In an announcement that's got some lovely holiday bells attached to it, VAIO today let loose some words on its expanding line of notebook computers. Where earlier this year the VAIO SA 13.3-inch screen size-having member of the VAIO S series, now there's a 15.5-inch model called the VAIO SE. In addition to a larger screen size and a dedicated 10-key, the entire piece of hardware is less than 1-inch thick, the VAIO SE has AMD Radeon Hybrid Graphics (up to 1GB VRAM) as well as a cool sheet battery that'll "double" your battery life. In addition to this, a software update comes to VAIO F and VAIO L desktops.
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Dell is following up its MacBook Pro challenger, the 15-inch XPS 15z, with a new 14-inch model called the XPS 14z. The company is touting it as the "world's thinnest fully featured laptop," packing in the latest Intel Core i5 and i7 processors, optical drives, and abundant ports in a 0.9-inch thin chassis.
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EliteBook Notebook PC Concepts hands-on with HP’s Eric Chen
It’s a rare occasion when you get to see the inner workings of the industrial design crew at a PC creation laboratory, but that’s just what we got to do this week at HP’s inaugural Making of Elite Tour for the world’s press core. It’s here that we got to speak with Eric Chen of HP Notebook Design and were allowed to gain some great insight into a bit of the grab-n-plug nature of iterations of devices. What we get to see here is a set of three EliteBooks, different versions on the way to the testing floor at one point or another, saved here for future projects should the need ever arise.
Samsung Series 5 Chromebook Review
You run your social life in the cloud. You handle your email in the cloud. You might even write your documents, store your music and keep your backups in the cloud. Why not do away with local computing altogether? That’s the premise of Google’s Chrome OS, relying on just a browser to be your window to the all-purpose web. The Samsung Chromebook Series 5 is one of the first notebooks to give Chrome OS a go, in the case of our Three powered machines offering 3G to release you from the WiFi teat, too. Can we really live in the cloud, or are we destined to tumble back to earth with a bump? Check out the full SlashGear review after the cut.
Samsung Series 7 CHRONOS notebook PC Hands-on [Video]
A lovely set of laptops is what Samsung is presenting next here at this year’s Pepcom Holiday Spectacular 2011, the Samsung Notebook Series 7 CHRONOS. This laptop comes in two sizes, one of them a 14-inch profile, the other a 15-inch profile, both of them with bigger displays than you’ve ever seen before in such a small set of chassis. What we get to see here isn’t so much about the insides – things like the Battery Life Plus tech which keeps 80% of the cell’s original capacity in a normal life cycle (this providing up to 15,000 charging cycles), instead our presenter from Samsung shows off the uniqueness in the display technology and the coolness of the chassis – well done since we’ve already also got an IFA 2011 look of one of the two of these notebooks in some nice photo detail as well.
Acer exec demands Intel ultrabook chip cost cut
More controversy around Intel's Ultrabook segment today, with the chipmaker's OEM partners publicly calling for processor price cuts if the ultraportables are to succeed. Acer Taiwan president Scott Lin and Compal Electronics president Ray Chen both demanded CPU subsidies, DigiTimes reports, with thinly-veiled threats around continued ultrabook support.
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Lenovo grabs ex-Acer CEO for consumer brand push
Lenovo has snapped up ex-Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci, who will act as a consultant for the company with particular emphasis on building it as a consumer brand. Lanci - who left Acer back in March over disagreements around device strategy with the company's board - will focus on Medion, the European computing firm Lenovo acquired in June. Previous rumors had suggested that Samsung was eyeing Lanci for his Euro notebook insight.
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Acer conservative on Ultrabook sales
Intel may be particularly confident about its new ultrabook segment, predicting that the sleek ultraportables will account for 40-percent of laptop sales in 2012, but it seems Acer isn’t quite so confident. Speaking to SlashGear at the UK launch of the Acer Aspire S3, the company revealed that it expects ultrabooks to be a more conservative 25-percent of next year’s sales.
Apple may unleash late-2011 MacBook Pro refresh
Apple may be releasing one more refresh on its MacBook Pro laptops before the end of this year and in time for the holidays. This late-2011 MacBook Pro update is believed to deliver only minor speed boosts with stepped-up Intel Core processors. The exterior and other hardware is expected to remain the same.
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ASUS Eee PC X101 ultra-slim MeeGo netbook pre-orders begin at $200
The ASUS Eee PC X101 is now available for pre-orders. This ultra-slim 10.1-inch netbook will come running MeeGo and was originally set to launch sometime this fall at a super low cost of sub-$200. However, ASUS missed the mark just slightly with the netbook now being up for pre-orders starting at $209.99 on CDW and $226.99 on Amazon.
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Acer Aspire S3 Ultrabook ready for pre-orders
Acer Aspire S3 Ultrabooks have surfaced online for pre-orders shortly following their debut last week at IFA 2011. Set to launch in Europe first before going worldwide to compete head to head with the MacBook Air, these super-slim and powerful laptops from Acer are expected to launch in select markets later this month with distribution expanding in October.
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HP Pavilion dm1 ultraportable gets official price and launch date
Back in January at CES, we laid hands and eyes briefly on the HP Pavilion dm1. It's been a long time since CES, but we are finally getting the official launch date and price on the little notebook computer. The little notebook is aimed at the consumer and has some nice features. The dm1 gets the HP Soft-touch imprint design, Beats audio tech, and the HP Premiere Experience. That last bit is some sort of exclusive innovation to improve the Windows experience.
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