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MacBook Pro 2012 refresh set for Air-like thinness, next-gen specs

Rue Liu, Feb 10th 2012 Discuss [0]

Apple will radically revamp its MacBook Pro line of notebooks this year, according to sources familiar with the company's plans for 2012. The new MacBook Pros are expected to feature an ultra-thin unibody design modeled after the MacBook Air and get a spec boost to Intel's next-gen Ivy Bridge chips. Read The Full Story

Lenovo unveils smarter, more rugged Classmate+ laptops

Rue Liu, Jan 11th 2012 Discuss [0]

Lenovo announced its second-generation Classmate+ laptops that are designed for use in classrooms. They come in both traditional clamshell and convertible laptop form factors based on the Intel Learning Series reference designs. The new models are smarter and more rugged with several improvements including greater spill resistance and extended battery life. Read The Full Story

OCZ Deneva 2 mSATA SSDs now Intel approved for ultrabooks

Rue Liu, Jan 5th 2012 Discuss [0]

OCZ has announced that its Deneva 2 mSATA SSDs, the 30GB and 60GB models, are now certified by Intel as passing the "White Using" portion of the Smart Response Technology performance benchmark test for ultrabooks. These high performance drives feature faster boot-up and data transfer speeds on a small footprint that's well suited for the myriad of ultrabooks we can be sure to expect this year. Read The Full Story

GammaTech unveils fully rugged Durabook R13C convertible notebook

Rue Liu, Dec 14th 2011 Discuss [1]

GammaTech has announced its latest fully rugged convertible laptop called the Durabook R13C. It will withstand the harshest of conditions and is perfect for those having to work out in the field, such as law enforcement, military, and homeland security. It boasts serious Military Standard 810G certification for drop, shock, and spill protection. It's also got explosive atmosphere, salt, fog, and freeze/thaw standards checked as well. Read The Full Story

Apple rumored switching back to NVIDIA GPUs for 2012 MacBooks

Rue Liu, Nov 21st 2011 Discuss [2]

A new rumor claims that Apple may be switching back to using NVIDIA graphics processors for its 2012 MacBook models. According to sources for SemiAccurate, the return of NVIDIA GPUs is believed to start next spring when Apple's notebooks are also expected to be refreshed with Intel's next-gen Ivy Bridge chips. Read The Full Story

Dell’s ultra-thin notebooks with SSDs hit the FCC

Rue Liu, Nov 18th 2011 Discuss [5]

Dell apparently has two ultra-thin notebooks getting ready to hit the market, as they've turned up this week at the FCC. The notebooks sport super lean bodies and SSD storage drives that suggest they may be in the Ultrabooks category to compete with the MacBook Air. But they also manage to squeeze in plenty of ports that should be an advantage. Read The Full Story

Samsung unveils Series 7 laptops, sleek aluminum, Intel Core i5, i7, starting at $999

Rue Liu, Aug 31st 2011 Discuss [2]

Samsung today announced new Series 7 laptops that slot in between their costly high-end Series 9 and their more budget-friendly Series 3. Taking aesthetic cues from MacBook Pros, these sleek Series 7 laptops use a brushed aluminum chassis that's thin and compact yet solid and non-flexing. But other than good looks and a compact form, the laptops pack plenty of performance inside. Read The Full Story

Apple takes top spot for mobile PC vendor with 21.1 percent share

Rue Liu, Aug 18th 2011 Discuss [7]

According to a new report from DisplaySearch, Apple has taken the top spot in worldwide mobile PC shipments in the second quarter of 2011. The company shipped 13.6 million units of mobile PCs, which includes both notebooks and tablets. This amount puts it in the lead ahead of second place HP by 3.9 million units. Read The Full Story

Apple MacBook Batteries Vulnerable To Hack

Rue Liu, Jul 22nd 2011 Discuss [7]

When we think about data security and possible vulnerabilities in our computing systems, the laptop battery generally doesn't come to mind as a hacker target. Well, security researcher Charlie Miller discovered that modern laptop batteries are just as hackable as anything else and may be far more difficult to detect, after he examined the batteries in several MacBooks, MacBook Pros, and MacBook Airs. Read The Full Story

Dell Latitude Notebooks Get Verizon 4G LTE

Rue Liu, Jul 13th 2011 Discuss [2]

Notebooks are supposed to be portable much like our tablets and smartphones, but for some reason they never have wireless connectivity built-in other than WiFi. Well, that's about to change with select Dell Latitude notebooks. Not only will they be getting wireless connectivity, they'll be getting the blazing fast Verizon 4G LTE. Read The Full Story