Instead of using one of those complicated (and breakable) hinges that can spin the laptop screen around and lay it flat on top of the keyboard, Lenovo's IdeaPad Yoga 11S is connected to the lower half with two hinges that allow it to spin all the way to the underside. Which is to say, the screen can ... [read more >>] Windows 8 may be a relatively young operating system, but it has been around long enough for Samsung and other PC makers to launch a whole bunch of different product lines running it.
Samsung has decided that it is not in its best interest to have more than one mother brand for Windows 8 devices.
That is... [read more >>] Having released, or at least announced, its new series of mobile accelerated processing units, Advanced Micro Devices now has to persuade companies to make products with them, and consumers to buy them. A few decades ago, this would have been problematic, but today it is easier to spread the word all over... [read more >>] When we learned that there would be $599 ultrabooks by Christmas, we thought things would settle down before some new big promise would be made on that particular market segment, but we were quite wrong.
It hasn't even been a day, and yet a report has arisen that not only confirms the so-called &ldqu... [read more >>] We suspect that notebook makers will start introducing Richland-based laptops sooner rather than later, now that the chips are finally out, and we figured people would appreciate a rundown of the special perks the APUs bring.
There are six main advantages that notebooks and ultrabook-like laptops (Intel h... [read more >>] Linux is a popular operating system, especially for businesses, but users of certain Samsung laptops have been getting nasty shocks when installing the OS on those particular computers.
The problem has to do with the less straightforward method of installing Linux and the SecureBoot feature of UEFI BIOS.
... [read more >>] A new mobile personal computer from Micro-Star International has been revealed, one that indirectly exposes one of the strange quirks of ultrabooks, even though it doesn't qualify as one.
Ultrabooks are a strange breed of creatures. While their makers have been trying to bring them to more affordabl... [read more >>] The words “entry level” are used quite loosely these days, which is the only reason why the new laptop from Australian company Pioneer Computers is described as such, even though the price of $750 / 750 Euro isn't the best.
Then again, as far as ultrabooks go, there are very few who go be... [read more >>] We have yet to receive confirmation that the Radeon HD 8550M mobile graphics card is not just a rebranded series 7 card, but we will proceed on the assumption that it is until proven otherwise. After all, it would not make much sense for a laptop featuring an AMD accelerated processing unit to have a disc... [read more >>] WiGig (Wireless Gigabit Alliance) has been developing better wireless networking technologies. Dell is finally showing just what all those R&D efforts and funds have led to.
The Latitude 6430u is a new ultrabook that Dell created, and which we actually spotted back in September, quite some time before even... [read more >>] |