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HP Envy 14 TouchSmart Ultrabook packs a 3200×1800 display

, May 23rd 2013 Discuss [0]

HP has a lot of laptops these days, and they all have their own unique look, but the company never really has had a signature style these past few years. However, they refreshed their line of desktops and laptops today for 2013, and while school just let out for the summer, it's never to late to begin shopping for a college laptop for the fall. Read The Full Story

Touchscreens found on 10% of all notebook shipments in Q1

, May 21st 2013 Discuss [0]

Touchscreen laptops appear to be rising in popularity as the newest data from market research firm DisplayBank says that touchscreen notebook shipments have jumped 51.8% during Q1 2013 compared to the previous quarter. A total of 4.57 million touchscreen laptops were shipped during the quarter, making up 10% of all notebook shipments during Q1 2013. Read The Full Story

Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 11S coming next month, pre-orders now live

, May 16th 2013 Discuss [0]

Lenovo's long-awaited IdeaPad Yoga 11S is finally about to make its store debut. The 11-inch convertible laptop, which was announced at CES 2013 back in January, now has a release date of June 23 and pre-orders are live starting today on Lenovo's website, as well as at Best Buy. If you like the Yoga series, but want it in a more compact form factor, this is probably your best bet. Read The Full Story

AMD Radeon HD 8970M claims world’s fastest laptop graphics crown

, May 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

AMD might have already unveiled their HD 8000M series graphics back in December and at CES 2013, but they left out a certain chip in particular and saved it for today. The company unveiled the Radeon HD 8970M, which they claim is the world's fastest laptop graphics chip, saying that it outpaces NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 680M graphics. Read The Full Story

NEC LaVie L comes out from the dark with Intel Haswell on board

, May 14th 2013 Discuss [0]

We're still a few weeks away from Intel officially unveiling its fourth-generation Core processors (codenamed Haswell), but NEC has already popped up and unveiled its latest laptop which runs on the new Intel chips. The LaVie L isn't really much to look at, but it packs quite a punch performance-wise with the new Haswell chip inside. Read The Full Story

Acer Aspire V5 and V7 Ultrabooks offer thinner design, faster internals

, May 3rd 2013 Discuss [0]

Today during Acer's press event in New York City, the company outed a ton of new products, including the quite unique Aspire R7 convertible all-in-one laptop of sorts. However, if it's a traditional design you're after, Acer released the Aspire V5 and V7 Ultrabooks like that offer a thinner design than previous models and of course faster hardware on the inside. Read The Full Story

Acer Aspire R7 notebook flips, twists, and folds on new “Ezel” hinge

, May 3rd 2013 Discuss [0]

Acer held a presser today in New York City and revealed some new devices coming to consumer shortly. The most interesting of them all is the Aspire R7, which is a convertible all-in-one laptop of sorts, but it’s quite different than what you’re probably used to, as the display can move around in all sorts of ways, thanks to Acer’s new “Ezel” hinge.

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Intel: Android-based laptops to hit record-low prices

, Apr 26th 2013 Discuss [0]

Prepare for an influx of lower-cost laptops to make their way into the market. Intel CEO Paul Otellini claims that laptop prices will go down to as low as $200 in the next few months, which makes us reminisce about the netbook days and whether or not Otellini is predicting a comeback for the smaller form factor machines, but that's not the case here. Read The Full Story

Toshiba announces KIRAbook laptop with 13-inch 2560×1440 display

, Apr 17th 2013 Discuss [0]

Toshiba is looking to step into the high-end market with the KIRAbook, and laptop that features a 13.3-inch display with a resolution of 2560x1440 to take on the likes of Apple's Retina MacBook Pro models. There will be three versions of the KIRAbook that will release next month, but details are a litte bit scarce at this point still. Read The Full Story

ASUS releases 15-inch VivoBook S500 with full numpad

, Apr 10th 2013 Discuss [0]

Back in October during the release of Windows 8, ASUS was one of the first companies to release a horde of Windows 8 machines right out of the gate. Back then, the company announced the 15.6-inch VivoBook S500, and it's not now available for purchase. If you've been in the market for a Windows 8 laptop, this one may be a good one to add to your list. Read The Full Story

Apple patent suggests convertible MacBooks on the way

, Apr 4th 2013 Discuss [0]

An interesting new patent has made its way through the US patent office, and it suggests that Apple is looking into convertible MacBooks of sorts, showing off the technology in a recent patent application. However, this particular type of convertible laptop with a removable display would boast wireless display technology. Read The Full Story

Google Chromebook Pixel LTE model shipping April 8

, Mar 25th 2013 Discuss [0]

Google announced the Chromebook Pixel late last month, and said that it will begin shipping sometime next month, but no specific release date was disclosed. However, the LTE model of the new laptop looks to have a solid ship date of April 8, according to the product listing on the Google Play store. The entry level model still has yet to display a ship date, however. Read The Full Story
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