Tag Archive for 'notebook'
Looks like Dell aren’t content to see rivals sweep through the budget ultraportable market, and want to pick up some market share themselves. The company has confirmed - but only just - that it’s working on a “mini Inspiron” with no official name, spec list or pricing details. However Michael Dell himself told Brian Lam [...]
3K Computers have finally got around to launching their Eee-rival, renaming it in the process from the Longitude 400 to the RazerBook 400. More interesting, however, is the price adjustment: it now carries a MRSP of just $299. For that, you get a 7-inch screen, sub-2lb weight, 4GB of flash storage (for a claimed 8 [...]
ASUS plan to officially launch their largest Eee PC yet, the 1000-series with a 10-inch display, at Computex 2008 in Taipei, Taiwan. Believed to have the same specs as the Eee PC 901, the larger model was developed after customer feedback asked for bigger keyboards and screens. The company confirmed the 1000-series name [...]
The OLPC team probably predicted that their ever-so-slick XO-2 renders would prompt some “is it feasible?” critique, mainly due to its inclusion of dual-touchscreens. Intended to fold down the middle like a book, the two screens would serve either as facing pages or as a screen and virtual keyboard. Pixel Qi, the company set up [...]
Brave words from notebook manufacturer PC Microworks today: they’re calling their new Edge model “the most powerful 15.4-inch notebook in the world.” At first glance, it’s certainly got some hefty specs; Intel Montevina Dual and Quad Core CPUs, 8GB of RAM and up to 4TB of storage. There’s also NVIDIA’s Geforce 9800M GTX graphics driving [...]
VIA has unveiled its latest ultraportable notebook reference design, the OpenBook mini-note, intended to promote its C7-M ULV based Ultra Mobile Platform. Combining the low-voltage and economical processor with the company’s own VX800 digital media IGP chipset, the OpenBook has an 8.9-inch screen and a choice of WiMAX, HSDPA and EV-DO/W-CDMA modules for mobile connectivity. The [...]
If you’re looking for a laptop that nobody else will have - and that will interest everybody - ignore the MacBook Air, any Tablet PC or even Alienware’s super-strength gaming notebooks. Instead, stick a bid in for this Xentex prototype currently up on eBay: at first glance it looks like it should be a mockup, but [...]
If you’re of a squeamish disposition, look away now. Over at HP 2133 Guide the temptation to see what’s going on under the hood of the well-considered Mini Note budget ultraportable was too strong to resist, and so Josh has taken his screwdrivers to the notebook to get down to bare silicon. If you’ve been [...]
Lenovo has released their end-of-year 2007/08 financial results, and shareholders are likely to be pleased. Consolidated sales overall increased by 17-percent over the previous year, to $16.4bn, while shipments of PCs and laptops specifically grew by 22-percent (compared to a 16-percent industry average). Notebooks made up 61-percent of total computing sales in the last quarter, [...]
If you’re looking to make your mark in the crowded budget ultraportable segment, you have a choice: aim to oust the Eee with extra features, a faster processor or a slicker design, or go for the wallet-vote and price your machine lower. Hong Kong-based Bestlink is going for the latter route, with their Alpha 400 [...]
