ultrabook drive at CES last week, so attention-grabbing we managed to miss a canary-yellow gaming notebook. The Samsung Series 7 Gaming Laptop wears its abilities on its (brightly colored) sleeve, the lurid shell hiding an Intel Core i7 quadcore processor paired with up to 2TB of storage space and up to 16GB of memory. Read The Full Story

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Intel sticks with Netbooks, touts full package mobile proposition

Chris Burns, Jan 12th 2012 Discuss [1]

At our meeting this week with Intel's Mark Miller and John Wallace, we spoke primarily about mobile, and as the conversation moved beyond smartphones and tablets and laptops came up, it was the word Netbook that got our attention. What Miller had to say about the Netbook as it stands today is not that it's time to be done with that classification of device even though more powerful mobile devices are on the rise. Instead the task, he said, was to show consumers what the difference between the types of devices are so that they can make an informed decision. Read The Full Story

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CES 2012 Ultrabook Round-Up

Chris Davies, Jan 11th 2012 Discuss [11]

If CES last year was dominated by tablets, CES 2012 has been the year of the ultrabook. Intel’s ultraportable notebook trademark had already picked up late in 2011, but it’s the Consumer Electronics Show this week where the big guns like Dell and Samsung came out to give it some real momentum. If Intel has its way, one of the following machines will be lightly weighing on your shoulder over the next few months.

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will.i.am: “The Ultrabook is the new ghetto blaster”

Chris Davies, Jan 11th 2012 Discuss [2]

"The ultrabook is the new ghetto blaster" claims will.i.am, proving both that CES is never short of bizarre hyperbole and that Intel's "Director of Creative Innovation" can be always relied on to make nonsensical soundbites. Speaking on stage at Intel's keynote at the tech show, will.i.am revealed that he has been carrying an ultrabook - Intel's new take on the ultraportable segment - for some time now, using it for collaborative music creation with colleagues and fans. Read The Full Story

CES Live

Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook hands-on

Vincent Nguyen, Jan 10th 2012 Discuss [9]

Ultrabooks are sweeping the board at CES 2012, and Dell isn’t prepared to be left out: the company has revealed the Dell XPS 13, a new 18mm ultraportable that fits a 13.3-inch display into a 12-inch form-factor. Running either Core i5 2467M or i7 2637M dual-core processors, paired with 4GB of memory and either 128GB or 256GB SSDs, the XPS 13 measures just 12.4 x 8.1 x 0.24-0.71 inches and 2.99 pounds despite offering up to 8hrs battery life. We caught up with Dell last week to find out why they reckon the XPS 13 is the best ultrabook around.

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CES Live

Razer Blade gaming laptop hands on

Michael Crider, Jan 10th 2012 Discuss [5]

Unfortunately for rich gamers everywhere, Razer’s Blade laptop isn’t available for general sale yet. But they’re showing off the insane hardware at CES, and we couldn’t resist swinging by for a look at that integrated video touchscreen. The customizable screen adjusts for supported games, and works as a secondary display or trackpad for other uses.

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Samsung Series 9 2nd-gen: 0.5-inch thick ultrabook

Chris Davies, Jan 9th 2012 Discuss [5]

Samsung has launched its 2nd-gen Series 9 ultraportable notebook, shaving the 15-incher's thickness down to just 0.58-inches and the weight down to 3.5lbs. Powered by a Core i3/i5 processor, up to 8GB of memory and a 128/256GB SSD, both 13- and 15-inch models are on offer with boot times of just 9.8s and 1.4s wake-from-sleep. Read The Full Story

CES Live

LG Super Ultrabook Z330 hands on

Michael Crider, Jan 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

Intel showed off a bevvy of Ultrabooks at its press event, but most of them we'd either handled or reviewed before. Not so with the LG Super Ultrabook Z330, one of the manufacturer's first ultrabook models. We took some time to gather a few impressions and nice photos for all the fans of tiny, speedy laptop out there. Read The Full Story

CES Live

Intel shows concept Nikiski Ultrabook with transparent trackpad [UPDATE]

Michael Crider, Jan 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

Intel's going fast and hard with its pointed design ques for its partner manufacturers, and in at least one model, showing them up entirely. During their Ultrabook CES press conference, they showed off a working model of a former prototype with a transparent trackpad, nicknames the Nikiski. Why a transparent trackpad? Because it allows you to see relevant information in a quasi-mobile interface when the laptop is closed. Read The Full Story

Vizio PC range official

Chris Davies, Jan 9th 2012 Discuss [2]

Vizio has unveiled its new PC line-up at CES 2012 this morning, set to hit shelves in the spring, but the company is still coy about pricing and full specifications. Instead, there’s plenty about Vizio’s Internet Apps (V.I.A.) Ecosystem, spreading multimedia across the company’s TVs and now PCs, along with the promise of a clean-running system thanks to some help from Microsoft.

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CES Live

Acer Aspire Timeline Ultra 14 and 15 hands on

Michael Crider, Jan 9th 2012 Discuss [2]

The Aspire S5 isn't the only thing Acer unveiled today, but you'd be forgiven for thinking so. In addition to a bevvy of cloud services that were unfortunately uninspiring, the latest revisions of the Aspire Timeline series were show off in 14 and 15-inch varieties. These laptops aren't quite as flashy as their smaller sibling, but they combine a god set of features with solid (rated) battery life, and the magnesium build is worth a look from any fan of good design. Read The Full Story

CES Live

Toshiba 14-inch Windows 8 Prototype Hands-on

Cory Gunther, Jan 8th 2012 Discuss [9]

In case anyone wasn’t sure about what we’d be seeing at CES this year, let me tell you — Ultrabooks! They are a hot ticket item and we’ll be seeing plenty over the next week. Toshiba is already running strong with a few sleek 14″ laptops but we’ve spotted a brand new 14″ ultrabook and have plenty of pictures.